Matthew McConaughey
Acting
Born November 4, 1969 · Uvalde, Texas, USA
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). test
Films (89)
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey
2026
The Lost Bus
2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
Sing: Thriller
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
2024
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
2022
Sing 2
2021
Come Home
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
2020
Disclosure
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
The Gentlemen
2020
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
The Beach Bum
2019
Serenity
2019
Friedkin Uncut
2018
White Boy Rick
2018
U2 at The BBC
2017
The Dark Tower
2017
Sing
2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
Free State of Jones
2016
The Sea of Trees
2016
Gold
2016
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015
The Science of Interstellar
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Interstellar
2014
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
I Am Evel Knievel
2014
Making True Detective
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
Synthesizers
2013
Mud
2013
The Paperboy
2012
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
2012
Magic Mike
2012
Killer Joe
2012
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
2012
Bernie
2012
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Surfer, Dude
2008
Tropic Thunder
2008
Fool's Gold
2008
We Are Marshall
2006
Failure to Launch
2006
Two for the Money
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
2005
Sahara
2005
Making Dazed
2005
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
Paparazzi
2004
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003
Tiptoes
2002
Reign of Fire
2002
Frailty
2002
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
The Wedding Planner
2001
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
U-571
2000
EDtv
1999
The Story of Darrell Royal
1999
Making Sandwiches
1998
The Newton Boys
1998
Amistad
1997
Contact
1997
Scorpion Spring
1996
Larger Than Life
1996
A Time to Kill
1996
Lone Star
1996
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
1996
Judgement
1995
Glory Daze
1995
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
Submission
1995
Boys on the Side
1995
Angels in the Outfield
1994
Dazed and Confused
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
1993