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Matthew McConaughey
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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).
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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
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
Real Time with Bill Maher
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sex and the City
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Teen Choice Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Unsolved Mysteries
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Boys on the Side
The Wolf of Wall Street
Contact
Dazed and Confused
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Magic Mike
White Boy Rick
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Lone Star
The Wedding Planner
The Dark Tower
The Lincoln Lawyer
Sing 2
Killer Joe
We Are Marshall
Fool's Gold
Free State of Jones
Sing
The Science of Interstellar
Surfer, Dude
Interstellar
True Detective
Sahara
Brother from Another Mother
A Time to Kill
Mud
Failure to Launch
The Madison
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
The Gentlemen
Serenity
Dallas Buyers Club
Agent Elvis
Production Credits
Surfer, Dude
The Gentlemen
Agent Elvis
Sahara
True Detective
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