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