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
Bolivar Trask
for Bolivar Trask in The Uncanny X-Men
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1970, Westchester New York City.Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr stroll through a mansion, sharing their hopes for a future where mutants are accepted. Charles plans to open the mansion as a school for mutants. Thirty years later, Xavier's and Lehnsherr's school for gifted youngsters thrives, but societal fear of mutants leads the government to deploy scientist Bolivar Trask and his Sentinel program to capture mutants. The school’s X-Men team, comprising Bobby Drake, Warren Worthington III, Hank McCoy, and Jean Grey, is mobilized when they hear about quarterback Scott Summers' powers manifesting in Alaska. They rescue Scott and bring him to the school, where he learns about the other mutants' abilities and finds a sense of belonging. The peace is shattered when a Sentinel attacks the X-Men at a mall, prompting them to defend themselves. Scott, inspired by Jean, emerges as a leader. Trask's Sentinels later assault the mansion, and the X-Men, now including a transformed Hank, fight valiantly. They defeat the Sentinels, but Trask arrives in a larger Sentinel, leading to a climactic battle where the team unites their powers to win. However, Trask injures Charles, leading Erik to kill Trask in retaliation. This act creates a rift between Charles and Erik, with Erik deciding to wage war against humanity. Weeks later, a paralyzed Charles reflects on the broken friendship with Erik, understanding the complexities of their shared dream.
