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Matthew McConaughey

4th November 1969 Uvalde, Texas, USA Acting

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.

84 Movies 50 TV Shows 2 In Production 149 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sing 2 poster
Sing 2 1st December 2021 as Buster Moon (voice)
Come Home poster
Come Home 25th November 2021 as Buster Moon (voice)
Disclosure poster
Disclosure 19th June 2020 as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
Sing poster
Sing 23rd November 2016 as Buster Moon (voice)
Gold poster
Gold 3rd February 2016 as Kenny Wells
Mud poster
Mud 26th April 2013 as Mud
Bernie poster
Bernie 27th April 2012 as Danny Buck Davidson
Sahara poster
Sahara 6th April 2005 as Dirk Pitt
Paparazzi poster
Paparazzi 3rd September 2004 as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
U-571 poster
U-571 20th April 2000 as Lt. Andrew Tyler
EDtv poster
EDtv 26th March 1999 as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
Amistad poster
Amistad 10th December 1997 as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Judgement poster
Judgement 31st December 1995 as Deputy Sam Taylor
05 poster
05 30th August 2021 as Self
TRL poster
TRL 14th September 1998 as Self
Today poster
Today 14th January 1952 as Self
Brothers poster Coming soon
Brothers 22nd September 2026 as Matthew McConaughey
The Rivals of Amziah King poster Coming soon
The Rivals of Amziah King 13th August 2026 as Amziah King