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Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine’s screen credits include Pvt. Joker in Full Metal Jacket, Foley in The Dark Knight Rises, and Fritz Gerlich in Hitler: The Rise of Evil.
Born March 22, 1959 Loma Linda, California, USA4 movies on MoviHero
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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 …
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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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- 2026Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO DisclosureSelf - Narrator
- 2026ProtectorProducer · Colonel Joseph Lavelle
- 2025Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First ShadowSelf - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
- 2024I Hope This Helps!Producer
- 2024Hard MilesGreg Townsend
- 2023RetributionAnders Muller
- 2023I Am What You ImagineWriter · Director
- 2023OppenheimerVannevar Bush
- 2023The Martini ShotSteve
- 2023My Love Affair with MarriageProducer · Bo (voice)
- 2023Accidental Truth: UFO RevelationsNarrator (voice)
- 2023DownwindProducer
- 2022The FuseProducer
- 2021Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions ScandalRick Singer
- 2021Against the CurrentWriter · Narrator
- 2021Breaking News in Yuba CountyKarl Buttons
- 2021Wrong TurnScott Shaw
- 2020ChanceCoach Mike
- 2020Guardians of LifeActor
- 2019Miss VirginiaCongressman Cliff Williams
- 2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
- 2019Foster BoyMichael Trainer
- 2018BacktraceMacDonald
- 2018Speed KillsGeorge Bush
- 2018Sicario: Day of the SoldadoSecretary of Defense James Riley
- 2018FilmworkerSelf
- 2018The Green FogActor
- 201747 Meters DownTaylor
- 2017The HippopotamusMichael Logan
- 2016How to Grow Up Despite Your ParentsBob Riley
- 2016Army of OneDr. Ross
- 2016RevengeanceProducer · Sid
- 2016Super SexDirector · Producer · Writer
- 2016The ConfirmationKyle
- 2015Last Days of Coney IslandProducer
- 2015UnityNarrator (voice)
- 2015The Brainwashing of My DadProducer · Himself - Narrator
- 2015Merry XmasWriter · Abe
- 2015The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsTheodore Foster
- 2014AltarAlec
- 2014Kubrick RememberedSelf
- 2014GuestsTheodore Foster
- 2014How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara MillionaireSelf
- 2013JobsJohn Sculley
- 2013CAT. 8Dr. Michael Ranger
- 2013Family WeekendDuncan Dungy
- 2012Girl in ProgressDr. Harford
- 2011Too Big to FailJohn Thain
- 2011The Winsor McCay Resurrection ProjectDirector · Writer
- 2011Adventures in Plymptoons!Self
- 2011Jesus Was a CommieDirector · Producer · Writer · Himself
- 2010The TrialProducer · Mac
- 2010Mulberry St.Self
- 2009Little Fish, Strange PondProducer · Mr. Jack
- 2009Sex and Lies in Sin CityTed Binion
- 2009PoliWoodSelf
- 2008Santa: The Fascist YearsNarrator (voice)
- 2008Garden of EdenDavid's Father
- 2008Go Go TalesJohnie Ruby
- 2008CowboyWriter · Director · Cowboy
- 2008I Think I ThoughtWriter · Producer · Director · Joe
- 2007The NeighborJeff
- 2007Have Dreams, Will TravelBen's Father
- 2006Kettle of FishProducer · Mel
- 2005MaryTony Childress / Jesus
- 2005Opa!Eric
- 2005Odyssey in RomeActor
- 2005Transporter 2Jefferson Billings
- 2004Funky MonkeyAlec McCall
- 2004The Winning SeasonHonus Wagner
- 2004Hollywood NorthBobby Myers
- 2003Le DivorceTellman
- 2003OvernightSelf
- 2002RedeemerPaul Freeman
- 2002World Birth DaySelf - Narrator(voice)
- 2001The ShipmentMitch Garrett
- 2001In the ShadowsEric
- 2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den FilmSelf
- 2001Nobody's BabySonny
- 2000BamboozledHimself
- 2000Very Mean MenBartender
- 2000Flowers for AlgernonCharlie Gordon
- 1999Any Given SundayDr. Ollie Powers
- 1999If... Dog... RabbitWriter · Director · Johnnie Cooper
- 1999Notting HillActor (uncredited)
- 1998The AmericanChristopher Newman
- 1998Surviving the Dust BowlLawrence Svobida (voice)
- 1998The Real BlondeJoe
- 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil HartmanSelf
- 1997What the Deaf Man HeardSammy Ayers
- 1997The MakerWalter Schmeiss
- 1997The BlackoutMatty
- 1997Ecce PirateDirector · Producer · Writer · Narrator
- 1995Cutthroat IslandWilliam Shaw
- 1995FlukeThomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
- 1995Bye Bye LoveDave Goldman
- 1994JacobJakob
- 1994The Browning VersionFrank Hunter
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