Acting · Loma Linda, California, USA · Born March 22, 1959
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.
MovieGodzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
MovieAccidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
2026
as Self - Narrator
MovieProtector
2026
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
TVThe Better Sister
2025
as Bill Braddock
TVZero Day
2025
as Richard Dreyer
MovieHard Miles
2024
as Greg Townsend
MovieRetribution
2023
as Anders Muller
MovieOppenheimer
2023
as Vannevar Bush
MovieThe Martini Shot
2023
as Steve
MovieMy Love Affair with Marriage
2023
as Bo (voice)
TV100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
MovieAccidental Truth: UFO Revelations
2023
as Narrator (voice)
MovieOperation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021
as Rick Singer
MovieAgainst the Current
2021
as Narrator
MovieBreaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Karl Buttons
MovieWrong Turn
2021
as Scott Shaw
MovieChance
2020
as Coach Mike
MovieGuardians of Life
2020
MovieMiss Virginia
2019
as Congressman Cliff Williams
MovieAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
MovieFoster Boy
2019
as Michael Trainer
MovieBacktrace
2018
as MacDonald
MovieSpeed Kills
2018
as George Bush
MovieSicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
MovieFilmworker
2018
as Self
MovieThe Green Fog
2018
Movie47 Meters Down
2017
as Taylor
MovieThe Hippopotamus
2017
as Michael Logan
MovieHow to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
2016
as Bob Riley
MovieArmy of One
2016
as Dr. Ross
MovieRevengeance
2016
as Sid
TVStranger Things
2016
as Dr. Martin Brenner
MovieThe Confirmation
2016
as Kyle
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
as Himself - Narrator
TVProof
2015
as Ivan Turing
MovieMerry Xmas
2015
as Abe
MovieThe Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Theodore Foster
MovieAltar
2014
as Alec
MovieKubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
MovieGuests
2014
as Theodore Foster
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieJobs
2013
as John Sculley
MovieCAT. 8
2013
as Dr. Michael Ranger
MovieFamily Weekend
2013
as Duncan Dungy
TVCAT. 8
2013
as Dr. Michael Ranger
MovieThe Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Foley
MovieGirl in Progress
2012
as Dr. Harford
MovieToo Big to Fail
2011
as John Thain
MovieAdventures in Plymptoons!
2011
as Self
MovieJesus Was a Commie
2011
as Himself
MovieThe Trial
2010
as Mac
MovieMulberry St.
2010
as Self
MovieLittle Fish, Strange Pond
2009
as Mr. Jack
MovieSex and Lies in Sin City
2009
as Ted Binion
MoviePoliWood
2009
as Self
MovieSanta: The Fascist Years
2008
as Narrator (voice)
MovieGo Go Tales
2008
as Johnie Ruby
MovieCowboy
2008
as Cowboy
MovieI Think I Thought
2008
as Joe
MovieGarden of Eden
2008
as David's Father
MovieThe Neighbor
2007
as Jeff
MovieHave Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Ben's Father
MovieKettle of Fish
2006
as Mel
TVThe Bedford Diaries
2006
as Jake Macklin
MovieMary
2005
as Tony Childress / Jesus
MovieOpa!
2005
as Eric
MovieOdyssey in Rome
2005
TVWeeds
2005
as Sullivan Groff
MovieTransporter 2
2005
as Jefferson Billings
TVInto the West
2005
as Samson Wheeler
MovieFunky Monkey
2004
as Alec McCall
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Winning Season
2004
as Honus Wagner
MovieHollywood North
2004
as Bobby Myers
MovieLe Divorce
2003
as Tellman
MovieOvernight
2003
as Self
TVHitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as Fritz Gerlich
MovieRedeemer
2002
as Paul Freeman
World Birth Day
2002
as Self - Narrator(voice)
TVJack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
as Jack Robinson
MovieThe Shipment
2001
as Mitch Garrett
MovieIn the Shadows
2001
as Eric
MovieStanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
MovieNobody's Baby
2001
as Sonny
MovieBamboozled
2000
as Himself
MovieVery Mean Men
2000
as Bartender
MovieFlowers for Algernon
2000
as Charlie Gordon
MovieAny Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Ollie Powers
MovieIf... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as Johnnie Cooper
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Marco Arlens
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Gordon Rickett
MovieNotting Hill
1999
as Actor (uncredited)
MovieThe American
1998
as Christopher Newman
TVSo Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
MovieSurviving the Dust Bowl
1998
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
MovieThe Real Blonde
1998
as Joe
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as Self
MovieWhat the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Sammy Ayers
MovieThe Maker
1997
as Walter Schmeiss
MovieThe Blackout
1997
as Matty
MovieEcce Pirate
1997
as Narrator
MovieCutthroat Island
1995
as William Shaw
MovieFluke
1995
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
TVLo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
MovieBye Bye Love
1995
as Dave Goldman
MovieJacob
1994
as Jakob
MovieThe Browning Version
1994
as Frank Hunter
TVAmerican Cinema
1994
as Self
MovieShort Cuts
1993
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
MovieAnd the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Don Francis
MovieLuck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
MovieThe Tree
1993
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
MovieEquinox
1992
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
MovieWind
1992
as Will Parker
MoviePacific Heights
1990
as Drake Goodman
MovieMemphis Belle
1990
as Dennis Dearborn
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Stern (voice)
MovieThe Lemon Sisters
1989
as Wild Bill Hamer
MovieGross Anatomy
1989
as Joe Slovak
MovieThe Gamble
1988
as Francesco Sacredo
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieMarried to the Mob
1988
as Mike Downey
MovieOrphans
1987
as Treat
MovieFull Metal Jacket
1987
as Pvt. Joker
MovieVision Quest
1985
as Louden Swain
MovieMrs. Soffel
1984
as Jack Biddle
MovieBirdy
1984
as Birdy
MovieThe Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Chip Dove / Ernst
MovieStreamers
1983
as Billy
MoviePrivate School
1983
as Jim Green
MovieBaby It's You
1983
as Steve
MovieAmy and the Angel
1982
as Randy
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Eugene O'Neill
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sammy Ayers
MovieMichael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self
MovieA Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self
The Splendid Thing
as Declan King
