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Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine

Director & actor · born 22 March 1959 · 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).

Where to start: Protector (2026).

As director 10

As actor 114

TV shows 14

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Matthew Modine movie?

By viewer score, Protector (2026) at 8.4/10.

What are Matthew Modine’s most popular movies?

The Dark Knight Rises, Oppenheimer, Full Metal Jacket.

How many movies has Matthew Modine made?

124 films on TMDB, 10 as director, 114 as actor.

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