Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959)\u00a0is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the\u00a0Venice Film Festival’s\u00a0Volpi Cup for Best Actor\u00a0as part of the ensemble cast of\u00a0Robert Altman’s\u00a0film\u00a0Streamers\u00a0(1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including\u00a0Birdy\u00a0(1984),\u00a0Vision Quest\u00a0(1985), and\u00a0Married to the Mob\u00a0(1988). He gained further prominence for playing\u00a0U.S. Marine\u00a0James T. “Joker” Davis in\u00a0Stanley Kubrick’s\u00a0Full Metal Jacket (1987).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other notable films include\u00a0Pacific Heights\u00a0(1990),\u00a0Short Cuts\u00a0(1993),\u00a0Cutthroat Island\u00a0(1995),\u00a0The Dark Knight Rises\u00a0(2012), and\u00a0Oppenheimer\u00a0(2023). On television, he portrayed\u00a0Dr. Don Francis\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0film\u00a0And the Band Played On\u00a0(1993), Sullivan Groff on\u00a0Weeds\u00a0(2007), Ivan Turing in\u00a0Proof\u00a0(2015), and\u00a0Dr. Martin Brenner\u00a0on\u00a0Netflix’s\u00a0Stranger Things (2016\u20132022).<\/p>\n
Modine has been nominated twice for a\u00a0Golden Globe Award\u00a0for\u00a0Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television\u00a0for his work in\u00a0And the Band Played On\u00a0and\u00a0What the Deaf Man Heard\u00a0and received a special Golden Globe for him and the rest of the ensemble in\u00a0Short Cuts.\u00a0He was also nominated for a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0for\u00a0Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special\u00a0for\u00a0And the Band Played On.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959)\u00a0is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the\u00a0Venice Film Festival’s\u00a0Volpi Cup for Best Actor\u00a0as part of the ensemble cast of\u00a0Robert Altman’s\u00a0film\u00a0Streamers\u00a0(1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including\u00a0Birdy\u00a0(1984),\u00a0Vision Quest\u00a0(1985), and\u00a0Married to the Mob\u00a0(1988). He gained further prominence for playing\u00a0U.S. Marine\u00a0James […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26041","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n