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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Known For
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
The Better Sister
Bill Braddock · (8 episodes)
2025
Zero Day
Richard Dreyer · (6 episodes)
2025
Hard Miles
Greg Townsend
2024
The Martini Shot
Steve
2023
Retribution
Anders Muller
2023
Oppenheimer
Vannevar Bush
2023
My Love Affair with Marriage
Bo (voice)
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · (2 episodes)
2023
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
Narrator (voice)
2023
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Rick Singer
2021
Against the Current
Narrator
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County
Karl Buttons
2021
Wrong Turn
Scott Shaw
2021
Chance
Coach Mike
2020
Guardians of Life
2020
Miss Virginia
Congressman Cliff Williams
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Foster Boy
Michael Trainer
2019
Backtrace
MacDonald
2018
Speed Kills
George Bush
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Secretary of Defense James Riley
2018
Filmworker
Self
2018
47 Meters Down
Taylor
2017
The Hippopotamus
Michael Logan
2017
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Bob Riley
2016
Army of One
Dr. Ross
2016
Revengeance
Sid
2016
Stranger Things
Martin Brenner · (20 episodes)
2016
The Confirmation
Kyle
2016
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Himself - Narrator
2015
Proof
Ivan Turing · (10 episodes)
2015
Merry Xmas
Abe
2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Theodore Foster
2015
Altar
Alec
2014
Kubrick Remembered
Self
2014
Guests
Theodore Foster
2014
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
Himself
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Jobs
John Sculley
2013
Family Weekend
Duncan Dungy
2013
CAT. 8
Dr. Michael Ranger · (2 episodes)
2013
The Dark Knight Rises
Foley
2012
Girl in Progress
Dr. Harford
2012
Too Big to Fail
John Thain
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Himself
2011
Jesus Was a Commie
Himself
2011
The Trial
Mac
2010
Mulberry St.
Self
2010
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Mr. Jack
2009
PoliWood
Self
2009
Santa: The Fascist Years
Narrator (voice)
2008
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Ted Binion
2008
Cowboy
Cowboy
2008
I Think I Thought
Joe
2008
Garden of Eden
David's Father
2008
The Neighbor
Jeff
2007
Go Go Tales
Johnie Ruby
2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Ben's Father
2007
Kettle of Fish
Mel
2006
The Bedford Diaries
Jake Macklin · (8 episodes)
2006
Mary
Tony Childress / Jesus
2005
Opa!
Eric
2005
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Weeds
Sullivan Groff · (15 episodes)
2005
Transporter 2
Jefferson Billings
2005
Into the West
Samson Wheeler · (6 episodes)
2005
Funky Monkey
Alec McCall
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2004
The Winning Season
Honus Wagner
2004
Mon voisin du dessus
Jeff
2004
Hollywood North
Bobby Myers
2004
Le Divorce
Tellman
2003
Overnight
Self
2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Fritz Gerlich · (2 episodes)
2003
Redeemer
Paul Freeman
2002
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Jack Robinson · (2 episodes)
2001
The Shipment
Mitch Garrett
2001
In the Shadows
Eric
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001
Nobody's Baby
Sonny
2001
Bamboozled
Himself
2000
Very Mean Men
Bartender
2000
Flowers for Algernon
Charlie Gordon
2000
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Ollie Powers
1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
Johnnie Cooper
1999
The West Wing
Marco Arlens · (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Gordon Rickett · (1 episode)
1999
Notting Hill
Actor (uncredited)
1999
The American
Christopher Newman
1998
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Lawrence Svobida (voice)
1998
The Real Blonde
Joe
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Self
1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
Sammy Ayers
1997
The Maker
Walter Schmeiss
1997
The Blackout
Matty
1997
Ecce Pirate
Narrator
1997
Cutthroat Island
William Shaw
1995
Fluke
Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
1995
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1995
Bye Bye Love
Dave Goldman
1995
American Cinema
Narrator
1995
Jacob
Jakob
1994
The Browning Version
Frank Hunter
1994
Short Cuts
Dr. Ralph Wyman
1993
And the Band Played On
Dr. Don Francis
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
1993
The Tree
Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
1993
Equinox
Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
1992
Wind
Will Parker
1992
Pacific Heights
Drake Goodman
1990
Memphis Belle
Dennis Dearborn
1990
The Lemon Sisters
Wild Bill Hamer
1989
Gross Anatomy
Joe Slovak
1989
The Gamble
Francesco Sacredo
1988
Married to the Mob
Mike Downey
1988
Orphans
Treat
1987
Full Metal Jacket
Pvt. Joker
1987
Vision Quest
Louden Swain
1985
Mrs. Soffel
Jack Biddle
1984
Birdy
Birdy
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
Chip Dove / Ernst
1984
Streamers
Billy
1983
Private School
Jim Green
1983
Baby It's You
Steve
1983
Amy and the Angel
Randy
1982
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Self
Protector
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1988
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sammy Ayers · (1 episode)
1951