
Age: 67
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Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) 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). Other notable films include Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Oppenheimer (2023). On television, he portrayed Dr. Don Francis in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), Sullivan Groff on Weeds (2007), Ivan Turing in Proof (2015), and Dr. Martin Brenner on Netflix's Stranger Things (2016–2022). Modine has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for his work in And the Band Played On and What the Deaf Man Heard and received a special Golden Globe for him and the rest of the ensemble in Short Cuts. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for And the Band Played On.

Matthew Modine

Phantom Rider
for Phantom Rider in Ghost Rider 3: Flames of Redemption
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In the third chapter of the Ghost Rider saga, Johnny Blaze faces an even more sinister and personal threat. Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, plots cunning revenge by bringing his rebellious son, Blackheart, from the hellish depths. Together, father and son form a dark alliance to plunge the world into chaos and despair. Johnny, now living a quiet life after the events of the second film, is suddenly drawn back into the supernatural world when Blackheart resurfaces seeking power and revenge against Mephisto himself. Ghost Rider reluctantly finds himself at the center of a battle that threatens to trigger the apocalypse when he learns how threatening Mephisto's son is. With the help of Danny Ketch and Carter Slade, Johnny embarks on a journey to face the horrors of hell embodied in Blackheart. As he battles demons and supernatural creatures, he discovers ancient secrets about his own past and the intricate connection between Mephisto, Blackheart, and the Ghost Riders.