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Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22 , 1959 in Loma Linda, California ) is an American Actor . EARLY LIFE Modine is the youngest of seven children. Although he was born in Loma Linda, California , his formative years were spent growing up in Utah . His father, Mark, was a drive-in theater manager. When Modine was ten years old, he saw a documentary about the making of the film '' Oliver! ''. Inspired by the young actors and their performances, Modine decided to become an actor. He found a dance school in Provo, Utah and began taking Tap Dancing lessons. He also joined the junior high school Glee Club when his family moved to Midvale, Utah . Attended Marian Catholic High School for two and a half years (where his nickname was "Matt the Rat", only because it rhymed), then graduating from Mar Vista Hgh School in Imperial Beach, California , Modine moved to New York City to study acting. It was there that he began working with the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler . He recently (June 2007) attended his 30th high school reunion at Marian. Career His first film role was in John Sayles ' '' Baby It's You ''. His performance caught the eye of director Harold Becker, who cast him in ''Vision Quest (Crazy for You)'' based on the novel by Terry Davis. It was the director Robert Altman that propelled Modine into international stardom with his film adaptation of David Rabe 's play '' Streamers ''. Modine and his fellow castmates won an unprecedented Best Actor prize from the Venice Film Festival for this tragic story of young American soldiers about to be shipped to Vietnam . Modine played Mel Gibson 's brother in ''Mrs. Soffel'' and starred with Nicolas Cage in Alan Parker 's '' Birdy ''. The film was awarded a prize at the Cannes Film Festival . Modine might be best known for his role as "Private Joker," the main character of Stanley Kubrick 's 1987 war movie '' Full Metal Jacket ''. Afterward, 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 Det. 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 , a movie that is in the Guinness Book Of World Records for the biggest box office flop of all time. Guinness World Records In 1999, he made his feature directorial debut with ''If... Dog... Rabbit''. This came after the success of three short films that debuted at the ) ''Smoking'' written by David Sedaris , and ''Ecce Pirate''. His most recent films include ''The Go Go Tales'', ''"Have Dreams, Will Travel"'', ''Opa!'', and ''Mary'', which won a prize at the Venice Film Festival . POP CULTURE REFERENCES
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