Matthew McConaughey
Born November 04, 1969 (Age: 56)
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Uvalde, Texas, USA
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). test
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
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Filmography
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
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as Cowboypool (voice)
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Age: 54
Sing 2
2021
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as Buster Moon (voice)
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Age: 52
One World: Together at Home
2020
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as Self
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Age: 50
The Gentlemen
2020
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as Michael Pearson
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Age: 50
The Beach Bum
2019
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as Moondog
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Age: 49
Serenity
2019
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as Baker Dill
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Age: 49
White Boy Rick
2018
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as Richard Wershe Sr.
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Age: 48
The Dark Tower
2017
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as Walter O’Dim
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Age: 47
Sing
2016
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as Buster Moon (voice)
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Age: 47
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
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as Beetle (voice)
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Age: 46
Free State of Jones
2016
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as Newton Knight
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Age: 46
The Sea of Trees
2016
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as Arthur Brennan
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Age: 46
Gold
2016
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as Kenny Wells
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Age: 46
Interstellar
2014
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as Cooper
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Age: 45
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
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as Mark Hanna
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Age: 44
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
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as Ron Woodroof
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Age: 43
Mud
2013
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as Mud
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Age: 43
The Paperboy
2012
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as Ward Jansen
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Age: 42
Magic Mike
2012
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as Dallas
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Age: 42
Killer Joe
2012
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as Killer Joe Cooper
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Age: 42
Bernie
2012
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as Danny Buck Davidson
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Age: 42
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
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as Mickey Haller
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Age: 41
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
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as Connor Mead
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Age: 39
Tropic Thunder
2008
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as Rick Peck
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Age: 38
Fool's Gold
2008
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as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
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Age: 38
We Are Marshall
2006
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as Jack Lengyel
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Age: 37
Failure to Launch
2006
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as Tripp
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Age: 36
Two for the Money
2005
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as Brandon Lang
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Age: 35
Sahara
2005
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as Dirk Pitt
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Age: 35
Paparazzi
2004
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as Matthew McConaughey
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Age: 34
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003
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as Benjamin Barry
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Age: 33
Reign of Fire
2002
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as Denton Van Zan
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Age: 32
Frailty
2002
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as Meiks
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Age: 32
The Wedding Planner
2001
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as Steve Edison
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Age: 31
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
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as Matthew McConaughey
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Age: 30
U-571
2000
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as Lt. Andrew Tyler
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Age: 30
EDtv
1999
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as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
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Age: 29
The Newton Boys
1998
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as Willis Newton
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Age: 28
Amistad
1997
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as Roger Sherman Baldwin
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Age: 28
Contact
1997
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as Palmer Joss
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Age: 27
Larger Than Life
1996
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as Tip Tucker
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Age: 26
A Time to Kill
1996
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as Jake Brigance
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Age: 26
Lone Star
1996
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as Buddy Deeds
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Age: 26
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
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as Vilmer
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Age: 25
Boys on the Side
1995
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as Abe Lincoln
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Age: 25
Angels in the Outfield
1994
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as Ben Williams
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Age: 24
Dazed and Confused
1993
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as Wooderson
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Age: 23
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
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as Guy #2
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Age: 23