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.
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Filmography of
Matthew Modine
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Colonel Joseph Lavelle
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Greg Townsend
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Steve
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Anders Muller
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Vannevar Bush
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Bo (voice)
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Narrator (voice)
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Narrator
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Karl Buttons
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Scott Shaw
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Coach Mike
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Congressman Cliff Williams
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Michael Trainer
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MacDonald
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George Bush
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Secretary of Defense James Riley
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Self
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Taylor
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Michael Logan
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Bob Riley
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Dr. Ross
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Sid
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Kyle
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Narrator (voice)
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Himself - Narrator
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Abe
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Theodore Foster
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Alec
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Self
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Theodore Foster
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John Sculley
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Duncan Dungy
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Foley
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Dr. Harford
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John Thain
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Bertie (voice)
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Himself
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Mac
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Self
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Mr. Jack
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Self
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Narrator (voice)
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Ted Binion
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Cowboy
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David's Father
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Jeff
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Johnie Ruby
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Ben's Father
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Mel
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Tony Childress / Jesus
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Eric
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Jefferson Billings
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Alec McCall
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Honus Wagner
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Bobby Myers
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Tellman
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Self
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Paul Freeman
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Mitch Garrett
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Eric
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Sonny
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Himself
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Bartender
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Charlie Gordon
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Dr. Ollie Powers
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Johnnie Cooper
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Actor (uncredited)
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Christopher Newman
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Lawrence Svobida (voice)
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Joe
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Sammy Ayers
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Walter Schmeiss
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Matty
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Narrator
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William Shaw
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Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
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Dave Goldman
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Narrator
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Jakob
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Frank Hunter
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Dr. Ralph Wyman
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Dr. Don Francis
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Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
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Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
... 1992
Will Parker
... 1992
Drake Goodman
... 1990
Dennis Dearborn
... 1990
Wild Bill Hamer
... 1989
Joe Slovak
... 1989
Francesco Sacredo
... 1988
Mike Downey
... 1988
Treat
... 1987
Pvt. Joker
... 1987
Louden Swain
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Jack Biddle
... 1984
Birdy
... 1984
Chip Dove / Ernst
... 1984
Billy
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Jim Green
... 1983
Steve
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Randy
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