Matthew Modine
☼ Born on22 janeiro 1959, in Loma Linda, California, USA
Biography:
The youngest of seven, Matthew was born in Loma Linda, Ca, to Dolores (Warner), a bookkeeper, and Mark Alexander Modine, a drive-in theater manager. After graduating high school in Imperial Beach, Ca. Modine moved to NYC (1979). Matthew studied with Stella Adler at her Conservatory of Acting. While still a student of hers, he began landing starring roles in film, and later theatre and television. Matthew has worked with many of the most highly regarded directors including, Christopher Nolan, Oliver Stone, Sir Alan Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Abel Ferrara, Alan J. Pakula, John Schlesinger, Tony Richardson, Robert Falls, Sir Peter Hall, Spike Lee, Tom DiCillo, Mike Figgis, Jonathan Demme and John Sayles. A partial list of his films include: O Cavaleiro das Trevas Renasce (2012), Birdy:
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Asas de Liberdade (1984), Vontade de Viver (1985), Nascido Para Matar (1987), Viúva... Mas Não Muito (1988), Classe à parte (1989), A Bela Memphis (1990), O Inquilino Misterioso (1990), Short Cuts - Os Americanos (1993), A Versão Browning (1994) and Um Domingo Qualquer (1999).
Matthew is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and Golden Lion. Maria Madalena (2005), directed by Abel Ferrara, co-starring Juliette Binoche and Forest Whitaker, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Birdy won the Cannes Film Festival Gran Prix. Gémeos, Perigo de Colisão (1992), directed by Alan Rudolph, received four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best Actor and Best Film. For his work in television, Matthew was part of the Emmy winning Showtime series Erva (2005). He has received Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for the M.O.W. What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) and HBO's Emmy winning E a Banda Continua a Tocar (1993). Modine has directed several distinguished short films: When I Was a Boy (1993), Smoking (1994), Ecce Pirate (1997), I Think I Thought (2008) and To Kill an American (2008).
In the role of actor
Vingadora (23/03/2026)
A presença da atriz Milla Jovovich quase ilude. O início meloso, de mãe ausente, até promete. Mas o thriller Vingadora não consegue enganar ninguém por muito tempo: o filme é bem fraco. Talvez o que o torne ainda mais fraco seja essa promessa inicial, de que ele poderia ser bom. A história de uma mãe […]