Matthew Modine
March 22, 1959 (65 years old) in Loma Linda, California, USA
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an award-winning American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, the title character in Alan Parker's Birdy, high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest, ex-CIA/football star turned chimpanzee trainer Alec McCall in Funky Monkey, and the oversexed Sullivan Groff in Weeds.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Zero Day as Richard Dreyer
- 2024 · Hard Miles as Greg Townsend
- 2023 · Retribution as Anders Muller
- 2023 · Oppenheimer as Vannevar Bush
- 2023 · My Love Affair with Marriage as Bo (voice)
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2021 · Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal as Rick Singer
- 2021 · Breaking News in Yuba County as Karl Buttons
- 2021 · Wrong Turn as Scott Shaw
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2017 · The Hippopotamus as Michael Logan
- 2016 · Revengeance as Sid
- 2015 · The Brainwashing of My Dad as Himself - Narrator
- 2014 · Altar as Alec
- 2014 · Kubrick Remembered as Self
- 2014 · How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire as Himself
- 2012 · Girl in Progress as Dr. Harford
- 2011 · Adventures in Plymptoons! as Himself
- 2010 · The Trial as Mac
- 2009 · Little Fish, Strange Pond as Mr. Jack
- 2008 · Sex and Lies in Sin City as Ted Binion
- 2008 · Garden of Eden as David's Father
- 2007 · Go Go Tales as Johnie Ruby
- 2007 · Have Dreams, Will Travel as Ben's Father
- 2005 · Mary as Tony Childress / Jesus
- 2005 · Odyssey in Rome as
- 2004 · Funky Monkey as Alec McCall
- 2001 · The Shipment as Mitch Garrett
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Sonny
- 2000 · Very Mean Men as Bartender
- 1998 · The Real Blonde as Joe
- 1997 · The Maker as Walter Schmeiss
- 1994 · The Browning Version as Frank Hunter
- 1993 · Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
- 1992 · Equinox as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
- 1988 · The Gamble as Francesco Sacredo
- 1987 · Orphans as Treat
- 1983 · Streamers as Billy
- 1982 · Amy and the Angel as Randy
- Future · The Better Sister as Bill Braddock
- 2023 · The Martini Shot as Steve
- 2023 · Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Against the Current as Narrator
- 2020 · Chance as Coach Mike
- 2020 · Guardians of Life as
- 2019 · Miss Virginia as Congressman Cliff Williams
- 2019 · Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2019 · Foster Boy as Michael Trainer
- 2018 · Backtrace as MacDonald
- 2018 · Speed Kills as George Bush
- 2018 · Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Secretary of Defense James Riley
- 2017 · 47 Meters Down as Taylor
- 2016 · How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents as Bob Riley
- 2016 · Army of One as Dr. Ross
- 2016 · Stranger Things as Martin Brenner
- 2016 · The Confirmation as Kyle
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Proof as Ivan Turing
- 2015 · Merry Xmas as Abe
- 2015 · The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards as Theodore Foster
- 2014 · Guests as Theodore Foster
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Jobs as John Sculley
- 2013 · Family Weekend as Duncan Dungy
- 2013 · CAT. 8 as Dr. Michael Ranger
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Foley
- 2011 · Too Big to Fail as John Thain
- 2011 · Jesus Was a Commie as Himself
- 2010 · Mulberry St. as Self
- 2009 · PoliWood as Self
- 2008 · Santa: The Fascist Years as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · I Think I Thought as Joe
- 2007 · The Neighbor as Jeff
- 2006 · Kettle of Fish as Mel
- 2006 · The Bedford Diaries as Jake Macklin
- 2005 · Opa! as Eric
- 2005 · Weeds as Sullivan Groff
- 2005 · Transporter 2 as Jefferson Billings
- 2005 · Into the West as Samson Wheeler
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · The Winning Season as Honus Wagner
- 2004 · Mon voisin du dessus as Jeff
- 2004 · Hollywood North as Bobby Myers
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Tellman
- 2003 · Overnight as Self
- 2003 · Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Fritz Gerlich
- 2002 · Redeemer as Paul Freeman
- 2001 · Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Jack Robinson
- 2001 · In the Shadows as Eric
- 2001 · Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- 2000 · Bamboozled as Himself
- 2000 · Flowers for Algernon as Charlie Gordon
- 1999 · Any Given Sunday as Dr. Ollie Powers
- 1999 · One Last Score as Johnnie Cooper
- 1999 · The West Wing as Marco Arlens
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gordon Rickett
- 1999 · Notting Hill as Actor (uncredited)
- 1998 · The American as Christopher Newman
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
- 1998 · Surviving the Dust Bowl as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self
- 1997 · What the Deaf Man Heard as Sammy Ayers
- 1997 · The Blackout as Matty
- 1997 · Ecce Pirate as Narrator
- 1995 · Cutthroat Island as William Shaw
- 1995 · Fluke as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- 1995 · Bye Bye Love as Dave Goldman
- 1995 · American Cinema as Narrator
- 1994 · Jacob as Jakob
- 1993 · And the Band Played On as Dr. Don Francis
- 1993 · Short Cuts as Dr. Ralph Wyman
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Wild Bill Hamer
- Future · Cowboy as Cowboy
- 1993 · The Tree as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
- 1992 · Wind as Will Parker
- 1990 · Pacific Heights as Drake Goodman
- 1990 · Memphis Belle as Dennis Dearborn
- 1989 · Gross Anatomy as Joe Slovak
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · Married to the Mob as Mike Downey
- 1987 · Full Metal Jacket as Pvt. Joker
- 1985 · Vision Quest as Louden Swain
- 1984 · Mrs. Soffel as Jack Biddle
- 1984 · Birdy as Birdy
- 1984 · The Hotel New Hampshire as Chip Dove / Ernst
- 1983 · Private School as Jim Green
- 1983 · Baby It's You as Steve
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sammy Ayers