Matthew Modine

Matthew Avery Modine
1959 -
American born Utah

Height 6' 3" (1.91 m) . Youngest of 7 children born to Mark and Dolores Modine. He was raised in a Mormon family, which was forced to move every couple of years because his father worked as a drive-in movie operator. All of the children worked in the drive-ins. After seeing a documentary about the film Oliver! (1968), Modine decided he wanted to become an actor. After high school, he dropped out of BYU and worked several odd jobs before moving to New York in 1979. He landed a job as a chef at Au Natural in Manhattan, where he met his wife, Cari. They married a year later, and Matthew began landing roles in film, and later theatre and TV. He and his family live at Arbolay, a 100-acre farm in Upstate Millbrook, New York. Spouse Caridad Rivera (31 October 1980 - present) 2 children.

A West Texas Children's Story (2007) , Kettle of Fish (2006) , "The Bedford Diaries" (2006) , Opa! (2005), Mary (2005/I) , Transporteur II, Le (2005) , "Into the West" (2005) , "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2005) , Funky Monkey (2004) , The Winning Season (2004) , Divorce, Le (2003) , Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) , Hollywood North (2003) , "The West Wing" (2003) , Expert Witness (2003) , Redeemer (2002) , The Shipment (2001) , Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) , In the Shadows (2001) , Nobody's Baby (2001) , The American (2001) , Very Mean Men (2000) , Flowers for Algernon (2000) , Any Given Sunday (1999) , If... Dog... Rabbit... (1999) , Notting Hill (1999) , What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) , The Real Blonde (1997) , The Maker (1997), The Blackout (1997) , Cutthroat Island (1995) , Fluke (1995) , Bye Bye Love (1995) , Jacob (1994) , The Browning Version (1994) , And the Band Played On (1993) , Short Cuts (1993) , Equinox (1992) , Wind (1992) , Pacific Heights (1990) , Memphis Belle (1990) , Gross Anatomy (1989) , "Saturday Night Live" (1988) , Married to the Mob (1988) , Partita, La (1988) , Journey Into Genius (1988) , Orphans (1987) , Full Metal Jacket (1987) , Vision Quest (1985) , Mrs. Soffel (1984) , Birdy (1984) , The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) , Streamers (1983) , Private School (1983) , Baby It's You (1983) , Amy & the Angel (1982)