Christopher Newman Matthew Modine Matthew Modine, who plays the rich young American Christopher Newman, recently appeared in Any Given Sunday and Notting Hill. Of his successes on the small screen, Modine earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in What the Deaf Man Heard in 1991 and received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his performance in HBO's And the Band Played On. As a director, his three short films -- When I Was a Boy, Smoking, and Ecce Pirate -- all debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Modine recently released his first feature, If... Dog... Rabbit, a film he wrote, directed, executive produced, and starred in. Modine has also been active on the stage, directing Twelve Angry Men at the New Mercury Theater. An acclaimed actor and veteran of 30 films, he has also appeared in Married to the Mob, and has starred in the award-winning Birdy, Short Cuts, and Full Metal Jacket.