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
Dr. Edwin Thompson
for Dr. Edwin Thompson in The Black Lagoon
Suggested by mcknee
Deep in the Amazon, aging archaeologist Dr. Carl Maia uncovers the skeletal remains of an unknown species, prompting an expedition into the uncharted depths of the jungle. Joined by his former student, Dr. David Reed—an ex-Navy SEAL turned marine biologist—David’s girlfriend, Dr. Kay Lawrence, an ichthyologist, and the expedition’s financier, Dr. Mark Williams, the team ventures into dangerous waters aboard the Maria, captained by Lucas. As tensions rise between David, who seeks to study the creature, and Mark, who wants to kill it, their rivalry pushes them toward catastrophe. When they finally come face-to-face with the enigmatic, prehistoric creature, their obsession and arrogance turn the expedition into a desperate fight for survival.
