Matthew Modine
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Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California) is an American actor.
Modine was the youngest of seven children in a Mormon family. After he saw a documentary about Oliver!, he decided to become an actor. After relocating to New York City in 1979, he worked several odd jobs before he met his wife and started landing roles.
He is probably best known for his role as "Private Joker," the main character of Stanley Kubrick's 1987 war movie Full Metal Jacket.
In 1999, he made his directorial debut with If... Dog... Rabbit.
His most recent films include Le Divorce (2004), Transporter 2 and the TNT miniseries Into the West.
A band called Pony Up wrote and recorded a song called Matthew Modine on their EP Pony Up!
[edit] Partial filmography
- The Bedford Diaries (2006)
- Into The West (2005, TV)
- Transporter 2 (2005)
- Mary (2005)
- Le Divorce (2003) by James Ivory
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
- Notting Hill (1999, cameo)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- The Real Blonde (1997)
- Bye Bye Love (1995)
- Cutthroat Island (1995)
- The Browning Version (1994)
- And The Band Played On (1993, TV)
- Short Cuts (1993) by Robert Altman
- Equinox (1992) by Alan Rudolph
- Wind (1992)
- Pacific Heights (1990) by John Schlesinger
- Memphis Belle (1990)
- Gross Anatomy (1989)
- Married to the Mob (1988) by Jonathan Demme
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Vision Quest (1985)
- Birdy (1984)
- Streamers (1983) by Robert Altman
- Private School (1983)
[edit] External links
- Matthew Modine at the Internet Movie Database
- Matthew Modine at TV.com
- Matthew Modine cast bio on The WB
- Official website
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