Acting
Matthew McConaughey
EN cinema · 94 credits
Born
4 November 1969 (age 56)
Birthplace
Uvalde, Texas, USA
Also known as Matthew David McConaughey
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl
A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl
as Matthew McConaughey
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
as Abraham Weiss
The Rivals of Amziah King
as Amziah King
The Lost Bus
as Kevin McKay
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Cowboypool (voice)
Sing: Thriller
as Buster Moon (voice)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Larry Dickens
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
as Narrator (voice)
Come Home
as Buster Moon (voice)
Sing 2
as Buster Moon (voice)
Disclosure
as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
The Gentlemen
as Michael Pearson, Producer
The Beach Bum
as Moondog
Serenity
as Baker Dill
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Matthew McConaughey
White Boy Rick
as Richard Wershe Sr.
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
The Dark Tower
as Walter O’Dim
U2 at The BBC
as Self
The Sea of Trees
as Arthur Brennan
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Beetle / Hanzo (voice)
Free State of Jones
as Newton Knight
Gold
as Kenny Wells, Producer
Sing
as Buster Moon (voice)
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self - 'Cooper'
Interstellar
as Cooper
The Science of Interstellar
as Narrator (voice)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
as Self - Host
Mud
as Mud
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Mark Hanna
Dallas Buyers Club
as Ron Woodroof
Synthesizers
as Woodson
The Paperboy
as Ward Jansen
Killer Joe
as Killer Joe Cooper
Bernie
as Danny Buck Davidson
Magic Mike
as Dallas
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Mickey Haller
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
as Connor Mead
Tropic Thunder
as Rick Peck
Fool's Gold
as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
Surfer, Dude
as Steve Addington, Producer
We Are Marshall
as Jack Lengyel
Failure to Launch
as Tripp
Sahara
as Dirk Pitt, Executive Producer
Two for the Money
as Brandon Lang
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Al Bean (voice)
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
as Narrator (voice)
Making Dazed
as Self
Paparazzi
as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
as Benjamin Barry
Reign of Fire
as Denton Van Zan
Tiptoes
as Steven
Frailty
as Meiks
The Wedding Planner
as Steve Edison
U-571
as Lt. Andrew Tyler
Welcome to Hollywood
as Matthew McConaughey
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as Self (archive footage)
EDtv
as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
The Story of Darrell Royal
1999
The Story of Darrell Royal
as Narrator (voice)
The Newton Boys
as Willis Newton
Contact
as Palmer Joss
Amistad
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
A Time to Kill
as Jake Brigance
Lone Star
as Buddy Deeds
Scorpion Spring
as El Rojo
Larger Than Life
as Tip Tucker
Boys on the Side
as Abe Lincoln
Glory Daze
as Rental Truck Guy
Judgement
as Deputy Sam Taylor
Angels in the Outfield
as Ben Williams
Dazed and Confused
as Wooderson
My Boyfriend's Back
as Guy #2