Matthew McConaughey
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-11-04
- Place of birth:
- Uvalde, Texas, USA
Biography
Matthew David McConaughey (/məˈkɒnəheɪ/ mə-KON-ə-hay; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993). After several supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), and the war film U-571 (2000). In the 2000s, McConaughey became known for starring in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), establishing him as a sex symbol. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began appearing in more dramatic roles, starting with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer. In 2012, he gained wider praise for his roles as a stripper in Magic Mike and a fugitive in Mud. McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. He followed it with a supporting role in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and a starring role as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime anthology series True Detective (2014), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His subsequent film roles include starring in Interstellar (2014) and The Gentlemen (2019), as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Sing (2016), and Sing 2 (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew McConaughey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Brothers
The Rivals of Amziah King
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey
The Lost Bus
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Sing: Thriller
Deadpool & Wolverine
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Agent Elvis
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
Sing 2
Come Home
Last Meals
05
Abby's Places
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
The Oprah Conversation
Disclosure
Cup of Joe
One World: Together at Home
Thanks a Million
The Gentlemen
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
The Tamron Hall Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
The Beach Bum
Serenity
Friedkin Uncut
White Boy Rick
Red Table Talk
U2 at The BBC
The Russell Howard Hour
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Dark Tower
Sing
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Kubo and the Two Strings
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Free State of Jones
The Sea of Trees
Gold
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Inside 'Interstellar'
Hot Ones
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Science of Interstellar
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Interstellar
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
The Men in Blazers Show
I Am Evel Knievel
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
True Detective
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dallas Buyers Club
Synthesizers
Mud
The Last Leg
The Paperboy
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Magic Mike
Killer Joe
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
Bernie
The Lincoln Lawyer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Eastbound & Down
Surfer, Dude
Tropic Thunder
Fool's Gold
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
The Graham Norton Show
We Are Marshall
Failure to Launch
Two for the Money
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
Sahara
My Crazy Life
Making Dazed
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Paparazzi
CMT Insider
Best Week Ever
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Real Time with Bill Maher
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tiptoes
Reign of Fire
Frailty
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
The Wedding Planner
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
U-571
Teen Choice Awards
EDtv
The Story of Darrell Royal
TRL
Sex and the City
The Newton Boys
Amistad
Behind the Music
The View
Contact
King of the Hill
Scorpion Spring
Larger Than Life
A Time to Kill
The Daily Show
Lone Star
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Judgement
Glory Daze
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Submission
Boys on the Side
Angels in the Outfield
Dazed and Confused
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
My Boyfriend's Back
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Unsolved Mysteries
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Goldene Kamera
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Today
The Emmy Awards
Untitled Mike Hammer Film
Positano
Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs "On The Porch"