Known for 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.
Born
March 22, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Loma Linda, California, USA
Filmography
164 films, 23 shows


I Am What You Imagine
2023
country: Unknown
A sensual exploration of the unexplainable.


Super Sex
2016 · 7m
country: United States
It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never before imagined—Super Sex!
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
2011 · 3m
country: Unknown


Jesus Was a Commie
2011 · 15m
country: United States
Jesus Was a Commie presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical journey. The film challenges the viewer to seek their own answers and personal truths.


Cowboy
2008 · 4m
country: Unknown
Lost in the urban jungle of Manhattan, Cowboy discovers that sometimes things aren't always what they seem.


I Think I Thought
2008 · 7m
country: United States
Joe (Matthew Modine) is a thinker in a world that doesn't tolerate analytical thinking. His wife, boss, and friends threaten to divorce, fire, and abandon him if he doesn't stop thinking so much. Luckily, Joe discovers "Thinkers Anonymous" where he learns that "we need those special people from television news and especially our government to tell us how to think. They know what's best for us, and the world."


If... Dog... Rabbit
1999 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.


Ecce Pirate
1997 · 21m
country: United States
A young boy's life is changed when he's kidnapped by sea pirates. A prisoner on board their ship, he learns to accept that his life will never be the same. As he grows older and wiser he becomes king of all he chooses to reign.


When I Was a Boy
1993 · 17m
country: United States
An experimental piece about a grown man reflecting on how he was reared by his mother and treated by others as a child.