Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
Biography
Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained notice for his supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), which was considered by many to be his breakout role. After a number of supporting roles in films including Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), his breakthrough performance as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). He followed this with leading performances in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), the comedy-drama The Newton Boys (1998), the satire EDtv (1999), the war film U-571 (2000), and the psychological thriller Frailty (2001). In the 2000s, McConaughey became best 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. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in Bernie (2011), Magic Mike (2012) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and for his leading roles in Killer Joe (2011) and Mud (2012). McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him widespread praise and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014, he starred as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime anthology series True Detective, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His film roles since have included Interstellar (2014), The Sea of Trees (2015), Free State of Jones (2016), Gold (2016), The Dark Tower (2017), and The Gentlemen (2019), earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success, as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Sing (2016), and Sing 2 (2021).
Known For
Actor
as Amziah King
as Kevin McKay
as Matty (voice)
as Himself
as Self
as Cowboypool (voice)
as Pool Shark Father
as Elvis (voice)
as Narrator
as Buster Moon (voice)
as Buster Moon (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Mike Damone
as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
as Self
as Michael Pearson
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Matthew McConaughey
as Moondog
as Baker Dill
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Richard Wershe Sr.
as Self
as Himself
as Walter O’Dim
as Self
as Self
as Buster Moon (voice)
as Beetle (voice)
as Newton Knight
as Arthur Brennan
as Kenny Wells
as Team Martha
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - 'Cooper'
as Self
as Self - Actor
as Cooper
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Rust Cohle
as Mark Hanna
as Ron Woodroof
as Woodson
as Mud
as Ward Jansen
as Dallas
as Killer Joe Cooper
as Himself
as Danny Buck Davidson
as Mark Hanna (archive footage)
as Mickey Haller
as Connor Mead
as Self - Guest
as Roy McDaniel
as Steve Addington
as Rick Peck
as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
as Self
as Self
as Jack Lengyel
as Tripp
as Brandon Lang
as Al Bean (voice)
as Narrator
as Dirk Pitt
as Himself
as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
as Himself
as Himself
as Steven Bedalia
as Benjamin Barry
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Denton Van Zan
as Meiks
as Steve Edison
as Lt. Andrew Tyler
as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
as Narrator
as Self - Presenter & Nominee
as Bud Hoagie
as Matthew McConaughey
as Willis Newton
as Himself
as Matthew McConaughey
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
as Palmer Joss
as Self
as Self
as Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
as El Rojo
as Tip Tucker
as Jake Brigance
as Buddy Deeds
as Self
as Deputy Sam Taylor
as Rental Truck Guy
as Abe Lincoln
as Ben Williams
as Wooderson
as Guy #2
as Self - Guest
as Himself
as Himself
as Self - Guest
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer