Directed credits
4
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Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Matthew Modine
Acting
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TMDB popularity
2.5
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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 8654
IMDb ID: nm0000546
Known for: Acting
Born: March 22, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: Loma Linda, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2027
Years active: 77
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q318249
Also known as
Matthew Avery Modine
Frequent jobs
Director (4)Executive Producer (8)Producer (4)Writer (4)Editor (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Matthew Modine.
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Upcoming Movies
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Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Matthew Modine.
8.1
Full Metal Jacket
as Pvt. Joker
1987 Movie
8.0
Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
2023 Movie
7.8
The Dark Knight Rises
as Foley
2012 Movie
7.4
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
2001 Movie
7.3
Notting Hill
as Actor (uncredited)
1999 Movie
7.2
Short Cuts
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
1993 Movie
7.1
Birdy
as Birdy
1984 Movie
7.1
Fluke
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
1995 Movie
7.0
Too Big to Fail
as John Thain
2011 Movie
6.9
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
2018 Movie
6.8
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as Bob Riley
2016 Movie
6.8
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Ollie Powers
1999 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Matthew Modine.
8.6
Stranger Things
as Dr. Martin Brenner • 19 eps
2016 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Marco Arlens • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Dr. Stern (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Gordon Rickett • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Weeds
as Sullivan Groff • 15 eps
2005 Series
7.1
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as Fritz Gerlich • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.0
Zero Day
as Richard Dreyer • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.9
The Better Sister
as Bill Braddock • 8 eps
2025 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Matthew Modine.
8.0
Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
2023 Movie
7.8
The Dark Knight Rises
as Foley
2012 Movie
8.1
Full Metal Jacket
as Pvt. Joker
1987 Movie
6.9
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
2018 Movie
7.3
Notting Hill
as Actor (uncredited)
1999 Movie
6.0
Wrong Turn
as Scott Shaw
2021 Movie
6.3
Transporter 2
as Jefferson Billings
2005 Movie
6.2
Bamboozled
as Himself
2000 Movie
5.7
Opa!
as Eric
2005 Movie
5.6
Mary
as Tony Childress / Jesus
2005 Movie
6.6
Retribution
as Anders Muller
2023 Movie
6.3
Pacific Heights
as Drake Goodman
1990 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Matthew Modine.
8.0
The Simpsons
as Dr. Stern (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Gordon Rickett • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.6
Stranger Things
as Dr. Martin Brenner • 19 eps
2016 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Marco Arlens • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.5
Weeds
as Sullivan Groff • 15 eps
2005 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
1988 Series
7.0
Zero Day
as Richard Dreyer • 6 eps
2025 Series
6.9
The Better Sister
as Bill Braddock • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.1
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as Fritz Gerlich • 2 eps
2003 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Matthew Modine.
I Hope This Helps!
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
5.4
My Love Affair with Marriage
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
6.8
Downwind
Producer
2023 Movie
6.0
The Fuse
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Against the Current
Writer
2021 Movie
10.0
Red Ink
Thanks
2019 Movie
5.5
Revengeance
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
5.5
Last Days of Coney Island
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
6.3
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Producer
2015 Movie
6.5
Merry Xmas
Writer
2015 Movie
Jesus Was a Commie
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
5.8
The Trial
Producer
2010 Movie
3.7
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Executive Producer
2009 Movie
5.0
Cowboy
Writer
2008 Movie
I Think I Thought
Writer
2008 Movie
4.6
Kettle of Fish
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Matthew Modine.
Mar 25, 2027
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027 Movie
In 3 weeks
Protector
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
2026 Movie
6.8
Hard Miles
as Greg Townsend
2024 Movie
6.6
Retribution
as Anders Muller
2023 Movie
8.0
Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
2023 Movie
6.5
The Martini Shot
as Steve
2023 Movie
5.4
My Love Affair with Marriage
as Bo (voice)
2023 Movie
4.3
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
as Narrator (voice)
2023 Movie
6.8
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
as Rick Singer
2021 Movie
Against the Current
as Narrator
2021 Movie
5.9
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Karl Buttons
2021 Movie
6.0
Wrong Turn
as Scott Shaw
2021 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Matthew Modine.
6.9
The Better Sister
as Bill Braddock • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Zero Day
as Richard Dreyer • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
8.6
Stranger Things
as Dr. Martin Brenner • 19 eps
2016 Series
6.5
Proof
as Ivan Turing • 10 eps
2015 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.5
CAT. 8
as Dr. Michael Ranger • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.0
The Bedford Diaries
as Jake Macklin • 8 eps
2006 Series
7.5
Weeds
as Sullivan Groff • 15 eps
2005 Series
8.0
Into the West
as Samson Wheeler • 6 eps
2005 Series
7.1
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as Fritz Gerlich • 2 eps
2003 Series
6.8
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Jack Robinson • 2 eps
2001 Series