Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
137
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 22, 1959 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Loma Linda, California, USA
Also Known As
Matthew Avery Modine
Matthew Modine
Biography
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.
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.
Known For
Acting
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Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as
Self
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A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as
Self
2027
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2026
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
as
Self - Narrator
2026
Protector
as
Colonel Joseph Lavelle
2025
The Better Sister
as
Bill Braddock
8 episode
s
2025
Zero Day
as
Richard Dreyer
6 episode
s
2024
Hard Miles
as
Greg Townsend
2023
Retribution
as
Anders Muller
2023
Oppenheimer
as
Vannevar Bush
2023
The Martini Shot
as
Steve
2023
My Love Affair with Marriage
as
Bo (voice)
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as
Self
2 episode
s
2023
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
as
Narrator (voice)
2021
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
as
Rick Singer
2021
Against the Current
as
Narrator
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County
as
Karl Buttons
2021
Wrong Turn
as
Scott Shaw
2020
Chance
as
Coach Mike
2020
Guardians of Life
2019
Miss Virginia
as
Congressman Cliff Williams
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as
Self
2019
Foster Boy
as
Michael Trainer
2018
Backtrace
as
MacDonald
2018
Speed Kills
as
George Bush
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as
Secretary of Defense James Riley
2018
Filmworker
as
Self
2017
47 Meters Down
as
Taylor
2017
The Hippopotamus
as
Michael Logan
2016
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as
Bob Riley
2016
Army of One
as
Dr. Ross
2016
Revengeance
as
Sid
2016
Stranger Things
as
Dr. Martin Brenner
19 episode
s
2016
Stranger Things
as
Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage)
1 episode
2016
The Confirmation
as
Kyle
2015
Unity
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Narrator (voice)
2015
The Brainwashing of My Dad
as
Himself - Narrator
2015
Proof
as
Ivan Turing
10 episode
s
2015
Merry Xmas
as
Abe
2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as
Theodore Foster
2014
Altar
as
Alec
2014
Kubrick Remembered
as
Self
2014
Guests
as
Theodore Foster
2014
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
as
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
1 episode
2013
Jobs
as
John Sculley
2013
Family Weekend
as
Duncan Dungy
2013
CAT. 8
as
Dr. Michael Ranger
2 episode
s
2012
The Dark Knight Rises
as
Foley
2012
Girl in Progress
as
Dr. Harford
2011
Too Big to Fail
as
John Thain
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as
Self
2011
Jesus Was a Commie
as
Himself
2010
The Trial
as
Mac
2010
Mulberry St.
as
Self
2009
Little Fish, Strange Pond
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Mr. Jack
2009
Sex and Lies in Sin City
as
Ted Binion
2009
PoliWood
as
Self
2008
Santa: The Fascist Years
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Narrator (voice)
2008
Go Go Tales
as
Johnie Ruby
2008
Cowboy
as
Cowboy
2008
I Think I Thought
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Joe
2008
Garden of Eden
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David's Father
2007
The Neighbor
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Jeff
2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as
Ben's Father
2006
Kettle of Fish
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Mel
2006
The Bedford Diaries
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Jake Macklin
8 episode
s
2005
Mary
as
Tony Childress / Jesus
2005
Opa!
as
Eric
2005
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Weeds
as
Sullivan Groff
15 episode
s
2005
Transporter 2
as
Jefferson Billings
2005
Into the West
as
Samson Wheeler
6 episode
s
2004
Funky Monkey
as
Alec McCall
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2004
The Winning Season
as
Honus Wagner
2004
Hollywood North
as
Bobby Myers
2003
Le Divorce
as
Tellman
2003
Overnight
as
Self
2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as
Fritz Gerlich
2 episode
s
2002
Redeemer
as
Paul Freeman
2002
World Birth Day
as
Self - Narrator(voice)
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
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Jack Robinson
2 episode
s
2001
The Shipment
as
Mitch Garrett
2001
In the Shadows
as
Eric
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as
Self
2001
Nobody's Baby
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Sonny
2000
Bamboozled
as
Himself
2000
Very Mean Men
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Bartender
2000
Flowers for Algernon
as
Charlie Gordon
1999
Any Given Sunday
as
Dr. Ollie Powers
1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
as
Johnnie Cooper
1999
The West Wing
as
Marco Arlens
1 episode
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as
Gordon Rickett
1 episode
1999
Notting Hill
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Actor (uncredited)
1998
The American
as
Christopher Newman
1998
So Graham Norton
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
as
Lawrence Svobida (voice)
1998
The Real Blonde
as
Joe
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
as
Self
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
as
Sammy Ayers
1997
The Maker
as
Walter Schmeiss
1997
The Blackout
as
Matty
1997
Ecce Pirate
as
Narrator
1995
Cutthroat Island
as
William Shaw
1995
Fluke
as
Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
1995
Lo + plus
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
1995
Bye Bye Love
as
Dave Goldman
1994
Jacob
as
Jakob
1994
The Browning Version
as
Frank Hunter
1994
American Cinema
as
Self
1 episode
1993
Short Cuts
as
Dr. Ralph Wyman
1993
And the Band Played On
as
Dr. Don Francis
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as
Self
1993
The Tree
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Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
1992
Equinox
as
Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
1992
Wind
as
Will Parker
1990
Pacific Heights
as
Drake Goodman
1990
Memphis Belle
as
Dennis Dearborn
1989
The Simpsons
as
Dr. Stern (voice)
1 episode
1989
The Lemon Sisters
as
Wild Bill Hamer
1989
Gross Anatomy
as
Joe Slovak
1988
The Gamble
as
Francesco Sacredo
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as
Self - Guest
3 episode
s
1988
Married to the Mob
as
Mike Downey
1987
Orphans
as
Treat
1987
Full Metal Jacket
as
Pvt. Joker
1985
Vision Quest
as
Louden Swain
1984
Mrs. Soffel
as
Jack Biddle
1984
Birdy
as
Birdy
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
as
Chip Dove / Ernst
1983
Streamers
as
Billy
1983
Private School
as
Jim Green
1983
Baby It's You
as
Steve
1982
Amy and the Angel
as
Randy
1975
Saturday Night Live
as
Self - Host
1 episode
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as
Sammy Ayers
1 episode
