Matthew McConaughey
- Acting
- November 4, 1969 · 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 · Matthew McConaughey, Executive producer
- The Rivals of Amziah King · Amziah King
- Bear Grylls is Running Wild · Self
- A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey · Self
- The Lost Bus · Kevin McKay
- Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special · Self
- Sing: Thriller · Buster Moon (Voice)
- Deadpool & Wolverine · Cowboypool (Voice)
- Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels · Self
- Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy · Larry Dickens
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society · Self
- Agent Elvis · Elvis (Voice), Executive producer
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Sing 2 · Buster Moon (Voice)
- Come Home · Buster Moon (Voice)
- Last Meals · Self
- 05 · Self
- Abby's Places · Self
- Roll Up Your Sleeves · Self
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read · Mike Damone
- The Oprah Conversation · Self
- Disclosure · Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
- Cup of Joe · Self
- One World: Together at Home · Self
- Thanks a Million · Self
- The Gentlemen · Michael Pearson, Producer
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie · Matthew McConaughey
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle · Self
- The Beach Bum · Moondog
- Serenity · Baker Dill
- Friedkin Uncut · Self
- White Boy Rick · Richard Wershe Sr.
- Red Table Talk · Self
- U2 at The BBC · Self
- The Russell Howard Hour · Self
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- The Dark Tower · Walter O’Dim
- Sing · Buster Moon (Voice)
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party · Team Martha
- Kubo and the Two Strings · Beetle / Hanzo (Voice)
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny · Self
- Free State of Jones · Newton Knight
- The Sea of Trees · Arthur Brennan
- Gold · Kenny Wells, Producer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Inside 'Interstellar' · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Science of Interstellar · Narrator (Voice)
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater · Self
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey · Self
- Interstellar · Cooper
- Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years · Self
- The Men in Blazers Show · Self
- I Am Evel Knievel · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- True Detective · Rust Cohle, Executive producer
- The Wolf of Wall Street · Mark Hanna
- Dallas Buyers Club · Ron Woodroof
- Synthesizers · Woodson
- Mud · Mud
- The Last Leg · Self
- The Paperboy · Ward Jansen
- We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash · Self
- Magic Mike · Dallas
- Killer Joe · Killer Joe Cooper
- Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story · Self
- Bernie · Danny Buck Davidson
- The Lincoln Lawyer · Mickey Haller
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past · Connor Mead
- Eastbound & Down · Roy McDaniel
- Surfer, Dude · Steve Addington, Producer
- Tropic Thunder · Rick Peck
- Fool's Gold · Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives · Self