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Matthew McConaughey
Actor, ProducerBorn November 4, 1969 (55 years)
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).
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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| 2025 | The Rivals of Amziah King · as Amziah King |
| 2025 | The Lost Bus · as Kevin Mckay |
| 2024 | Sing: Thriller · as Buster Moon (voice) |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine · as Cowboypool (voice) |
| 2023 | Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy · as Larry Dickens |
| 2023 | Agent Elvis (TV Series) · as Elvis (voice) |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) |
| 2022 | Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Sing 2 · as Buster Moon (voice) |
| 2021 | Come Home · as Buster Moon (voice) |
| 2020 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High Table Read · as Mike Damone |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as Ron Woodroof (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Gentlemen · as Michael Pearson |
| 2019 | The Beach Bum · as Moondog |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | White Boy Rick · as Richard Wershe Sr. |
| 2017 | The Dark Tower · as Walter O’dim |
| 2016 | Sing · as Buster Moon (voice) |
| 2016 | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (TV Series) · as Team Martha |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings · as Beetle (voice) |
| 2016 | Free State of Jones · as Newton Knight |
| 2016 | Gold · as Kenny Wells |
| 2015 | The Sea of Trees · as Arthur Brennan |
| 2014 | The Science of Interstellar · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Interstellar · as Cooper |
| 2014 | True Detective (TV Series) · as Rust Cohle |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street · as Mark Hanna |
| 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club · as Ron Woodroof |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Paperboy · as Ward Jansen |
| 2012 | Magic Mike · as Dallas |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Mark Hanna (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Killer Joe · as Killer Joe Cooper |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer · as Mickey Haller |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past · as Connor Mead |
| 2009 | Eastbound & Down (TV Series) · as Roy Mcdaniel |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude · as Steve Addington |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder · as Rick Peck |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold · as Ben 'finn' Finnegan |
| 2006 | We Are Marshall · as Jack Lengyel |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch · as Tripp |
| 2005 | Two for the Money · as Brandon Lang |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · as Al Bean (voice) |
| 2005 | Sahara · as Dirk Pitt |
| 2004 | Paparazzi · as Matthew Mcconaughey (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series) · as Alexander Stephens |
| 2003 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days · as Benjamin Barry |
| 2002 | Tiptoes · as Steven |
| 2002 | Reign of Fire · as Denton Van Zan |
| 2001 | Frailty · as Meiks |
| 2001 | 13 Conversations About One Thing · as Troy |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner · as Steve Edison |
| 2000 | U-571 · as Lt. Andrew Tyler |
| 1999 | Edtv · as Ed 'eddie' Pekurny |
| 1999 | The Story of Darrell Royal · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Bonne Nuit · as Nathan |
| 1998 | The Newton Boys · as Willis Newton |
| 1997 | Amistad · as Roger Sherman Baldwin |
| 1997 | Contact · as Palmer Joss |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Rad Thibodeaux (voice) |
| 1996 | Larger Than Life · as Tip Tucker |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill · as Jake Brigance |
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| 1995 | Scorpion Spring · as El Rojo |
| 1995 | Glory Daze · as Rental Truck Guy |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side · as Abe Lincoln |
| 1994 | Fox NFL Sunday (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield · as Ben Williams |
| 1994 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation · as Vilmer |
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused · as Wooderson |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back · as Guy #2 |
| 1987 | Unsolved Mysteries (TV Series) · as Larry Dickens |