Miracle Worker

I'm surprised that Modine doesn't get top billing. It shows he is a very humble man.

Or...what it shows is that he's not THAT huge of star who happens to be on Broadway in a part that is not the biggest, not the second biggest, not even the third biggest, but rather the fourth biggest. Yah...but he doesn't get top billing because he's humble.

This is quite a resume!

Modine might be best known for his role as "Private Joker," the main character of Stanley Kubrick's 1987 war movie Full Metal Jacket. Afterwards, he played the dangerous young criminal, Treat, in Alan Pakula's film version of the hugely successful play Orphans by writer Lyle Kessler; and the goofy, earnest FBI agent Mike Downey in Jonathan Demme's screwball comedy Married to the Mob opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. Modine was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performances in And the Band Played On and What the Deaf Man Heard.

In 1995, he worked opposite Geena Davis in Cutthroat Island. Modine made his feature directorial debut with If... Dog... Rabbit. This came after the success of three short films that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival: When I was a Boy (co-directed with Todd Field) Smoking written by David Sedaris, and Ecce Pirate. Modine's recent short films have played throughout the world.

His most recent films include "The Trail" The Go Go Tales, Transporter 2, Opa!, and Mary, which won a prize at the Venice Film Festival.

In 2003, he guest starred on The West Wing in the episode "The Long Goodbye", as a foil to C. J. Cregg. He portrays the character Marco, who went to high school with Cregg, and helps her deal with her father's steady decline into Alzheimer's disease. He also guest starred in the Law and Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Rage" as a serial killer. Modine agreed to the role because he is a longtime friend of Allison Janney. The two appeared in a theatrical production of the play, BREAKING UP directed by Stuart Ross.

Modine plays a hilariously corrupt Majestic City developer named "Sullivan Groff" throughout Season 3 on Weeds. Groff has affairs with Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) and Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins).


Filmography
Private School (1983)
Streamers (1983) by Robert Altman
Birdy (1984)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Vision Quest (1985)
Orphans (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987) by Stanley Kubrick
Married to the Mob (198 by Jonathan Demme
Gross Anatomy (1989)
Memphis Belle (1990)
Pacific Heights (1990) by John Schlesinger
Wind (1992)
Equinox (1992) by Alan Rudolph
Short Cuts (1993) by Robert Altman
And the Band Played On (1993, TV)
The Browning Version (1994)
Cutthroat Island (1995)
Bye Bye Love (1995)
Fluke (1995)
What the Deaf Man Heard (1996)
The Maker (1997)
The Blackout (1997)
The Real Blonde (1997)
Any Given Sunday (1999) by Oliver Stone
Notting Hill (1999) - Uncredited
Flowers for Algernon (2000, TV)
In the Shadows (2001)
The American (2001, TV)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001, TV)
Redeemer (2002, TV)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
Le Divorce (2003) by James Ivory
Funky Monkey (2004)
The Winning Season (2004, TV)
Transporter 2 (2005)
Into The West (2005, TV)
Kettle of Fish (2006)
Mary (2006)
The Bedford Diaries (2006, TV)
Go Go Tales (2007)
The Neighbor (2007)
Weeds (2007, TV)
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)
Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009)
PoliWood (2009)
OPA! (2009)

Theatre
His theater, Matthew worked in Arthur Miller's Finishing the Picture at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, Miller's Resurrection Blues at London's Old Vic. He played Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird at Connecticut's Hartford Stage. This production became the most successful play in the theatre's 45 year history. [3] He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker[4] at the Circle in the Square theatre. This is the first time the play has been produced since its award winning production 50 years ago.

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So many people have lists of work that long, regardless of their level of recognition. And there are a ton of obscure films in that list. And that doesn't change the fact that his part in Miracle Worker is not a big one.

"many actors who have been working professionally for a long time have resumes that long, it's far from unusual"

It's totally true. BUT, how many actors have been the lead in films with Richard Gere, Michelle Pfeipher(when she was the "it" girl), Geena Davis, etc and have played main characters in films directed by Jonathan Demme, Pakula, Kubrick, etc?

He might not be as famous now, but he was one of the actors that worked the most during the 90s and 80s. Plus 2 Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination.

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My mom knows him though! I swear! She has a crush on him and on Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Bridges, and Stephen Rea.
Although Bridges has an Oscar, I guess all these men are on that category, that although they are film stars, they might not draw big box office numbers.
I don't find any of these men attractive by the way. My mom and I, don't agree when it comes to men. LOL!

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