Matthew Modine with birthname as Matthew Avery Modine is an American film actor.He was born on March 22,1959 in Loma Linda,California, USA to Mark Alexander Modine and Dolores.His dad was managing drive-in theatres and his mom was a book-keeper.He has 6 siblings and he is the youngest of all.He is known for his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.He also received recognition for his roles in Stranger Things, Vision Quest and Weeds.He is been active in the field since 1982 and made his film debut in 1983 by playing a role in the film Baby it's You.
He acted in a number of films which includes Private School,Streamers,Birdy,The Hotel New Hampshire, Mrs.Soffel, Vision Quest, Orphans,Full Metal Jacket,Married to the Mob,The Gamble, Gross Anatomy, Memphis Belle, Pacific Heights,Wind,Equinox,Short Cuts,The Browning Version, Jacob, Cutthroat Island, Bye Bye Love,Fluke,The Maker,The Blackout,The Real Blonde,Any Given Sunday, Notting Hill, Bamboozled,Very Mean Men,In the Shadows, Nobody's Baby, Funky Monkey, The Winning Season, Lost in Love, Mary, Sex and Lies in Sin City, The Trial, Too big to fall, Family weekend, The Dark Knight Rises, Poliwood, The Confirmation,Stranger Things,Come Diventare Grandi Nonostante i Genitori,Army of One, The Brainwashing of My Dad as Narrator,47 Meters Down and Soldado.
Matthew Modine Religion
Matthew Modine in a radio interview in 2006 stated that he was only baptized as a Mormon but he family wasn't very orthodox and only practiced seriously during his very early years. So it can assumed that he is not a heavily religious person.
Matthew Modine Political Views
Matthew Modine seems to have leaning towards the Democratic party.He can be considered as a staunch liberal Democrat.
Who is he/she dating?
Matthew Modine was married to Caridad Rivera on 1980 and the couple was blessed with 2 children. The couple seems to be enjoying their parenthood life.
Matthew Modine Hobbies
Matthew Modine is a horticulturist and also a carpenter.He loves to paint.He seems to be learing fly-fish now from his neighbour, actor Liam Neeson.
Interesting Facts
Matthew Modine predominatly use bicycle as his mode of transportation and he is the founder of the pro-bike organisation "Bicycle for a Day" a global initiative to reduce carbon footprints.He is a very tall person of height measuring 192 cm.He is a dyslexic.
He won the Golden Globe award, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and Golden Lion.He also won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.He was also nominated once at the Emmy Awards.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_ModineHe won the Golden Globe award, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and Golden Lion.He also won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.He was also nominated once at the Emmy Awards.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000546/
