Matthew Modine
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.
Full Metal Jacket
(Pvt. Joker)
Cutthroat Island
(William Shaw)
Short Cuts
(Dr. Ralph Wyman)
Married to the Mob
(Mike Downey)
Jacob
(Jakob)
And the Band Played On
(Dr. Don Francis)
Pacific Heights
(Drake Goodman)
Amy and the Angel
(Randy)
Fluke
(Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke)
Vision Quest
(Louden Swain)
Birdy
(Birdy)
Bye Bye Love
(Dave Goldman)
Sex and Lies in Sin City
(Ted Binion)
Garden of Eden
(David's Father)
Orphans
(Treat)
Mrs. Soffel
(Jack Biddle)
The Blackout
(Matty)
Any Given Sunday
(Dr. Ollie Powers)
Transporter 2
(Jefferson Billings)
Memphis Belle
(Dennis Dearborn)
In the Shadows
(Eric)
Flowers for Algernon
(Charlie Gordon)
Wind
(Will Parker)
The Real Blonde
(Joe)
Have Dreams, Will Travel
(Ben's Father)
Funky Monkey
(Alec McCall)
Kettle of Fish
(Mel)
Mary
(Tony Childress / Jesus)
Too Big to Fail
(John Thain)
The Neighbor
(Jeff)
Gross Anatomy
(Joe Slovak)
The Dark Knight Rises
(Foley)
Streamers
(Billy)
The Trial
(Mac)
Nobody's Baby
(Sonny)
Private School
(Jim Green)
The Browning Version
(Frank Hunter)
Little Fish, Strange Pond
(Mr. Jack)
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
(Narrator (voice))
Go Go Tales
(Johnie Ruby)
Girl in Progress
(Dr. Harford)
Hollywood North
(Bobby Myers)
The Maker
(Walter Schmeiss)
What the Deaf Man Heard
(Sammy Ayers)
Opa!
(Eric)
The Winning Season
(Honus Wagner)
The Shipment
(Mitch Garrett)
Retribution
(Anders Muller)
Equinox
(Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace)
Jobs
(John Sculley)
Family Weekend
(Duncan Dungy)
Cowboy
(Cowboy)
Redeemer
(Paul Freeman)
If... Dog... Rabbit
(Johnnie Cooper)
The Martini Shot
(Steve)
Mulberry St.
(Self)
Baby It's You
(Steve)
Hard Miles
(Greg Townsend)
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
(Self)
The Gamble
(Francesco Sacredo)
Against the Current
(Narrator)
Oppenheimer
(Vannevar Bush)
Adventures in Plymptoons!
(Self)
Altar
(Alec)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
(Self)
Odyssey in Rome
Unity
(Narrator (voice))
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
(Theodore Foster)
Guests
(Theodore Foster)
The Confirmation
(Kyle)
47 Meters Down
(Taylor)
The Brainwashing of My Dad
(Himself - Narrator)
The Hippopotamus
(Michael Logan)
Jesus Was a Commie
(Himself)
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
(Bob Riley)
Bamboozled
(Himself)
I Think I Thought
(Joe)
Overnight
(Self)
Very Mean Men
(Bartender)
Santa: The Fascist Years
(Narrator (voice))
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
(Secretary of Defense James Riley)
The American
(Christopher Newman)
Backtrace
(MacDonald)
Speed Kills
(George Bush)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
(Self)
Filmworker
(Self)
My Love Affair with Marriage
(Bo (voice))
Notting Hill
(Actor (uncredited))
Miss Virginia
(Congressman Cliff Williams)
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
(Self)
Army of One
(Dr. Ross)
Wrong Turn
(Scott Shaw)
Kubrick Remembered
(Self)
Merry Xmas
(Abe)
Guardians of Life
Chance
(Coach Mike)
The Tree
(Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man)
Le Divorce
(Tellman)
Foster Boy
(Michael Trainer)
Revengeance
(Sid)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
(Self)
Breaking News in Yuba County
(Karl Buttons)
Surviving the Dust Bowl
(Lawrence Svobida (voice))
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
(Rick Singer)
The Hotel New Hampshire
(Chip Dove / Ernst)
The Lemon Sisters
(Wild Bill Hamer)
PoliWood
(Self)
Ecce Pirate
(Narrator)
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
(Self)
Protector
(Colonel Joseph Lavelle)
The Flying House
(Bertie (voice))
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
(Self)
The Tony Danza Show
(Self - Guest)
The Bedford Diaries
(Jake Macklin)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Gordon Rickett)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Sammy Ayers)
Into the West
(Samson Wheeler)
So Graham Norton
(Self - Guest)
Weeds
(Sullivan Groff)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
(Jack Robinson)
The West Wing
(Marco Arlens)
Proof
(Ivan Turing)
CAT. 8
(Dr. Michael Ranger)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
(Self)
Stranger Things
(Martin Brenner)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
(Fritz Gerlich)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Zero Day
(Richard Dreyer)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
The Better Sister
(Bill Braddock)
Lo + plus
(Self - Guest)
The Simpsons
(Dr. Stern (voice))
American Cinema
(Self)
Cowboy
(Director)
Cowboy
(Writer)
Ecce Pirate
(Director)
Ecce Pirate
(Writer)
Ecce Pirate
(Producer)
Ecce Pirate
(Cinematography)
Ecce Pirate
(Casting)
Ecce Pirate
(Set Decoration)
Ecce Pirate
(Supervising Sound Editor)
Ecce Pirate
(Camera Operator)
Ecce Pirate
(Costume Supervisor)
Ecce Pirate
(Post Production Coordinator)
Ecce Pirate
(Music Supervisor)
I Am What You Imagine
(Director)
I Am What You Imagine
(Writer)
If... Dog... Rabbit
(Director)
If... Dog... Rabbit
(Writer)
When I Was a Boy
(Director)
When I Was a Boy
(Writer)
When I Was a Boy
(Producer)
When I Was a Boy
(Editor)
When I Was a Boy
(Casting)
When I Was a Boy
(Art Direction)
When I Was a Boy
(Music Supervisor)
The Fuse
(Executive Producer)
Against the Current
(Writer)
The Brainwashing of My Dad
(Producer)
Last Days of Coney Island
(Executive Producer)
Super Sex
(Director)
Super Sex
(Producer)
Downwind
(Producer)
Little Fish, Strange Pond
(Executive Producer)
Jesus Was a Commie
(Director)
Jesus Was a Commie
(Writer)
Jesus Was a Commie
(Executive Producer)
Super Sex
(Writer)
I Think I Thought
(Director)
I Think I Thought
(Writer)
I Think I Thought
(Producer)
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
(Director)
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
(Writer)
I Hope This Helps!
(Executive Producer)
Keepers of the Wild
(Executive Producer)
My Love Affair with Marriage
(Executive Producer)
Red Ink
(Thanks)
The Trial
(Producer)
Merry Xmas
(Writer)
Kettle of Fish
(Executive Producer)
Revengeance
(Executive Producer)
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
(Producer)