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Matthew McConaughey

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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).

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Films Featuring Matthew McConaughey

Contact

19977.4

A Time to Kill

19967.4

U-571

20006.5

The Wedding Planner

20015.9

We Are Marshall

20066.9

EDtv

19996.0

Sahara

20055.9

Tropic Thunder

20086.7

Failure to Launch

20065.8

Reign of Fire

20026.2

Amistad

19977.0

Angels in the Outfield

19946.0

Fool's Gold

20085.8

Tiptoes

20023.9

Frailty

20026.9

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

20096.0

Boys on the Side

19956.4

Lone Star

19967.0

Two for the Money

20056.1

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

20036.9

Surfer, Dude

20084.5

The Newton Boys

19986.1

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

19954.6

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

20016.3

The Rivals of Amziah King

202610.0

The Lincoln Lawyer

20117.2

Come Home

20217.5

The Paperboy

20125.5

Killer Joe

20126.5

Bernie

20126.6

Magic Mike

20126.2

Mud

20137.1

The Wolf of Wall Street

20138.0

Dallas Buyers Club

20137.9

Interstellar

20148.5

The Story of Darrell Royal

The Story of Darrell Royal

199910.0

Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story

20228.8

Scorpion Spring

19966.7

Larger Than Life

19965.5

Disclosure

20207.8

Dazed and Confused

19937.3

The Sea of Trees

20166.2

Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

20147.8

Kubo and the Two Strings

20167.6

The Lost Bus

20257.0

Free State of Jones

20166.8

Gold

20166.6

Sing

20167.1

I Am Evel Knievel

20146.1

The Science of Interstellar

20146.9

21 Years: Richard Linklater

20146.3

The Dark Tower

20175.8

Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels

20242.0

Submission

Submission

19958.5

Synthesizers

20137.0

Deadpool & Wolverine

20247.6

Making Sandwiches

Making Sandwiches

19986.3

White Boy Rick

20186.3

The Beach Bum

20195.7

Serenity

20195.5

Paparazzi

20045.3

Welcome to Hollywood

20004.2

Glory Daze

19955.2

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

20055.8

Inside 'Interstellar'

20156.9

Friedkin Uncut

20187.1

Judgement

19957.8

The Gentlemen

20207.7

Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story

200510.0

Sing 2

20217.8

U2 at The BBC

20178.0

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash

20127.1

My Boyfriend's Back

19935.7

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

20195.9

Making Dazed

20059.0

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary

19966.2

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years

2014

Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story

20122.0

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

20166.8

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

20205.4

Roll Up Your Sleeves

20217.5

Sing: Thriller

20247.1

Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy

20239.0

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

2023

Untitled Mike Hammer Film

Untitled Mike Hammer Film

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

2004

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

2025

Positano

Positano

Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes

Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes

A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey

A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey

2026

A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl

A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl

10.0

Sing 3

The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

20007.0