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