Matthew Modine
Born 03/22/1959
(65 years old)
Loma Linda, California, USA
Biography
Matthew Modine has been called "one of the best, most adaptable film actors of his generation" by legendary NY Times film critic Vincent Canby. Modine has worked with many of the film industry's most acclaimed directors including Oliver Stone, Sir Alan Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Alan J. Pakula, John Schlesinger, Tony Richardson, Robert Falls, Sir Peter Hall, Abel Ferrara, Spike Lee, Tom DiCillo, Mike Figgis, Jonathan Demme, and John Sayles.
Throughout his career he has been nominated for three Golden Globes and is the recipient of one for Robert Altman's film Short Cuts. Modine is well remembered for the title character in Alan Parker's film Birdy which won the Cannes Film Festivals Gran Prix Award and for his role as Private Joker, the central character of Stanley Kubrick's 1987 war movie Full Metal Jacket.
His work in Alan Rudolph's Equinox helped earn the film four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best Film and Best Actor. He is the recipient of a Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and a Golden Lion Award. In 2012, Modine starred in Christopher Nolan's Batman epic The Dark Knight Rises, the Edward Zwick-produced Family Weekend and Girl in Progress opposite Eva Mendes.
His late short film, Jesus was a Commie, an avant-garde dialectical conversation about the world and the prominent issues of modern society won the Founders Prize for Best Short Film at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival and is currently playing festivals worldwide.
Matthew is also noted for playing the role of "Sculley" in the Steve Jobs biopic JOBS, a film that premiered at SUNDANCE 2013. Matthew also completed production on the mini-series CAT. 8 in late 2012.
Open Road Films
Actor
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2022 |
Stranger Things |
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Chapter Eight: Papa (S04E08) |
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Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (S04E07) |
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Chapter Six: The Dive (S04E06) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2019 |
Sanctuary |
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken? (E08) |
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Hail Mary (E07) |
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The Lord Giveth, And The Lord Taketh Away (E05) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2017 |
Stranger Things |
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Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister (S02E07) |
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2016 |
Stranger Things |
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Chapter Eight: The Upside Down (S01E08) |
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Chapter Seven: The Bathtub (S01E07) |
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Chapter Six: The Monster (S01E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2015 |
Proof |
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Tsunami: Part Two (E10) |
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Tsunami: Part One (E09) |
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Reborn (E08) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2007 |
Weeds |
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Go (S03E15) |
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Protection (S03E14) |
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Risk (S03E13) |
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more episodes (9) | ||
2005 |
Into the West |
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Dreams and Schemes (E03) |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
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Rage (S06E17) |
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2003 |
The West Wing |
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The Long Goodbye (S04E13) |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
100 Years of Warner Bros.: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (series) |
Clint, Kubrick & Kryptonite (E02) |
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The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (E01) |
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Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations - narrator |
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2021 |
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal |
2018 |
Apollo 8: The Mission That Changed the World (TV movie) - a.f. |
2017 |
Filmworker |
2015 |
The Brainwashing of My Dad - narrator |
Unity |
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2014 |
Kubrick Remembered |
2011 |
Adventures in Plymptoons! |
Gazzara |
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2010 |
Mulberry St. |
2008 |
Speechless (TV movie) |
2005 |
Hollywood Vietnam (TV movie) |
The 100 Greatest War Films (TV movie) |
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2001 |
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures |
1998 |
Hollywood Aids (TV movie) |
Surviving the Dustbowl (TV movie) |
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1996 |
The Invisible Man (TV movie) |
1995 |
The Way West (TV movie) |
1993 |
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver Country |
1984 |
The Making of 'Mrs. Soffel' (TV movie) |
Music videos | |
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2020 |
Jonas Brothers: What a Man Gotta Do |
2017 |
Logic - 1-800-273-8255 ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid |
Short | |
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2020 |
Guardians of Life |
2015 |
Merry Xmas |
2014 |
Guests |
2011 |
Jesus Was a Commie |
2008 |
Santa, the Fascist Years |
Guest
Director
Movies | |
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1999 |
If... Dog... Rabbit... |
1997 |
Ece Pirate |
Music videos | |
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1990 |
Roy Orbison - A Love so Beautiful |
Short | |
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2016 |
Super Sex |
2011 |
Jesus Was a Commie |
1994 |
Smoking |
1993 |
When I Was a Boy |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1999 |
If... Dog... Rabbit... |
Short | |
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2016 |
Super Sex |
2015 |
Merry Xmas |
2011 |
Jesus Was a Commie |
Producer
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2023 |
Downwind |
2015 |
The Brainwashing of My Dad |