who played private joker in full metal jacket
Matthew Modine
title: Full Metal Jacket text: Full Metal Jacket Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Stanley Kubrick and starring Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Baldwin. The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford's novel "The Short-Timers" (1979). The storyline follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their training, primarily focusing on two privates, Joker and Pyle, who struggle to get through boot camp under their abusive drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, and the experiences of two of the platoon's Marines in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The film's title: Matthew Modine text: a pro-bike organization called "Bicycle for a Day" and was honored for his work on June 2, 2009 by the environmental arts and education center on the East River, Solar 1. Matthew Modine Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket". His other film roles include the title character in Alan Parker's "Birdy", the high school wrestler Louden Swain in "Vision Quest", Drake Goodman in "Pacific Heights" and Dr. Ralph Wyman in "Short Cuts". On title: Matthew Modine text: Matthew Modine Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket". His other film roles include the title character in Alan Parker's "Birdy", the high school wrestler Louden Swain in "Vision Quest", Drake Goodman in "Pacific Heights" and Dr. Ralph Wyman in "Short Cuts". On television, Modine portrayed Dr. Martin Brenner in "Stranger Things", the oversexed Sullivan Groff on "Weeds", Dr. Don Francis in "And the Band Played On" and Ivan Turing in "Proof". Modine has title: Matthew Modine text: Mitchell in "Top Gun" (the role that Tom Cruise made famous), because he felt the film's pro-military stance went against his politics. Modine may be best known for his role as Private Joker, the central character of Stanley Kubrick's Vietnam War movie "Full Metal Jacket" (1987). Subsequently, Modine played the dangerous young criminal Treat in Alan Pakula's film adaptation of Lyle Kessler's stageplay "Orphans". Modine played the goofy, earnest FBI agent Mike Downey in Jonathan Demme's screwball comedy "Married to the Mob" opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1990, he led the cast of "Memphis Belle", a fictionalized account of the famous title: Full Metal Jacket Diary text: Full Metal Jacket Diary Full Metal Jacket Diary is a book written by American author, actor and photographer Matthew Modine and published by Rugged Land October 25, 2005. The book contains photos and diary entries of his experiences over a two-year period while working on the epic Stanley Kubrick film, "Full Metal Jacket". Modine played the lead role of Private Joker, a U.S. Marine who is sent to Vietnam as a war correspondent for "Stars and Stripes". While filming, Modine was encouraged by Kubrick to keep a diary of his experiences. Notorious for his closed film sets, Kubrick granted Modine