
Matthew McConaughey
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Daily Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

The Oscars

Real Time with Bill Maher

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sex and the City

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Teen Choice Awards

Today with Hoda & Jenna

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Behind the Music

Celebrities Uncensored

Honest Trailers

Today

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Men In Blazers Show

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Eastbound & Down

King of the Hill

My Crazy Life

The Oprah Conversation

Deadpool & Wolverine

My Boyfriend's Back

Angels in the Outfield

Kubo and the Two Strings

U2 at The BBC

Tropic Thunder

Unsolved Mysteries

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

Boys on the Side

The Wolf of Wall Street

Bernie

The Wedding Planner

White Boy Rick

Dazed and Confused

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Contact

Magic Mike

Lone Star

The Dark Tower

A Time to Kill

Sing 2

Serenity

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Interstellar

Failure to Launch

Fool's Gold

Brothers

Free State of Jones

Sahara

Agent Elvis

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Madison

The Science of Interstellar

Dallas Buyers Club

The Gentlemen

We Are Marshall

Surfer, Dude

Killer Joe

Mud

Sing

True Detective
Production Credits
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