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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Matthew Modine Biography (1959-)
Full name, Matthew Avery Modine; born March 22, 1959, in Loma Linda, CA; sonof Mark (a manager of drive-in theaters) and Dolores (a bookkeeper) Modine; married Caridad Rivera, October 31, 1980; children: Bowman, Ruby. Addresses: Agent: ICM, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: c/oUntitled Entertainment NY, 451 Greenwich St., 7th floor, New York, NY 10013.; Contact: c/o 9696 Culver Blvd., #203, Culver City, CA 90232.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director, editor, producer, cinematographer, writer
- Birth Details
- March 22, 1959
- Lorma Linda, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut) Steve, Baby It's You, Paramount, 1983
- Jim Green, Private School, Universal, 1983
- William "Billy" Wilson, Streamers, United Artists, 1983
- Stirling "Chipper" Dove/Ernst, The Hotel New Hampshire, Orion, 1984
- Jack Biddle, Mrs. Soffel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
- Title role, Birdy, TriStar, 1984
- Louden Swain, Vision Quest (also known as Crazy for You), Warner Bros., 1987
- Private Joker, Full Metal Jacket (also known as Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket), Warner Bros., 1987
- Treat, Orphans, Lorimar, 1987
- Mike Downey, Married to the Mob, Orion, 1987
- Joe Slovak, Gross Anatomy (also known as A Cut Above), Buena Vista, 1989
- Francesco Sacredo, La partita (also known as The Gamble), CG Reteitalia/Warner Bros., 1988
- Captain Dennis Dearborn, pilot, Memphis Belle, Warner Bros., 1990
- Drake Goodman, Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
- Eloise's father, The Lemon Sisters, Miramax, 1991
- Will Parker, Wind, TriStar, 1992
- Henry Petosa/Freddy Ace/Immanuel, Equinox (also known as Isimeria), IRS Releasing, 1993
- Dr. Ralph Wyman, Short Cuts, Fine Line, 1993
- Frank Hunter, The Browning Version, Paramount, 1994
- Dave, Bye Bye, Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
- Shaw, Cutthroat Island (also known as Corsari,
Die Piratenbraut, and L'ile aux pirates), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
- Thomas Johnson/voice of Fluke, Fluke, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
- Joe, The Real Blonde, Paramount, 1997
- Matty, The Blackout, Trimark, 1997
- Johnnie Cooper, If ... Dog ... Rabbit ... , Franchise Pictures, 1998
- (Uncredited) Movie-within-movie actor, Notting Hill, MCA/Universal, 1999
- Dr. Ollie Powers, Any Given Sunday (also known as Any Given Sunday,
Gridiron,
Monday Night,
On Any Given Sunday,
The League, and Playing Hurt), Warner Bros., Warner Bros., 1999
- Bartender, Very Mean Men, Miracle Entertainment, 2000
- Himself, Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000
- Sonny, Nobody's Baby, 2001
- Eric O'Byrne, In the Shadows, Lions Gate Films, 2001
- Mitch Garrett, The Shipment, Promark Entertainment Group, 2001
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Film Work
- Assistant, Heaven, Island, 1987
- Director, When I Was a Boy, Mercury Film, 1993
- (As Matthew Avery Modine) Director, producer, editor, and cinematographer, Smoking, Pyramide International, 1993
- Director, Ecce Pirate, 1997
- (As Matthew Avery Modine) Director, If ... Dog ... Rabbit ... , Franchise Pictures, 1998
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Jack Robinson (Johnathan William Duncan Robinson), Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (also known as Jim Henson's 'Jack and the Beanstalk': The Real Story), CBS, 2001
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Movies
- Dr. Don Francis, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993
- Title role, Jacob (also known as Jacob: A TNT Bible Story),TNT, 1994
- Walter Schmeiss, The Maker, HBO, 1997
- Sammy Ayers, What the Deaf Man Heard, CBS, 1997
- Charlie Gordon, Flowers for Algernon, CBS, 2000
- Paul Freeman, Redeemer, USA Network, 2002
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Specials
- Ralph, "Amy and the Angel," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1981
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The Making of "Mrs. Soffel," 1984
- Eugene O'Neill, "Journey into Genius" (also known as "Eugene O'Neill: Journey into Genius"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1988
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Memphis Belle and the Glory Boys, Arts and Entertainment, 1990
- Himself, Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country(also known as Luck, Trust and Ketchup), Bravo, 1994
- Voice, The Way West, PBS, 1995
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Earth Day at Walt Disney World, The Disney Channel, 1996
- Voice, Buckminister Fuller: Thinking Out Loud, PBS, 1996
- Voice of Lawrence Svobida, Surviving the Dust Bowl, PBS, 1998
- Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Claudia Schiffer, Lifetime, 1999
- (In archive footage) Lloyd Bentsen, Saturday Night Live: PresidentialBash 2000, NBC, 2000
- Himself, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Cinemax, 2001
- Award presenter, The British Comedy Awards 2001, 2001
- Christopher Newman, The American, PBS, 2001
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Episodic
- Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1988
- Narrator, "The Combat Film," American Cinema, PBS, 1995
- Himself, "The Panda Baby," Nature, PBS, 2001
- Himself, So Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2001
- Himself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
- Also appeared in Texas, NBC.
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Stage Appearances
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Breaking Up, 1990
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WRITINGS
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Film Screenplays
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When I Was a Boy, Mercury Film, 1993
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Ecce Pirate, 1997
- (As Matthew Avery Modine) If ... Dog ... Rabbit ... , Franchise Pictures, 1998
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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American Cinematographer, April, 1993, pp. 82-88; October, 1993, pp. 52-55; November, 1993, pp. 32-38
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American Film, October, 1987, pp. 21-24
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Entertainment Weekly, January 12, 1996, p. 40; March 6, 1998, p. 56
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People Weekly, February 21, 2000, p. 63
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Rolling Stone, March 14, 1985; October 14, 1993, pp. 103-09
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Variety, May 19, 1997, p. 53
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