Actor / Director Profile

Matthew is the youngest of 7 children. Born in Loma Linda, California and grew up in Utah. His father managed drive-in movie theaters. After graduating high school in Imperial Beach, Ca., Modine moved to NYC (1979). While still a student at Stella Adler's Conservatory of Acting, Matthew began landing roles in film, and later theatre and television.Matthew has worked with many of the most highly regarded directors in the film industry, including, Oliver Stone, Sir Alan Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Alan J. Pakula, John Schlesinger, Tony Richardson, Robert Falls, Sir Peter Hall, Abel Ferrara, Spike Lee, Tom DiCillo, Mike Figgis, Jonathan Demme and John Sayles. A partial list of his films include Birdy, Married to the Mob, Vision Quest, Full Metal Jacket, Gross Anatomy, The Browning Version, Pacific Heights, Any Given Suday, Memphis Belle, and Shortcuts.Matthew is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and Golden Lion. Mary, directed by Abel Ferrara, co-starring Juliette Binoche and Forest Whitaker, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Birdy won the Cannes Film Festival Gran Prix. Equinox, directed by Alan Rudolph, received four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best Actor and Best Film.For his work in television, Matthew was part of the Emmy winning Showtime series Weeds. He has received Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for the M.O.W. What the Deaf Man Heard and HBO's Emmy winning And The Band Played On.Modine has directed several distinguished short films. When I Was a Boy Boy, Smoking, and Ecce Pirate, I Think I Thought, To Kill an American.