Matthew Modine

About

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...

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999The SimpsonsSeries • 1989Stranger ThingsSeries • 2016The West WingSeries • 1999WeedsSeries • 2005OppenheimerMovie • 2023American PlayhouseSeries • 1982The Dark Knight RisesMovie • 2012Notting HillMovie • 1999Full Metal JacketMovie • 1987Zero DaySeries • 2025The Better SisterSeries • 2025ProtectorMovie • 2026Sicario: Day of the SoldadoMovie • 2018Wrong TurnMovie • 2021Transporter 2Movie • 2005Into the WestSeries • 2005Hitler: The Rise of EvilSeries • 2003Any Given SundayMovie • 1999RetributionMovie • 2023Cutthroat IslandMovie • 1995JobsMovie • 201347 Meters DownMovie • 2017Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StorySeries • 2001