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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Features several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending th...

I Hope This Helps!
2024
Executive Producer
Daniel Freed is convinced that artificial intelligence is going to destroy humanity. He attempts to finance, recruit, and train an army to defeat A.I....

Hard Miles
2024
as Greg Townsend
A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspir...

The Martini Shot
2023
as Steve
This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as ...

Retribution
2023
as Anders Muller
When a mysterious caller plants a bomb under his car seat, a bank executive begins a high-speed chase across the city to complete a specific series of...

I Am What You Imagine
2023
Director, Writer
A sensual exploration of the unexplainable.

Oppenheimer
2023
as Vannevar Bush
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

My Love Affair with Marriage
2023
as Bo (voice)
From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a...

My Love Affair with Marriage
2023
Executive Producer
From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a...

Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The truth can no longer be contained by those duty-bound to hide it. The truth about another intelligence engaging humanity becomes undeniably clear. ...

Downwind
2023
Producer
A documentary about nuclear fallout in the United States, specifically members of the Shoshone Nation whose sacred land continues to be cordoned off a...

The Fuse
2022
Executive Producer
Cassius, a worn down Hispanic gladiator of modern life fights to make a living as a nighttime garbage man in the concrete arena of the Bronx. One nigh...

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021
as Rick Singer
An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2...

Against the Current
2021
as Narrator
Against the Current is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the journey of South African endurance swimmer Sarah Ferguson, as she attempts to ...

Against the Current
2021
Writer
Against the Current is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the journey of South African endurance swimmer Sarah Ferguson, as she attempts to ...

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Karl Buttons
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b...

Wrong Turn
2021
as Scott Shaw
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into l...

Chance
2020
as Coach Mike
A true story of a teenage love triangle leading to one of the two boys' tragic death - told through the lens of elite youth baseball.

Guardians of Life
2020
This environmental short subject was made in collaboration of the protest group, Extinction Rebellion.

Miss Virginia
2019
as Congressman Cliff Williams
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she l...

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was...

Foster Boy
2019
as Michael Trainer
A lawyer finds himself at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his yo...

Red Ink
2019
Thanks
Thomas Clark, a screenwriter known for his B-movies, struggles to remain relevant while fighting to get his name off of the Hollywood Blacklist.

Backtrace
2018
as MacDonald
The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.

Speed Kills
2018
as George Bush
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Filmworker
2018
as Self
The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

47 Meters Down
2017
as Taylor
Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling ...

The Hippopotamus
2017
as Michael Logan
Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
2016
as Bob Riley
More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and co...

Army of One
2016
as Dr. Ross
Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Arm...

Revengeance
2016
as Sid
A low-rent bounty hunter named Rod Rosse, The One Man Posse, gets entangled in a web of danger when he takes on a job from an ex-biker/ex-wrestler tur...

Revengeance
2016
Executive Producer
A low-rent bounty hunter named Rod Rosse, The One Man Posse, gets entangled in a web of danger when he takes on a job from an ex-biker/ex-wrestler tur...

Super Sex
2016
Director, Producer, Writer
It's always hard to find something for a dad who has everything. He says he just wants to be loved. So, his children provide it in a way they never be...

The Confirmation
2016
as Kyle
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

Last Days of Coney Island
2015
Executive Producer
In the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast - any w...

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

The Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
as Himself - Narrator
A filmmaker examines the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her father, whose immersion in it radicalized him and rocked the foundation of t...

The Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
Producer
A filmmaker examines the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her father, whose immersion in it radicalized him and rocked the foundation of t...

Merry Xmas
2015
as Abe
The story of a mischievous father who calls his very busy kids to tell them that, after 55 years of marriage, he and their mom are getting divorced. H...

Merry Xmas
2015
Writer
The story of a mischievous father who calls his very busy kids to tell them that, after 55 years of marriage, he and their mom are getting divorced. H...

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Theodore Foster
Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.

Altar
2014
as Alec
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.

Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Arch...

Guests
2014
as Theodore Foster
When Charlie and his family move to a warmer climate for the sake of his father's illness, he finds himself teetering between battles of the thought o...
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
2014
as Himself
How Bizarre starts with Pauly at the height of his fame, appearing twice on the UK music show “Top of the Pops”, sharing the stage with Cher, the Spic...

Jobs
2013
as John Sculley
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Family Weekend
2013
as Duncan Dungy
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Foley
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is...

Girl in Progress
2012
as Dr. Harford
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding ins...

Too Big to Fail
2011
as John Thain
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a f...
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
2011
Director, Writer
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
as Himself
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, c...

Jesus Was a Commie
2011
as Himself
Jesus Was a Commie presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical journey. The film challenges the viewer to seek thei...

Jesus Was a Commie
2011
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Jesus Was a Commie presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical journey. The film challenges the viewer to seek thei...

The Trial
2010
as Mac
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assign...

The Trial
2010
Producer
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assign...

Mulberry St.
2010
as Self
Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street in 1975. For the past year he's...

Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009
as Mr. Jack
Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predeterm...

Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009
Executive Producer
Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predeterm...

PoliWood
2009
as Self
An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.

Santa: The Fascist Years
2008
as Narrator (voice)
We all think of Santa as "Jolly old St.Nick". But who knew that he has a dark hidden past that's very un-jolly? This short film uncovers and explores ...

Sex and Lies in Sin City
2008
as Ted Binion
Star-studded thriller about the sordid murder of reckless Las Vegas casino mogul Ted Binion. This gritty film delves into the twisted world of Binion'...

Cowboy
2008
as Cowboy
Lost in the urban jungle of Manhattan, Cowboy discovers that sometimes things aren't always what they seem.

Cowboy
2008
Director, Writer
Lost in the urban jungle of Manhattan, Cowboy discovers that sometimes things aren't always what they seem.

I Think I Thought
2008
as Joe
Joe (Matthew Modine) is a thinker in a world that doesn't tolerate analytical thinking. His wife, boss, and friends threaten to divorce, fire, and aba...

I Think I Thought
2008
Director, Writer, Producer
Joe (Matthew Modine) is a thinker in a world that doesn't tolerate analytical thinking. His wife, boss, and friends threaten to divorce, fire, and aba...

Garden of Eden
2008
as David's Father
A young American writer completes his service in WWI and travels across Europe with his wife and her attractive Italian girlfriend. Based on the novel...

The Neighbor
2007
as Jeff
A businessman watches as his life begins to unravel after learning his ex-wife is going to marry his best friend. A distracting battle of wills with a...

Go Go Tales
2007
as Johnie Ruby
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.

Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Ben's Father
West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally ...

Kettle of Fish
2006
as Mel
A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy ar...

Kettle of Fish
2006
Executive Producer
A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy ar...

Mary
2005
as Tony Childress / Jesus
The filming of a movie about Jesus’ death deeply affects three people — an egotistical director who cast himself as Christ, the actress playing Mary M...

Opa!
2005
as Eric
A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.

Odyssey in Rome
2005
Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary," a modern-re imagi...

Transporter 2
2005
as Jefferson Billings
Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauff...

Funky Monkey
2004
as Alec McCall
A teen genius teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange, the scientist gives the tee...

The Winning Season
2004
as Honus Wagner
THE WINNING SEASON tells the story of a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the f...

Hollywood North
2004
as Bobby Myers
The making of a serious, Canadian arthouse film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his ...

Le Divorce
2003
as Tellman
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

Overnight
2003
as Self
Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches stor...

Hitler: The Rise Of Evil
2003
as Fritz Gerlich

Redeemer
2002
as Paul Freeman
When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Ch...

The Shipment
2001
as Mitch Garrett
A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.

In the Shadows
2001
as Eric
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, ...

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films....

Nobody's Baby
2001
as Sonny
Two not so bright small time crooks end up with a baby girl by "accident" and find a change in their lives. Billy (Ulrich) becomes the guy to take car...

Bamboozled
2000
as Himself
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 2...

Very Mean Men
2000
as Bartender
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, t...

Flowers for Algernon
2000
as Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for experimental surgery it looks like his drea...

Any Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Ollie Powers
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance an...

If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as Johnnie Cooper
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live...

If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
Director, Writer
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live...

Notting Hill
1999
as Actor (uncredited)
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romanc...

The American
1998
as Christopher Newman
After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get ...

Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept acros...

The Real Blonde
1998
as Joe
An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as Self
Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.

What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Sammy Ayers
In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone beco...

The Maker
1997
as Walter Schmeiss
Absent for 10 years, a teen's older brother returns and seeks his help with criminal activity.

The Blackout
1997
as Matty
A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out ...

Ecce Pirate
1997
as Narrator
A young boy's life is changed when he's kidnapped by sea pirates. A prisoner on board their ship, he learns to accept that his life will never be the ...

Ecce Pirate
1997
Director, Writer, Producer
A young boy's life is changed when he's kidnapped by sea pirates. A prisoner on board their ship, he learns to accept that his life will never be the ...

Cutthroat Island
1995
as William Shaw
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by ...

Fluke
1995
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son t...

Bye Bye Love
1995
as Dave Goldman
With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wi...

American Cinema
1995
as Narrator
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that c...

Jacob
1994
as Jakob
Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself dece...

The Browning Version
1994
as Frank Hunter
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being...

Short Cuts
1993
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Don Francis
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

The Tree
1993
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
An apple tree set on a rural ridge, is where we glimpse the boy mature, fall in love, go to war, return with his own son, and finally pay his last res...

When I Was a Boy
1993
Director, Writer, Producer
An experimental piece about a grown man reflecting on how he was reared by his mother and treated by others as a child.

Equinox
1992
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Estranged twins Henry and Freddy navigate their drastically different lives— one a troubled bookworm, the other a hardened criminal. As a young writer...

Wind
1992
as Will Parker
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Austra...

Pacific Heights
1990
as Drake Goodman
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Memphis Belle
1990
as Dennis Dearborn
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bomb...

The Lemon Sisters
1989
as Wild Bill Hamer
Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.

Gross Anatomy
1989
as Joe Slovak
Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughe...

The Gamble
1988
as Francesco Sacredo
When Francesco returns home with the assumption that his father's wealth will be there to keep him content, he discovers that his father has lost ever...

Married to the Mob
1988
as Mike Downey
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affa...

Orphans
1987
as Treat
Brothers Treat and Philip have only had each other since they were kids, when a small-time criminal abruptly upends their routine lives.

Full Metal Jacket
1987
as Pvt. Joker
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the ...

Vision Quest
1985
as Louden Swain
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge...

Mrs. Soffel
1984
as Jack Biddle
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting executio...

Birdy
1984
as Birdy
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and h...

The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Chip Dove / Ernst
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events chang...

Streamers
1983
as Billy
Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is gay.

Private School
1983
as Jim Green
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Chris...

Baby It's You
1983
as Steve
In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Amy and the Angel
1982
as Randy
Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy ...

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
N/A
as Self
Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, wher...
Protector
N/A
Former war hero Nikki's peaceful life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and milita...
Keepers of the Wild
N/A
Executive Producer
Follows baby orphan elephants and their human keepers in the constant struggle to keep these majestic, complex and loving animals alive and wild in Ke...