Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine is known to audiences for his portrayal of Dr. Martin Brenner in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2022). As part of the ensemble, he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2017.

Earlier in his career, Modine played U.S. Marine Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987). He first drew attention with roles in Robert Altman’s Streamers (1983), for which the cast shared the Venice Film Festival’s Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and in Alan Parker’s Birdy (1984).

His additional film credits include Vision Quest (1985), Married to the Mob (1988), Pacific Heights (1990), Cutthroat Island (1995), and Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (1993). Modine has continued working across film and television, with appearances in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Oppenheimer (2023), the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), and the series Weeds. He received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for And the Band Played On.