Matthew Modine
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting140
movieAccidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
2026
Self - Narrator
movieProtector
2026
Colonel Joseph Lavelle
tvThe Better Sister
2025
Bill Braddock
tvZero Day
2025
Richard Dreyer
movieHard Miles
2024
Greg Townsend
movieRetribution
2023
Anders Muller
movieOppenheimer
2023
Vannevar Bush
movieMy Love Affair with Marriage
2023
Bo (voice)
movieAccidental Truth: UFO Revelations
2023
Narrator (voice)
movieAgainst the Current
2021
Narrator
movieBreaking News in Yuba County
2021
Karl Buttons
movieWrong Turn
2021
Scott Shaw
movieChance
2020
Coach Mike
movieMiss Virginia
2019
Congressman Cliff Williams
movieFoster Boy
2019
Michael Trainer
movieBacktrace
2018
MacDonald
movieSpeed Kills
2018
George Bush
movieSicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Secretary of Defense James Riley
movie47 Meters Down
2017
Taylor
movieThe Hippopotamus
2017
Michael Logan
movieArmy of One
2016
Dr. Ross
tvStranger Things
2016
Dr. Martin Brenner / Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage)
movieUnity
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
Himself - Narrator
tvProof
2015
Ivan Turing
movieThe Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
Theodore Foster
movieAltar
2014
Alec
movieGuests
2014
Theodore Foster
movieJobs
2013
John Sculley
movieCAT. 8
2013
Dr. Michael Ranger
movieFamily Weekend
2013
Duncan Dungy
tvCAT. 8
2013
Dr. Michael Ranger
movieGirl in Progress
2012
Dr. Harford
movieToo Big to Fail
2011
John Thain
movieJesus Was a Commie
2011
Himself
movieSex and Lies in Sin City
2009
Ted Binion
movieSanta: The Fascist Years
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieGo Go Tales
2008
Johnie Ruby
movieCowboy
2008
Cowboy
movieGarden of Eden
2008
David's Father
movieHave Dreams, Will Travel
2007
Ben's Father
tvThe Bedford Diaries
2006
Jake Macklin
movieMary
2005
Tony Childress / Jesus
movieOpa!
2005
Eric
tvWeeds
2005
Sullivan Groff
movieTransporter 2
2005
Jefferson Billings
tvInto the West
2005
Samson Wheeler
movieFunky Monkey
2004
Alec McCall
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
movieThe Winning Season
2004
Honus Wagner
movieHollywood North
2004
Bobby Myers
movieLe Divorce
2003
Tellman
tvHitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
Fritz Gerlich
movieRedeemer
2002
Paul Freeman
World Birth Day
2002
Self - Narrator(voice)
tvJack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
Jack Robinson
movieThe Shipment
2001
Mitch Garrett
movieBamboozled
2000
Himself
movieVery Mean Men
2000
Bartender
movieFlowers for Algernon
2000
Charlie Gordon
movieAny Given Sunday
1999
Dr. Ollie Powers
movieIf... Dog... Rabbit
1999
Johnnie Cooper
tvThe West Wing
1999
Marco Arlens
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Gordon Rickett
movieNotting Hill
1999
Actor (uncredited)
movieThe American
1998
Christopher Newman
tvSo Graham Norton
1998
Self - Guest
movieSurviving the Dust Bowl
1998
Lawrence Svobida (voice)
movieWhat the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Sammy Ayers
movieThe Maker
1997
Walter Schmeiss
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Narrator
movieCutthroat Island
1995
William Shaw
movieFluke
1995
Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
tvLo + plus
1995
Self - Guest
movieBye Bye Love
1995
Dave Goldman
movieJacob
1994
Jakob
movieThe Browning Version
1994
Frank Hunter
movieShort Cuts
1993
Dr. Ralph Wyman
movieAnd the Band Played On
1993
Dr. Don Francis
movieThe Tree
1993
Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
movieEquinox
1992
Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
movieWind
1992
Will Parker
moviePacific Heights
1990
Drake Goodman
movieMemphis Belle
1990
Dennis Dearborn
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Dr. Stern (voice)
movieThe Lemon Sisters
1989
Wild Bill Hamer
movieGross Anatomy
1989
Joe Slovak
movieThe Gamble
1988
Francesco Sacredo
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieMarried to the Mob
1988
Mike Downey
movieOrphans
1987
Treat
movieFull Metal Jacket
1987
Pvt. Joker
movieVision Quest
1985
Louden Swain
movieMrs. Soffel
1984
Jack Biddle
movieBirdy
1984
Birdy
movieThe Hotel New Hampshire
1984
Chip Dove / Ernst
movieStreamers
1983
Billy
moviePrivate School
1983
Jim Green
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Eugene O'Neill
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Sammy Ayers
The Splendid Thing
Declan King
Production18
movieProtector
2026
Producer
movieI Hope This Helps!
2024
Executive Producer
movieMy Love Affair with Marriage
2023
Executive Producer
movieDownwind
2023
Producer
movieThe Fuse
2022
Executive Producer
movieRevengeance
2016
Executive Producer
movieSuper Sex
2016
Producer
movieLast Days of Coney Island
2015
Executive Producer
movieJesus Was a Commie
2011
Executive Producer
movieThe Trial
2010
Producer
movieLittle Fish, Strange Pond
2009
Executive Producer
movieI Think I Thought
2008
Producer
movieKettle of Fish
2006
Executive Producer
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Post Production Coordinator, Producer, Casting
movieWhen I Was a Boy
1993
Casting, Producer
Keepers of the Wild
Executive Producer
Writing12
Directing10
movieI Am What You Imagine
2023
Director
movieSuper Sex
2016
Director
movieJesus Was a Commie
2011
Director
movieCowboy
2008
Director
movieI Think I Thought
2008
Director
movieIf... Dog... Rabbit
1999
Director
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Director
movieWhen I Was a Boy
1993
Director
Art2
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Set Decoration
movieWhen I Was a Boy
1993
Art Direction
Crew2
movieRed Ink
2019
Thanks
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Cinematography
Sound2
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Music Supervisor, Supervising Sound Editor
movieWhen I Was a Boy
1993
Music Supervisor
Camera1
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up1
movieEcce Pirate
1997
Costume Supervisor