Claim: Matthew Modine has avoided the acting profession entirely.
Evidence: Matthew Avery Modine -LRB- born March 22 , 1959 -RRB- is an American film actor who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick 's `` Full Metal Jacket ''.
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick.
The film stars Matthew Modine , Adam Baldwin , Vincent D'Onofrio , R. Lee Ermey , Dorian Harewood , Arliss Howard , Kevyn Major Howard , and Ed O'Ross.