Matthew Modine

Acting

Matthew Modine

Born 1959-03-22 · 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.

Acting credits

Oppenheimer poster
8.0

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Oppenheimer

2023

The Dark Knight Rises poster
7.8

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

Sicario: Day of the Soldado poster
6.9

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018

Protector poster
8.4

Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

Protector

2026

Full Metal Jacket poster
8.1

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Full Metal Jacket

1987

Notting Hill poster
7.3

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

Notting Hill

1999

Transporter 2 poster
6.3

Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.

Transporter 2

2005

Wrong Turn poster
6.0

Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.

Wrong Turn

2021

Any Given Sunday poster
6.8

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.

Any Given Sunday

1999

Short Cuts poster
7.2

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

Short Cuts

1993

Retribution poster
6.5

When a mysterious caller plants a bomb under his car seat, a bank executive begins a high-speed chase across the city to complete a specific series of tasks — all with his kids trapped in the back seat.

Retribution

2023

47 Meters Down poster
5.8

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

47 Meters Down

2017

Pacific Heights poster
6.3

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Pacific Heights

1990

Too Big to Fail poster
6.9

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

Too Big to Fail

2011

Married to the Mob poster
6.0

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.

Married to the Mob

1988

Cutthroat Island poster
5.8

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.

Cutthroat Island

1995

Jobs poster
6.1

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Jobs

2013

Backtrace poster
5.0

The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.

Backtrace

2018

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova poster
NR

As the sixth installment in the MonsterVerse film series, this movie will delve deeper into the delicate relationship of coexistence and trust between humans and prehistoric behemoths. Meanwhile, the earth-shaking monster storm triggered by the epic clash between Godzilla and Kong, the two guardians of Earth’s ecological balance, will once again sweep across the big screen!

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

2027

Le Divorce poster
5.0

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

Le Divorce

2003

Mrs. Soffel poster
6.0

Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.

Mrs. Soffel

1984

Birdy poster
7.1

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?

Birdy

1984

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman poster
7.7

Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

1998

And the Band Played On poster
6.4

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

And the Band Played On

1993

Behind the camera

Protector poster
8.4

Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

Protector

2026

The Trial poster
5.8

After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life and those around him forever.

The Trial

2010

Super Sex poster
5.8

It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never before imagined—Super Sex!

Super Sex

2016

Super Sex poster
5.8

It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never before imagined—Super Sex!

Super Sex

2016

Super Sex poster
5.8

It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never before imagined—Super Sex!

Super Sex

2016

If... Dog... Rabbit poster
4.5

Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.

If... Dog... Rabbit

1999

If... Dog... Rabbit poster
4.5

Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.

If... Dog... Rabbit

1999

Merry Xmas poster
7.0

The story of a mischievous father who calls his very busy kids to tell them that, after 55 years of marriage, he and their mom are getting divorced. Horrified by the news, the children prepare to fly home to stop the divorce and save their parents' marriage.

Merry Xmas

2015

No artwork available
NR

Celebrated novelist Declan King has lost his focus and has been struggling to complete his latest novel since his wife left him. He’s sent by his exasperated literary agent on a book-signing tour to Europe, where it’s hoped he may find inspiration to write, but things soon take a surreal turn as characters from his previous books start coming to life all around him.

The Splendid Thing

No artwork available
NR

Celebrated novelist Declan King has lost his focus and has been struggling to complete his latest novel since his wife left him. He’s sent by his exasperated literary agent on a book-signing tour to Europe, where it’s hoped he may find inspiration to write, but things soon take a surreal turn as characters from his previous books start coming to life all around him.

The Splendid Thing

Downwind poster
6.8

A documentary about nuclear fallout in the United States, specifically members of the Shoshone Nation whose sacred land continues to be cordoned off as a nuclear test site.

Downwind

2023

A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket poster
NR

An in-depth documentary on the 1987 classic Full Metal Jacket, shaped around over thirty new interviews with Kubrick collaborators, including Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Arliss Howard, as well as previously unheard audio interviews with Kubrick and never-before-released audio of the director rehearsing with the film’s actors at Pinewood Studios in 1986.

A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket

The Brainwashing of My Dad poster
6.3

A filmmaker examines the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her father, whose immersion in it radicalized him and rocked the foundation of their family. She discovers this political phenomenon recurring in living rooms everywhere, and reveals the consequences conservative media has had on families and a nation.

The Brainwashing of My Dad

2015

Ecce Pirate poster
8.0

A young boy's life is changed when he's kidnapped by sea pirates. A prisoner on board their ship, he learns to accept that his life will never be the same. As he grows older and wiser he becomes king of all he chooses to reign.

Ecce Pirate

1997

Ecce Pirate poster
8.0

A young boy's life is changed when he's kidnapped by sea pirates. A prisoner on board their ship, he learns to accept that his life will never be the same. As he grows older and wiser he becomes king of all he chooses to reign.

Ecce Pirate

1997

Ecce Pirate poster
8.0

A young boy's life is changed when he's kidnapped by sea pirates. A prisoner on board their ship, he learns to accept that his life will never be the same. As he grows older and wiser he becomes king of all he chooses to reign.

Ecce Pirate

1997

Jesus Was a Commie poster
NR

Jesus Was a Commie presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical journey. The film challenges the viewer to seek their own answers and personal truths.

Jesus Was a Commie

2011

Jesus Was a Commie poster
NR

Jesus Was a Commie presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical journey. The film challenges the viewer to seek their own answers and personal truths.

Jesus Was a Commie

2011

Against the Current poster
NR

Against the Current is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the journey of South African endurance swimmer Sarah Ferguson, as she attempts to become the first person ever to swim around Easter Island (Rapa Nui) non-stop. It tells the story of a global team united, not only in trying to make Sarah’s 40-mile challenge a success, but also in using it to raise awareness about the issue of plastic pollution. Without being able to touch a boat or another person, her daunting swim was estimated to take up to 32 hours to complete, through strong currents, large waves, powerful winds and other hurdles along the way. Against the Current is now screening at film festivals.

Against the Current

2021

When I Was a Boy poster
9.0

An experimental piece about a grown man reflecting on how he was reared by his mother and treated by others as a child.

When I Was a Boy

1993

When I Was a Boy poster
9.0

An experimental piece about a grown man reflecting on how he was reared by his mother and treated by others as a child.

When I Was a Boy

1993

When I Was a Boy poster
9.0

An experimental piece about a grown man reflecting on how he was reared by his mother and treated by others as a child.

When I Was a Boy

1993

I Am What You Imagine poster
NR

A sensual exploration of the unexplainable.

I Am What You Imagine

2023

I Am What You Imagine poster
NR

A sensual exploration of the unexplainable.

I Am What You Imagine

2023