Matthew Modine
Born: 1959-03-22 in Loma Linda, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Protector as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
- Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure as Self - Narrator
2025
- The Better Sister as Bill Braddock
- Zero Day as Richard Dreyer
- Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow as Self - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
2024
- Hard Miles as Greg Townsend
- I Hope This Helps! ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Oppenheimer as Vannevar Bush
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- Retribution as Anders Muller
- The Martini Shot as Steve
- My Love Affair with Marriage as Bo (voice)
- Downwind ... (Producer)
- Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations as Narrator (voice)
- I Am What You Imagine ... (Writer)
2022
- The Fuse ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Wrong Turn as Scott Shaw
- Breaking News in Yuba County as Karl Buttons
- Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal as Rick Singer
- Against the Current as Narrator
2020
- Chance as Coach Mike
- Guardians of Life
2019
- Miss Virginia as Congressman Cliff Williams
- Foster Boy as Michael Trainer
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- Red Ink ... (Thanks)
2018
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Secretary of Defense James Riley
- Backtrace as MacDonald
- Speed Kills as George Bush
- Filmworker as Self
- The Green Fog
2017
- 47 Meters Down as Taylor
- The Hippopotamus as Michael Logan
2016
- Stranger Things as Dr. Martin Brenner
- Army of One as Dr. Ross
- The Confirmation as Kyle
- Super Sex ... (Director)
- Revengeance as Sid
- How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents as Bob Riley
2015
- Proof as Ivan Turing
- Unity as Narrator (voice)
- The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards as Theodore Foster
- Merry Xmas as Abe
- Last Days of Coney Island ... (Executive Producer)
- The Brainwashing of My Dad as Himself - Narrator
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Altar as Alec
- Kubrick Remembered as Self
- Guests as Theodore Foster
- How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire as Self
2013
- Jobs as John Sculley
- Family Weekend as Duncan Dungy
- CAT. 8 as Dr. Michael Ranger
- CAT. 8 as Dr. Michael Ranger
2012
- The Dark Knight Rises as Foley
- Girl in Progress as Dr. Harford
2011
- Too Big to Fail as John Thain
- Adventures in Plymptoons! as Self
- The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project ... (Director)
- Jesus Was a Commie as Himself
2010
- The Trial as Mac
- Mulberry St. as Self
2009
- PoliWood as Self
- Little Fish, Strange Pond as Mr. Jack
- Sex and Lies in Sin City as Ted Binion
2008
- Go Go Tales as Johnie Ruby
- Garden of Eden as David's Father
- Santa: The Fascist Years as Narrator (voice)
- I Think I Thought as Joe
- Cowboy as Cowboy
2007
- The Neighbor as Jeff
- Have Dreams, Will Travel as Ben's Father
2006
- The Bedford Diaries as Jake Macklin
- Kettle of Fish as Mel
2005
- Weeds as Sullivan Groff
- Transporter 2 as Jefferson Billings
- Into the West as Samson Wheeler
- Mary as Tony Childress / Jesus
- Opa! as Eric
- Odyssey in Rome
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Funky Monkey as Alec McCall
- Hollywood North as Bobby Myers
- The Winning Season as Honus Wagner
2003
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Fritz Gerlich
- Le Divorce as Tellman
- Overnight as Self
2002
- Redeemer as Paul Freeman
- World Birth Day as Self - Narrator(voice)
2001
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Jack Robinson
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- Nobody's Baby as Sonny
- In the Shadows as Eric
- The Shipment as Mitch Garrett
2000
- Bamboozled as Himself
- Flowers for Algernon as Charlie Gordon
- Very Mean Men as Bartender
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gordon Rickett
- The West Wing as Marco Arlens
- Notting Hill as Actor (uncredited)
- Any Given Sunday as Dr. Ollie Powers
- If... Dog... Rabbit as Johnnie Cooper
1998
- So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
- The Real Blonde as Joe
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self
- The American as Christopher Newman
- Surviving the Dust Bowl as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
1997
- The Blackout as Matty
- What the Deaf Man Heard as Sammy Ayers
- The Maker as Walter Schmeiss
- Ecce Pirate as Narrator
1995
- Cutthroat Island as William Shaw
- Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- Fluke as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
- Bye Bye Love as Dave Goldman
1994
- American Cinema as Self
- Jacob as Jakob
- The Browning Version as Frank Hunter
1993
- 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
- When I Was a Boy ... (Producer)
- The Tree as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
1990
- Pacific Heights as Drake Goodman
- Memphis Belle as Dennis Dearborn
1989
- The Simpsons as Dr. Stern (voice)
- Gross Anatomy as Joe Slovak
- The Lemon Sisters as Wild Bill Hamer
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Married to the Mob as Mike Downey
- The Gamble as Francesco Sacredo
1987
- Full Metal Jacket as Pvt. Joker
- Orphans as Treat
1985
- Vision Quest as Louden Swain
1984
- Birdy as Birdy
- Mrs. Soffel as Jack Biddle
- The Hotel New Hampshire as Chip Dove / Ernst
1983
- Private School as Jim Green
- Baby It's You as Steve
- Streamers as Billy
1982
- American Playhouse as Eugene O'Neill
- Amy and the Angel as Randy
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sammy Ayers