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American actor, director, writer and producer Matthew Modine is the star of such films as Short Cuts, Full Metal Jacket, and Married to the Mob.
His television credits include And the Band Played On (which garnered him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), the Lifetime television movie Sex and Lies in Sin City and the Showtime drama Weeds.
Modine also authored the book Full Metal Jacket Diary, which is a collection of his on-set photographs accompanied by reflections on his experience working with legendary director Stanley Kubrick on the epic film. It was published in 2007, twenty years after the film was released.
Modine founded the initiative Bicycle for a Day. The mission of the organization is to encourage everyone to make small, affordable changes to their daily routines in an attempt solve environmental issues. The official Bicycle For a Day launch is set for September 20, 2008 at New York's historic South Street Seaport.
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Fast Facts
- Full Name: Matthew Avery Modine
- Born: March 22, 1959
- Birth place: Loma Linda, California
- Height: 6'4"
- Married to Caridad Rivera
- Two children: Boman and Ruby
- Attended Brigham Young University
- Raised in a Mormon family with six siblings
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Quotes
- "I always wanted to do something with the pictures because I thought they were beautiful, but I also knew I had to wait until I was ready. Now I feel enough time passed, so I could look back at those days as being part of another person’s life, this young kid who went on a journey to work with a legend."
- "The environmental situation as a great opportunity for us all to work together to find solutions. Bicycle for a Day is just that—citizens of the world joining together globally and acting locally."
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'Um Amor de Vizinho' (Comédia Romântica/2007), com Matthew Modine e Richard Kind. Às 18h15 no Telecine Premium.
@superguia | July 07, 2009 08:52 PM -
@jennreese Yes!! (I decided my protag was Matthew Modine from Full Metal Jacket, only very, very much younger.)
@gregvaneekhout | July 07, 2009 04:04 PM -
I must be the only person to have mixed up Matthew Modine and Aaron Eckhart. Which one was in Flowers For Algernon??!!
@lgiachetti | July 06, 2009 10:22 PM -
@spigl @oprimo O Milo Vertimiglia também fez Bedford Diaries com o cara do Gossip Girl e o Matthew Modine. Viciada em seriados ruins...
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- Born: March 22, 1959
- (1984) Private School: IMDb
- (1984) Birdy: IMDb
- (1985) Vision Quest: IMDb
- (1987) Full Metal Jacket: IMDb | Mahalo
- (1988) Married to the Mob: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
- (1990) Memphis Belle: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
- (1992) Wind: IMDb
- (1993) Short Cuts: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
- (1993) And The Band Played On: IMDb
- (1995) Cutthroat Island: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
- (1999) Any Given Sunday: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
- (2003) Le Divorce: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
- (2007) Weeds: IMDb
- (2008)'Sex and Lies in Sin City': IMDb | Mahalo
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