Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027 · Movie
Matthew Modine
1959-03-22
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Loma Linda, California, USA
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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
Protector
2026 · Movie
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
2026 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
2025 · Movie
as Self - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
Zero Day
2025 · TV Show
as Richard Dreyer
The Better Sister
2025 · TV Show
as Bill Braddock
Hard Miles
2024 · Movie
as Greg Townsend
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
2023 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Retribution
2023 · Movie
as Anders Muller
The Martini Shot
2023 · Movie
as Steve
Oppenheimer
2023 · Movie
as Vannevar Bush
My Love Affair with Marriage
2023 · Movie
as Bo (voice)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · TV Show
as Self
Against the Current
2021 · Movie
as Narrator
Wrong Turn
2021 · Movie
as Scott Shaw
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021 · Movie
as Karl Buttons
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021 · Movie
as Rick Singer
Guardians of Life
2020 · Movie
Chance
2020 · Movie
as Coach Mike
Miss Virginia
2019 · Movie
as Congressman Cliff Williams
Foster Boy
2019 · Movie
as Michael Trainer
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Movie
as Self
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Movie
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Backtrace
2018 · Movie
as MacDonald
Speed Kills
2018 · Movie
as George Bush
Filmworker
2018 · Movie
as Self
The Green Fog
2018 · Movie
47 Meters Down
2017 · Movie
as Taylor
The Hippopotamus
2017 · Movie
as Michael Logan
The Confirmation
2016 · Movie
as Kyle
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
2016 · Movie
as Bob Riley
Army of One
2016 · Movie
as Dr. Ross
Revengeance
2016 · Movie
as Sid
Stranger Things
2016 · TV Show
as Dr. Martin Brenner, Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage)
Unity
2015 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015 · Movie
as Theodore Foster
The Brainwashing of My Dad
2015 · Movie
as Himself - Narrator
Merry Xmas
2015 · Movie
as Abe
Proof
2015 · TV Show
as Ivan Turing
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How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
2014 · Movie
as Self
Altar
2014 · Movie
as Alec
Guests
2014 · Movie
as Theodore Foster
Kubrick Remembered
2014 · Movie
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Jobs
2013 · Movie
as John Sculley
Family Weekend
2013 · Movie
as Duncan Dungy
CAT. 8
2013 · Movie
as Dr. Michael Ranger
CAT. 8
2013 · TV Show
as Dr. Michael Ranger
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Movie
as Foley
Girl in Progress
2012 · Movie
as Dr. Harford
Too Big to Fail
2011 · Movie
as John Thain
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011 · Movie
as Self
Jesus Was a Commie
2011 · Movie
as Himself
The Trial
2010 · Movie
as Mac
Mulberry St.
2010 · Movie
as Self
Sex and Lies in Sin City
2009 · Movie
as Ted Binion
Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009 · Movie
as Mr. Jack
PoliWood
2009 · Movie
as Self
Garden of Eden
2008 · Movie
as David's Father
Go Go Tales
2008 · Movie
as Johnie Ruby
Cowboy
2008 · Movie
as Cowboy
I Think I Thought
2008 · Movie
as Joe
Santa: The Fascist Years
2008 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007 · Movie
as Ben's Father
The Neighbor
2007 · Movie
as Jeff
Kettle of Fish
2006 · Movie
as Mel
The Bedford Diaries
2006 · TV Show
as Jake Macklin
Transporter 2
2005 · Movie
as Jefferson Billings
Mary
2005 · Movie
as Tony Childress / Jesus
Opa!
2005 · Movie
as Eric
Odyssey in Rome
2005 · Movie
Into the West
2005 · TV Show
as Samson Wheeler
Weeds
2005 · TV Show
as Sullivan Groff
Funky Monkey
2004 · Movie
as Alec McCall
Hollywood North
2004 · Movie
as Bobby Myers
The Winning Season
2004 · Movie
as Honus Wagner
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The Tony Danza Show
2004 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Overnight
2003 · Movie
as Self
Le Divorce
2003 · Movie
as Tellman
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003 · TV Show
as Fritz Gerlich
Redeemer
2002 · Movie
as Paul Freeman
No image
World Birth Day
2002 · Movie
as Self - Narrator(voice)
In the Shadows
2001 · Movie
as Eric
Nobody's Baby
2001 · Movie
as Sonny
The Shipment
2001 · Movie
as Mitch Garrett
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001 · Movie
as Self
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001 · TV Show
as Jack Robinson
Flowers for Algernon
2000 · Movie
as Charlie Gordon
Bamboozled
2000 · Movie
as Himself
Very Mean Men
2000 · Movie
as Bartender
Any Given Sunday
1999 · Movie
as Dr. Ollie Powers
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999 · Movie
as Johnnie Cooper
Notting Hill
1999 · Movie
as Actor (uncredited)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Gordon Rickett
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Marco Arlens
The Real Blonde
1998 · Movie
as Joe
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998 · Movie
as Self
The American
1998 · Movie
as Christopher Newman
Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998 · Movie
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
So Graham Norton
1998 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Blackout
1997 · Movie
as Matty
The Maker
1997 · Movie
as Walter Schmeiss
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · Movie
as Sammy Ayers
Ecce Pirate
1997 · Movie
as Narrator
Cutthroat Island
1995 · Movie
as William Shaw
Fluke
1995 · Movie
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Bye Bye Love
1995 · Movie
as Dave Goldman
Lo + plus
1995 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Jacob
1994 · Movie
as Jakob
The Browning Version
1994 · Movie
as Frank Hunter
American Cinema
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Short Cuts
1993 · Movie
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
And the Band Played On
1993 · Movie
as Dr. Don Francis
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993 · Movie
as Self
The Tree
1993 · Movie
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
Wind
1992 · Movie
as Will Parker
Equinox
1992 · Movie
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Pacific Heights
1990 · Movie
as Drake Goodman
Memphis Belle
1990 · Movie
as Dennis Dearborn
Gross Anatomy
1989 · Movie
as Joe Slovak
The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Movie
as Wild Bill Hamer
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Dr. Stern (voice)
Married to the Mob
1988 · Movie
as Mike Downey
The Gamble
1988 · Movie
as Francesco Sacredo
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Full Metal Jacket
1987 · Movie
as Pvt. Joker
Orphans
1987 · Movie
as Treat
Vision Quest
1985 · Movie
as Louden Swain
Birdy
1984 · Movie
as Birdy
Mrs. Soffel
1984 · Movie
as Jack Biddle
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Movie
as Chip Dove / Ernst
Streamers
1983 · Movie
as Billy
Private School
1983 · Movie
as Jim Green
Baby It's You
1983 · Movie
as Steve
Amy and the Angel
1982 · Movie
as Randy
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Eugene O'Neill
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Sammy Ayers
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
· Movie
as Self
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
· Movie
as Self
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The Splendid Thing
· Movie
as Declan King
Crew Credits
Protector
2026 · Movie
Producer
I Hope This Helps!
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
I Am What You Imagine
2023 · Movie
Director, Writer
Downwind
2023 · Movie
Producer
My Love Affair with Marriage
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Fuse
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
Against the Current
2021 · Movie
Writer
Red Ink
2019 · Movie
Thanks
Super Sex
2016 · Movie
Director, Producer, Writer
Revengeance
2016 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Brainwashing of My Dad
2015 · Movie
Producer
Last Days of Coney Island
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
Merry Xmas
2015 · Movie
Writer
Jesus Was a Commie
2011 · Movie
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
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The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
2011 · Movie
Writer, Director
The Trial
2010 · Movie
Producer
Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009 · Movie
Executive Producer
Cowboy
2008 · Movie
Writer, Director
I Think I Thought
2008 · Movie
Writer, Director, Producer
Kettle of Fish
2006 · Movie
Executive Producer
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999 · Movie
Director, Writer
Ecce Pirate
1997 · Movie
Director, Set Decoration, Writer, Post Production Coordinator, Costume Supervisor, Producer, Casting, Camera Operator, Cinematography, Music Supervisor, Supervising Sound Editor
When I Was a Boy
1993 · Movie
Editor, Casting, Art Direction, Music Supervisor, Writer, Director, Producer
No image
Keepers of the Wild
· Movie
Executive Producer
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
· Movie
Producer
No image
The Splendid Thing
· Movie
Director, Screenplay
