Actor

Matthew Modine

Matthew Avery Modine was born March 22, 1959, as the youngest of seven children in Loma.

Matthew Modine has worked with many of the film industry's most respected 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, John Sayles, and Christopher Nolan.

A partial list of his films includes The Dark Knight Rises, Birdy, Vision Quest, Full Metal Jacket, Married to the Mob, Gross Anatomy, Memphis Belle, Pacific Heights, Short Cuts, The Browning Version, and Any Given Sunday.

Recent projects include star turns in Redemption opposite Liam Neeson coming in 2022, the multiple award winning feature Foster Boy with Shane Paul McGhie and Louis Gossett Jr, Executive Produced by Shaquille O'Neal, Miss Virginia opposite Uzo Aduba, Wrong Turn; the Netflix Original feature film, Operation: Varsity Blues directed by Chris Smith and Modine's much anticipated return to the Netflix global phenomenon, Stranger Things, Season 4 which reunites him with co-star Millie Bobby Brown.

Matthew is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and Golden Lion. Mary, directed by Abel Ferrara, co-starring Juliette Binoche and Forest Whitaker, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Birdy won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix. Equinox, directed by Alan Rudolph, received four Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Actor and Best Film. Matthew was part of the Emmy-winning Showtime series Weeds (2005) for his work in television. He has received Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for the M.O.W. What the Deaf Man Heard and HBO's Emmy winning And the Band Played On.