Matthew Modine
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, and the oversexed Sullivan Groff in Weeds.
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- Born:
- Mar 22, 1959 In Loma Linda, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 122
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
- Latest Project:
- Movie Protector 2026-03-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Butterfly in the Typewriter | James Purdy | 2026 |
| Movie | A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | Protector | Colonel Joseph Lavelle | 2026-03-12 |
| Series | Zero Day | Richard Dreyer | 2025-02-20 |
| Series | The Better Sister | Bill Braddock | 2025-05-29 |
| Movie | Hard Miles | Greg Townsend | 2024-04-19 |
| Movie | Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations | Narrator (voice) | 2023-04-18 |
| Movie | My Love Affair with Marriage | Bo (voice) | 2023-06-07 |
| Movie | Retribution | Anders Muller | 2023-08-23 |
| Movie | The Martini Shot | Steve | 2023-09-27 |
| Movie | Oppenheimer | Vannevar Bush | 2023-07-19 |
| Movie | Wrong Turn | Scott Shaw | 2021-01-26 |
| Movie | Breaking News in Yuba County | Karl Buttons | 2021-01-28 |
| Movie | Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal | Rick Singer | 2021-03-17 |
| Movie | Foster Boy | Michael Trainer | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2019-10-12 |
| Movie | Miss Virginia | Congressman Cliff Williams | 2019-10-18 |
| Movie | Backtrace | MacDonald | 2018-12-14 |
| Movie | Filmworker | Self | 2018-05-11 |
| Movie | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Secretary of Defense James Riley | 2018-06-27 |
| Movie | Speed Kills | George Bush | 2018-11-16 |
| Movie | The Hippopotamus | Michael Logan | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | 47 Meters Down | Taylor | 2017-05-25 |
| Movie | The Confirmation | Kyle | 2016-03-18 |
| Movie | Army of One | Dr. Ross | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents | Bob Riley | 2016-11-23 |
| Movie | Revengeance | Sid | 2016-09-15 |
| Series | Stranger Things | Martin Brenner | 2016-07-15 |
| Movie | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Theodore Foster | 2015-03-25 |
| Series | Proof | Ivan Turing | 2015-06-16 |
| Movie | The Brainwashing of My Dad | Himself - Narrator | 2015-07-29 |
| Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
| Movie | Altar | Alec | 2014-12-27 |
| Movie | How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire | Self | 2014-08-25 |
| Movie | Kubrick Remembered | Self | 2014-11-04 |
| Movie | Guests | Theodore Foster | 2014-08-29 |
| Movie | Jobs | John Sculley | 2013-08-15 |
| Movie | Family Weekend | Duncan Dungy | 2013-03-28 |
| Series | CAT. 8 | Dr. Michael Ranger | 2013-02-08 |
| Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Foley | 2012-07-17 |
| Movie | Girl in Progress | Dr. Harford | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | John Thain | 2011-11-25 |
| Movie | Wrinkles | (voice) | 2011-09-19 |
| Movie | Jesus Was a Commie | Himself | 2011-05-19 |
| Movie | Adventures in Plymptoons! | Self | 2011-05-30 |
| Movie | The Trial | Mac | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Mulberry St. | Self | 2010-07-17 |
| Movie | A Cat in Paris | Lucas (voice) | 2010-12-15 |
| Movie | Little Fish, Strange Pond | Mr. Jack | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | Sex and Lies in Sin City | Ted Binion | 2009-10-22 |
| Movie | Garden of Eden | David's Father | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Santa: The Fascist Years | Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-01 |
| Movie | I Think I Thought | Joe | 2008-04-25 |
| Movie | Have Dreams, Will Travel | Ben's Father | 2007-05-21 |
| Movie | The Neighbor | Jeff | 2007-12-15 |
| Movie | Go Go Tales | Johnie Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
| Series | The Bedford Diaries | Jake Macklin | 2006-03-29 |
| Movie | Kettle of Fish | Mel | 2006-10-15 |
| Series | Into the West | Samson Wheeler | 2005-06-10 |
| Movie | Transporter 2 | Jefferson Billings | 2005-08-03 |
| Movie | Opa! | Eric | 2005-11-13 |
| Movie | Mary | Tony Childress / Jesus | 2005-11-18 |
| Movie | Odyssey in Rome | 2005-09-30 | |
| Series | Weeds | Sullivan Groff | 2005-08-07 |
| Movie | Hollywood North | Bobby Myers | 2004-01-12 |
| Movie | Mon voisin du dessus | Jeff | 2004-02-04 |
| Movie | Funky Monkey | Alec McCall | 2004-09-17 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
| Movie | The Winning Season | Honus Wagner | 2004-04-03 |
| Series | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Fritz Gerlich | 2003-05-18 |
| Movie | Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
| Movie | Le Divorce | Tellman | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | Redeemer | Paul Freeman | 2002-01-31 |
| Movie | Nobody's Baby | Sonny | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
| Movie | The Shipment | Mitch Garrett | 2001-10-01 |
| Movie | In the Shadows | Eric | 2001-06-24 |
| Series | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Jack Robinson | 2001-12-02 |
| Movie | Very Mean Men | Bartender | 2000-06-10 |
| Movie | Bamboozled | Himself | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Flowers for Algernon | Charlie Gordon | 2000-02-20 |
| Movie | If... Dog... Rabbit | Johnnie Cooper | 1999-09-29 |
| Movie | Notting Hill | Actor (uncredited) | 1999-05-21 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Any Given Sunday | Dr. Ollie Powers | 1999-12-22 |
| Movie | The Real Blonde | Joe | 1998-02-27 |
| Series | So Graham Norton | Unknown | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | The American | Christopher Newman | 1998-12-26 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | The Blackout | Matty | 1997-06-11 |
| Movie | The Maker | Walter Schmeiss | 1997-08-01 |
| Movie | What the Deaf Man Heard | Sammy Ayers | 1997-11-23 |
| Movie | Cutthroat Island | William Shaw | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Fluke | Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Bye Bye Love | Dave Goldman | 1995-03-16 |
| Movie | Jacob | Jakob | 1994-12-04 |
| Movie | The Browning Version | Frank Hunter | 1994-06-08 |
| Movie | The Tree | Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man | 1993-02-25 |
| Movie | Short Cuts | Dr. Ralph Wyman | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | And the Band Played On | Dr. Don Francis | 1993-09-11 |
| Movie | Equinox | Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | Wind | Will Parker | 1992-09-11 |
| Movie | Memphis Belle | Dennis Dearborn | 1990-09-07 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Drake Goodman | 1990-09-28 |
| Movie | The Lemon Sisters | Wild Bill Hamer | 1989-12-01 |
| Movie | Gross Anatomy | Joe Slovak | 1989-10-20 |
| Movie | Married to the Mob | Mike Downey | 1988-08-19 |
| Movie | The Gamble | Francesco Sacredo | 1988-10-28 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket | Pvt. Joker | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | Orphans | Treat | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | Vision Quest | Louden Swain | 1985-02-15 |
| Movie | The Hotel New Hampshire | Chip Dove / Ernst | 1984-03-09 |
| Movie | Mrs. Soffel | Jack Biddle | 1984-12-26 |
| Movie | Birdy | Birdy | 1984-12-14 |
| Movie | Private School | Jim Green | 1983-06-29 |
| Movie | Streamers | Billy | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Baby It's You | Steve | 1983-03-04 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |