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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| 1 | Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027) | - | - | - |
| 2 | Protector (2026) | Colonel Joseph Lavelle | - | - |
| 3 | Hard Miles (2024) | Greg Townsend | 5 | |
| 4 | Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations (2023) | Narrator (voice) | 7 | |
| 5 | Retribution (2023) | Anders Muller | 5.1 | |
| 6 | Oppenheimer (2023) Most waited movies 2023 and after | Vannevar Bush | 8.1 | |
| 7 | Wrong Turn (2021) | Scott Shaw | 6.7 | |
| 8 | Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) | Karl Buttons | 6 | |
| 9 | Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) | Rick Singer | 6.3 | |
| 10 | Chance (2020) | Coach Mike | - | - |
| 11 | Foster Boy (2019) | Michael Trainer | - | - |
| 12 | Miss Virginia (2019) | Congressman Cliff Williams | - | - |
| 13 | Backtrace (2018) | MacDonald | 7 | |
| 14 | Speed Kills (2018) | George Bush | 8 | |
| 15 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) | Secretary of Defense James Riley | 7.3 | |
| 16 | Filmworker (2018) | Self | 8.7 | |
| 17 | The Hippopotamus (2017) | Michael Logan | 5 | |
| 18 | 47 Meters Down (2017) | Taylor | 6.3 | |
| 19 | The Confirmation (2016) | Kyle | 6.8 | |
| 20 | Army of One (2016) | Dr. Ross | 3.8 | |
| 21 | Super Sex (2016) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 22 | Revengeance (2016) | Sid | 8 | |
| 23 | Unity (2015) | Narrator (voice) | 7 | |
| 24 | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015) | Theodore Foster | - | - |
| 25 | The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015) | Himself - Narrator | 6 | |
| 26 | Altar (2014) | Alec | 4.8 | |
| 27 | Family Weekend (2013) | Duncan Dungy | 6 | |
| 28 | Jobs (2013) | John Sculley | 6.5 | |
| 29 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Top 100 by FilmGator | Foley | 8.3 | |
| 30 | Girl in Progress (2012) | Dr. Harford | 7.3 | |
| 31 | Too Big to Fail (2011) | John Thain | 7.7 | |
| 32 | Mulberry St. (2010) | Self | 4 | |
| 33 | The Trial (2010) | Mac | 6 | |
| 34 | Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009) | Mr. Jack | - | - |
| 35 | Sex and Lies in Sin City (2009) | Ted Binion | - | - |
| 36 | Garden of Eden (2008) | David's Father | 5 | |
| 37 | Santa: The Fascist Years (2008) | Narrator (voice) | 6 | |
| 38 | Go Go Tales (2008) | Johnie Ruby | 6 | |
| 39 | Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007) | Ben's Father | - | - |
| 40 | Kettle of Fish (2006) | Mel | - | - |
| 41 | Transporter 2 (2005) | Jefferson Billings | 6.4 | |
| 42 | Mary (2005) | Tony Childress / Jesus | 6 | |
| 43 | Funky Monkey (2004) | Alec McCall | - | - |
| 44 | Hitler: The Rise Of Evil (2003) | Fritz Gerlich | - | - |
| 45 | Le Divorce (2003) | Tellman | 6 | |
| 46 | Overnight (2003) | Self | 6 | |
| 47 | Nobody's Baby (2001) | Sonny | - | - |
| 48 | In the Shadows (2001) | Eric | - | - |
| 49 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) | Self | 7 | |
| 50 | Bamboozled (2000) | Himself | 6 | |
| 51 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Dr. Ollie Powers | 7.3 | |
| 52 | Notting Hill (1999) | Actor (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
| 53 | The Real Blonde (1998) | Joe | - | - |
| 54 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998) | Self | - | - |
| 55 | The Maker (1997) | Walter Schmeiss | - | - |
| 56 | The Blackout (1997) | Matty | 7 | |
| 57 | Bye Bye Love (1995) | Dave Goldman | 4.5 | |
| 58 | Cutthroat Island (1995) | William Shaw | 6.2 | |
| 59 | Fluke (1995) | Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke | 7.5 | |
| 60 | Jacob (1994) | Jakob | - | - |
| 61 | Short Cuts (1993) | Dr. Ralph Wyman | 7.9 | |
| 62 | And the Band Played On (1993) | Dr. Don Francis | 7 | |
| 63 | Wind (1992) | Will Parker | 7 | |
| 64 | Equinox (1992) | Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace | - | - |
| 65 | Memphis Belle (1990) | Dennis Dearborn | 6.7 | |
| 66 | Pacific Heights (1990) | Drake Goodman | 8 | |
| 67 | Gross Anatomy (1989) | Joe Slovak | - | - |
| 68 | Married to the Mob (1988) | Mike Downey | - | - |
| 69 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | Pvt. Joker | 8.1 | |
| 70 | Vision Quest (1985) | Louden Swain | - | - |
| 71 | The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) | Chip Dove / Ernst | 5 | |
| 72 | Birdy (1984) | Birdy | 6.8 | |
| 73 | Baby It's You (1983) | Steve | - | - |
| 74 | Private School (1983) | Jim Green | - | - |
