1969-11-04 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).
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Nine Ball | Pool Shark Father | 2024-02-05 |
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Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story | Narrator | 2022-06-03 |
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Sing 2 | Buster Moon (voice) | 2021-12-01 |
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Roll Up Your Sleeves | Self | 2021-04-18 |
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Come Home | Buster Moon (voice) | 2021-11-25 |
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One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
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The Gentlemen | Mickey Pearson | 2020-01-01 |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read | Mike Damone | 2020-09-17 |
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Disclosure | Ron Woodroof (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 |
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Serenity | Baker Dill | 2019-01-24 |
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The Beach Bum | Moondog | 2019-03-21 |
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Matthew McConaughey | 2019-09-20 |
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Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
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White Boy Rick | Richard Wershe Sr. | 2018-09-14 |
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U2 at The BBC | Himself | 2017-12-19 |
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The Dark Tower | Walter O’Dim | 2017-08-03 |
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Free State of Jones | Newton Knight | 2016-06-24 |
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Sing | Buster Moon (voice) | 2016-11-23 |
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Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | Self | 2016-08-05 |
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The Sea of Trees | Arthur Brennan | 2016-04-27 |
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Kubo and the Two Strings | Beetle (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
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Gold | Kenny Wells | 2016-02-03 |
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The Science of Interstellar | Narrator (voice) | 2015-03-31 |
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Inside 'Interstellar' | Self - 'Cooper' | 2015-03-31 |
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I Am Evel Knievel | Self | 2014-09-10 |
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Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years | Host | 2014-10-03 |
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21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self - Actor | 2014-11-07 |
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Interstellar | Joseph "Coop" Cooper | 2014-11-05 |
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Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey | Self | 2014-11-05 |
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The Wolf of Wall Street | Mark Hanna | 2013-12-25 |
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Synthesizers | Woodson | 2013-06-03 |
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Mud | Mud | 2013-04-26 |
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Dallas Buyers Club | Ron Woodroof | 2013-11-01 |
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Magic Mike | Dallas | 2012-06-28 |
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Bernie | Danny Buck Davidson | 2012-04-27 |
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We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash | Self | 2012-08-20 |
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The Paperboy | Ward Jansen | 2012-09-14 |
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Man in the Glass: Dale Brown Story | Himself | 2012-05-08 |
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The Lincoln Lawyer | Mickey Haller | 2011-03-17 |
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Killer Joe | Det. Joe 'Killer Joe' Cooper | 2011-09-10 |
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Connor Mead | 2009-05-01 |
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Tropic Thunder | Rick Peck | 2008-08-09 |
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Fool's Gold | Ben 'Finn' Finnegan | 2008-02-07 |
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Surfer, Dude | Steve Addington | 2008-09-05 |
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We Are Marshall | Jack Lengyel | 2006-12-12 |
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Failure to Launch | Tripp | 2006-03-10 |
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Al Bean (voice) | 2005-09-23 |
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Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story | Narrator | 2005-06-13 |
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Sahara | Dirk Pitt | 2005-04-06 |
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Two for the Money | Brandon Lang | 2005-10-07 |
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Making Dazed | Himself | 2005-03-01 |
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Paparazzi | Matthew McConaughey (uncredited) | 2004-09-03 |
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Tiptoes | Steven Bedalia | 2003-09-08 |
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Benjamin Barry | 2003-02-07 |
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Frailty | Adam Meiks | 2002-04-12 |
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Reign of Fire | Denton Van Zan | 2002-07-09 |
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Troy | 2001-09-02 |
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The Wedding Planner | Steve Edison | 2001-01-26 |
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U-571 | Lt. Andrew Tyler | 2000-04-20 |
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Edtv | Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny | 1999-03-26 |
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The Story of Darrell Royal | Narrator | 1999-01-01 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Matthew McConaughey | 1998-10-01 |
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Making Sandwiches | Bud Hoagie | 1998-10-03 |
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The Newton Boys | Willis Newton | 1998-03-26 |
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Amistad | Roger Sherman Baldwin | 1997-12-10 |
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Contact | Palmer Joss | 1997-07-11 |
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Larger Than Life | Tip Tucker | 1996-07-26 |
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Lone Star | Buddy Deeds | 1996-06-21 |
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A Time to Kill | Jake Brigance | 1996-07-24 |
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The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary | himself | 1996-01-02 |
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Scorpion Spring | El Rojo | 1996-10-10 |
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Glory Daze | Rental Truck Guy | 1995-10-01 |
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Judgement | Deputy Sam Taylor | 1995-12-31 |
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Submission | 1995-06-13 | |
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Boys on the Side | Abe Lincoln | 1995-02-03 |
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The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Vilmer | 1995-09-22 |
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Angels in the Outfield | Ben Williams | 1994-07-15 |
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My Boyfriend's Back | Guy #2 | 1993-08-06 |
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Dazed and Confused | David Wooderson | 1993-09-24 |
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Matty’s Motel | Matty (voice) | |
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The Rivals of Amziah King | Amziah King | |
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The Lost Bus | Kevin McKay |
