Birth Day: 1959-03-22
Place of birth: Loma Linda, California, USA
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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As Colonel Joseph Lavelle -
As Greg Townsend -
As Steve -
As Vannevar Bush -
As Bo (voice) -
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As Anders Muller -
As Scott Shaw -
As Karl Buttons -
As Rick Singer -
As Narrator -
As Coach Mike -
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As Self -
As Congressman Cliff Williams -
As Michael Trainer -
As Secretary of Defense James Riley -
As George Bush -
As Self -
As MacDonald -
As Michael Logan -
As Taylor -
As Dr. Ross -
As Kyle -
As Sid -
As Bob Riley -
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As Abe -
As Theodore Foster -
As Himself - Narrator -
As Alec -
As Self
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As Theodore Foster -
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As Duncan Dungy -
As John Sculley -
As Foley -
As Dr. Harford -
As John Thain -
As Self
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As Bertie (voice) -
As Himself -
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As Mac -
As Ted Binion -
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As Mr. Jack -
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As Joe -
As Johnie Ruby -
As Cowboy -
As David's Father -
As Ben's Father -
As Jeff -
As Mel -
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As Jefferson Billings -
As Tony Childress / Jesus -
As Eric -
As Alec McCall -
As Bobby Myers -
As Honus Wagner -
As Self -
As Tellman -
As Self - Narrator(voice)
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As Paul Freeman -
As Eric -
As Sonny -
As Mitch Garrett -
As Self -
As Charlie Gordon -
As Himself -
As Bartender -
As Dr. Ollie Powers -
As Johnnie Cooper -
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As Lawrence Svobida (voice) -
As Joe -
As Christopher Newman -
As Self -
As Sammy Ayers -
As Walter Schmeiss -
As Matty -
As Narrator -
As Dave Goldman -
As Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke -
As William Shaw -
As Frank Hunter -
As Jakob -
As Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man -
As Self -
As Dr. Don Francis -
As Dr. Ralph Wyman -
As Will Parker -
As Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace -
As Dennis Dearborn -
As Drake Goodman -
As Wild Bill Hamer -
As Joe Slovak -
As Mike Downey -
As Francesco Sacredo -
As Pvt. Joker -
As Treat -
As Louden Swain -
As Chip Dove / Ernst -
As Birdy -
As Jack Biddle -
As Billy -
As Steve -
As Jim Green -
As Randy -
As Self -
As Self