Matthew Modine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1959
- Birthplace
- Loma Linda, California, USA
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actor as part of the ensemble cast of Robert Altman's film Streamers (1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), and Married to the Mob (1988). He gained further prominence for playing U.S. Marine James T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987). Other notable films include Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Oppenheimer (2023). On television, he portrayed Dr. Don Francis in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), Sullivan Groff on Weeds (2007), Ivan Turing in Proof (2015), and Dr. Martin Brenner on Netflix's Stranger Things (2016–2022). Modine has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for his work in And the Band Played On and What the Deaf Man Heard and received a special Golden Globe for him and the rest of the ensemble in Short Cuts. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for And the Band Played On.
Filmography
- Keepers of the Wild
Keepers of the Wild TBA
Executive Producer
- The Splendid Thing
The Splendid Thing TBA
as Declan King, Director, Screenplay
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket TBA
as Self - Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket, Producer
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life TBA
as Self
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova 2027
as General Fulton
Never Give Up! 2026
Executive Producer
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure 2026
as Self - Narrator
Protector 2026
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle, Executive Producer
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow 2025
as Self - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
I Hope This Helps! 2024
Executive Producer
Hard Miles 2024
as Greg Townsend
Retribution 2023
as Anders Muller
I Am What You Imagine 2023
Director, Writer
Oppenheimer 2023
as Vannevar Bush
The Martini Shot 2023
as Steve
My Love Affair with Marriage 2023
as Bo (voice), Executive Producer
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations 2023
as Narrator (voice)
Downwind 2023
Producer
The Fuse 2022
Executive Producer
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 2021
as Rick Singer
Against the Current 2021
as Narrator, Writer
Breaking News in Yuba County 2021
as Karl Buttons
Wrong Turn 2021
as Scott Shaw
Chance 2020
as Coach Mike
Guardians of Life 2020
Actor
Miss Virginia 2019
as Congressman Cliff Williams
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
as Self
Foster Boy 2019
as Michael Trainer
Red Ink 2019
Thanks
Backtrace 2018
as MacDonald
Speed Kills 2018
as George Bush
Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Filmworker 2018
as Self
The Green Fog 2018
Actor
47 Meters Down 2017
as Taylor
The Hippopotamus 2017
as Michael Logan
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents 2016
as Bob Riley
Army of One 2016
as Dr. Ross
Revengeance 2016
as Sid, Executive Producer
Super Sex 2016
Director, Producer, Writer
The Confirmation 2016
as Kyle
Last Days of Coney Island 2015
Executive Producer
Unity 2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Brainwashing of My Dad 2015
as Himself - Narrator, Producer
Merry Xmas 2015
as Abe, Writer
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards 2015
as Theodore Foster
Altar 2014
as Alec
Kubrick Remembered 2014
as Self
Guests 2014
as Theodore Foster
- How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire 2014
as Self
Jobs 2013
as John Sculley
CAT. 8 2013
as Dr. Michael Ranger
Family Weekend 2013
as Duncan Dungy
The Dark Knight Rises 2012
as Foley
Girl in Progress 2012
as Dr. Harford
Too Big to Fail 2011
as John Thain
- The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project 2011
Director, Writer
Adventures in Plymptoons! 2011
as Self
Jesus Was a Commie 2011
as Himself, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Trial 2010
as Mac, Producer
Mulberry St. 2010
as Self
Little Fish, Strange Pond 2009
as Mr. Jack, Executive Producer
Sex and Lies in Sin City 2009
as Ted Binion
PoliWood 2009
as Self
Santa: The Fascist Years 2008
as Narrator (voice)
Garden of Eden 2008
as David's Father
Go Go Tales 2008
as Johnie Ruby
Cowboy 2008
as Cowboy, Director, Writer
I Think I Thought 2008
as Joe, Director, Writer, Producer
The Neighbor 2007
as Jeff
Have Dreams, Will Travel 2007
as Ben's Father
Kettle of Fish 2006
as Mel, Executive Producer
Mary 2005
as Tony Childress / Jesus
Opa! 2005
as Eric
Odyssey in Rome 2005
Actor
Transporter 2 2005
as Jefferson Billings
Funky Monkey 2004
as Alec McCall
The Winning Season 2004
as Honus Wagner
Hollywood North 2004
as Bobby Myers
Le Divorce 2003
as Tellman
Overnight 2003
as Self
Redeemer 2002
as Paul Freeman
- World Birth Day
World Birth Day 2002
as Self - Narrator(voice)
The Shipment 2001
as Mitch Garrett
In the Shadows 2001
as Eric
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
as Self
Nobody's Baby 2001
as Sonny
Bamboozled 2000
as Himself
Very Mean Men 2000
as Bartender
Flowers for Algernon 2000
as Charlie Gordon
Any Given Sunday 1999
as Dr. Ollie Powers
If... Dog... Rabbit 1999
as Johnnie Cooper, Director, Writer
Notting Hill 1999
as Actor (uncredited)
The American 1998
as Christopher Newman
Surviving the Dust Bowl 1998
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
The Real Blonde 1998
as Joe
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman 1998
as Self
What the Deaf Man Heard 1997
as Sammy Ayers
The Maker 1997
as Walter Schmeiss
The Blackout 1997
as Matty
Ecce Pirate 1997
as Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Casting, Set Decoration, Supervising Sound Editor, Camera Operator, Costume Supervisor, Post Production Coordinator, Music Supervisor
Cutthroat Island 1995
as William Shaw
Fluke 1995
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Bye Bye Love 1995
as Dave Goldman
Jacob 1994
as Jakob
The Browning Version 1994
as Frank Hunter
Short Cuts 1993
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
And the Band Played On 1993
as Dr. Don Francis
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country 1993
as Self
The Tree 1993
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
When I Was a Boy 1993
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Casting, Art Direction, Music Supervisor
Equinox 1992
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Wind 1992
as Will Parker
Pacific Heights 1990
as Drake Goodman
Memphis Belle 1990
as Dennis Dearborn
The Lemon Sisters 1989
as Wild Bill Hamer
Gross Anatomy 1989
as Joe Slovak
The Gamble 1988
as Francesco Sacredo
Married to the Mob 1988
as Mike Downey
Orphans 1987
as Treat
Full Metal Jacket 1987
as Pvt. Joker
Vision Quest 1985
as Louden Swain
Mrs. Soffel 1984
as Jack Biddle
Birdy 1984
as Birdy
The Hotel New Hampshire 1984
as Chip Dove / Ernst
Streamers 1983
as Billy
Private School 1983
as Jim Green
Baby It's You 1983
as Steve
Amy and the Angel 1982
as Randy
Credits from TMDB.