Cast

Matthew Modine

1959

Active years (films on this site)

1984–1993

Genres

DramaRomanceWarComedy

Schools and movements

New HollywoodAustralian New WaveWomen Directors

Directors worked with

Gillian Armstrong1 filmStanley Kubrick1 filmRobert Altman1 film

Biography

Matthew Avery Modine 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).

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Awards and honours

International

• Volpi Cup for Best Actor 1983
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2017

3 films on this site

1. Mrs. Soffel 1984 · Gillian Armstrong · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
2. Full Metal Jacket 1987 · Stanley Kubrick · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
3. Short Cuts 1993 · Robert Altman · IMDb 7.6 · Cast