What is Matthew Modine?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Modine | image = Matthew Modine by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Modine in 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] | birth_name = Matthew Avery Modine | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1959|3|22}} | birth_place = [[Loma Linda, California]], U.S. | education = [[Mar Vista High School]] | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor, movie producer, movie director, screenwriter, cinematographer, activist, author | years_active = 1982-present | spouse = {{marriage|Caridad Rivera|1980}} | children = 2, including [[Rudy Modine]] }} '''Matthew Avery Modine''' (born March 22, 1959) is an [[Americans|American]] actor, activist, director, producer, writer and cinematographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Matthew-Modine.html |title=Matthew Modine Biography (1959–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> His movie roles include Private Joker in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', the title character in Alan Parker's ''[[Birdy]]'', high school wrestler Louden Swain in ''[[Vision Quest]]'', football star turned spy Alec McCall in ''[[Funcky Monkey]]'' and the oversexed Sullivan Groff in ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''. He appeared in [[Christopher Nolan]]'s ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' as Officer [[Peter Foley]]. He also played Dr. Martin Brenner in [[Netflix]]'s ''[[Stranger Things]]''. He unsuccessfully ran for National President of the [[SAG-AFTRA]] two times in 2019 and in 2021.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/sag-aftra-election-labor-complaint-matthew-modine-campaign-gabrielle-carteris-1202767541/| title=Matthew Modine's Campaign Manager Files SAG-AFTRA Election Complaint With U.S. Labor Department – Update| first=David| last=Robb| date=October 23, 2019| journal=Deadline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-members-elect-fran-drescher-president-union-and-joely-fisher-secretary-treasurer|title=SAG-AFTRA Members