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 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), The Transporter 2 and the TNT miniseries Into the West.

Partial filmography

• The Bedford Diaries (2006)
• Into The West (2005, TV)
• The Transporter 2 (2005)
• Le Divorce (2003) by James Ivory
• The Rise of Evil (2003)
• Notting Hill (1999, cameo)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• The Real Blonde (1997)
• Bye Bye Love (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)
• 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)

Trivia

• Modine is a first cousin of baseball great George Brett.

External links

• Matthew Modine cast bio on The WB
• Official website

1959 births | The West Wing actors | American actors | American film actors | Latter Day Saints | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actors | Living people | People from the Inland Empire, California

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