The Dark Knight Rises2012
As Foley
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Matthew Modine
Born
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.
Filmography (118)
Oppenheimer2023
As Vannevar Bush
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Protector2026
As Colonel Joseph Lavelle
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Full Metal Jacket1987
As Pvt. Joker
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018
As Secretary of Defense James Riley
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Transporter 22005
As Jefferson Billings
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Notting Hill1999
As Actor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Wrong Turn2021
As Scott Shaw
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Any Given Sunday1999
As Dr. Ollie Powers
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Retribution2023
As Anders Muller
TMDb 6.5 / 10
47 Meters Down2017
As Taylor
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cutthroat Island1995
As William Shaw
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pacific Heights1990
As Drake Goodman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova2027
Too Big to Fail2011
As John Thain
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Backtrace2018
As MacDonald
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Vision Quest1985
As Louden Swain
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Speed Kills2018
As George Bush
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Private School1983
As Jim Green
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Jobs2013
As John Sculley
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Married to the Mob1988
As Mike Downey
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bamboozled2000
As Himself
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Memphis Belle1990
As Dennis Dearborn
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Army of One2016
As Dr. Ross
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Le Divorce2003
As Tellman
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Birdy1984
As Birdy
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Family Weekend2013
As Duncan Dungy
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fluke1995
As Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film2001
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Short Cuts1993
As Dr. Ralph Wyman
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Mary2005
As Tony Childress / Jesus
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jacob1994
As Jakob
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Breaking News in Yuba County2021
As Karl Buttons
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Trial2010
As Mac
TMDb 5.8 / 10
And the Band Played On1993
As Dr. Don Francis
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Mrs. Soffel1984
As Jack Biddle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Go Go Tales2008
As Johnie Ruby
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Overnight2003
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Blackout1997
As Matty
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Revengeance2016
As Sid
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Baby It's You1983
As Steve
TMDb 6.0 / 10
In the Shadows2001
As Eric
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Unity2015
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Confirmation2016
As Kyle
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Funky Monkey2004
As Alec McCall
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hard Miles2024
As Greg Townsend
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Wind1992
As Will Parker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman1998
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow2025
As Self - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Hotel New Hampshire1984
As Chip Dove / Ernst
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Real Blonde1998
As Joe
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Orphans1987
As Treat
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal2021
As Rick Singer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Foster Boy2019
As Michael Trainer
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Amy and the Angel1982
As Randy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Have Dreams, Will Travel2007
As Ben's Father
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Neighbor2007
As Jeff
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Redeemer2002
As Paul Freeman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Girl in Progress2012
As Dr. Harford
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Nobody's Baby2001
As Sonny
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Browning Version1994
As Frank Hunter
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Bye Bye Love1995
As Dave Goldman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Little Fish, Strange Pond2009
As Mr. Jack
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Chance2020
As Coach Mike
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Kettle of Fish2006
As Mel
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Gamble1988
As Francesco Sacredo
TMDb 3.4 / 10
The Maker1997
As Walter Schmeiss
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Gross Anatomy1989
As Joe Slovak
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Sex and Lies in Sin City2009
As Ted Binion
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country1993
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
My Love Affair with Marriage2023
As Bo (voice)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Flowers for Algernon2000
As Charlie Gordon
TMDb 5.7 / 10
What the Deaf Man Heard1997
As Sammy Ayers
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards2015
As Theodore Foster
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Streamers1983
As Billy
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Garden of Eden2008
As David's Father
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Miss Virginia2019
As Congressman Cliff Williams
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Hippopotamus2017
As Michael Logan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations2023
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Hollywood North2004
As Bobby Myers
TMDb 5.1 / 10
PoliWood2009
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Merry Xmas2015
As Abe
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Altar2014
As Alec
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure2026
As Self - Narrator
If... Dog... Rabbit1999
As Johnnie Cooper
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Winning Season2004
As Honus Wagner
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Opa!2005
As Eric
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Martini Shot2023
As Steve
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Equinox1992
As Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal JacketRelease date TBA
As Self
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's LifeRelease date TBA
As Self
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents2016
As Bob Riley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Brainwashing of My Dad2015
As Himself - Narrator
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lemon Sisters1989
As Wild Bill Hamer
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Guests2014
As Theodore Foster
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Surviving the Dust Bowl1998
As Lawrence Svobida (voice)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Kubrick Remembered2014
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Filmworker2018
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Splendid Thing
The Splendid ThingRelease date TBA
As Declan King
Very Mean Men2000
As Bartender
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mulberry St.2010
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Shipment2001
As Mitch Garrett
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The American1998
As Christopher Newman
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Jesus Was a Commie2011
As Himself
Odyssey in Rome2005
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Green Fog2018
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Against the Current2021
As Narrator
Adventures in Plymptoons!2011
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Santa: The Fascist Years2008
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Guardians of Life2020
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Ecce Pirate1997
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Tree1993
As Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
TMDb 4.0 / 10
I Think I Thought2008
As Joe
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire2014
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
World Birth Day
World Birth Day2002
As Self - Narrator(voice)
Cowboy2008
As Cowboy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
CAT. 82013
As Dr. Michael Ranger
Filmography and biography: TMDb