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MATTHEW MODINE

Actor | Producer
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 (198...
BORN August 1, 1979
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HEIGHT 6'4" (1.93 m)
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NATIONALITY American
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YEARS ACTIVE 1999 – Present
MATTHEW MODINE

🏆 AWARDS & ACCOLADES

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2022
SATURN AWARDS

Best Supporting Actor - Dune

WINNER
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2019
SATURN AWARDS

Best Actor - Aquaman

WINNER
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2017
MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS

Best Hero - Aquaman

WINNER
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2015
SATURN AWARDS

Best Supporting Actor - Game of Thrones

NOMINEE
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2012
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Game of Thrones

NOMINEE

👤 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 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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  • Born August 1, 1979
  • Height 6'4" (1.93 m)
  • Nationality American
  • Years Active 1999 – Present
  • Occupation Actor | Producer
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