Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

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Birthday: 
4 November 1969, Uvalde, Texas, USA
Birth Name: 
Matthew David McConaughey
Height: 
183 cm
American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is of Scottish, Irish, English, German, and Swedish des... Show more »
American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is of Scottish, Irish, English, German, and Swedish descent. Matthew grew up in Longview, Texas, where he graduated from the local High School (1988). Showing little interest in his father's oil business, which his two brothers later joined, Matthew was longing for a change of scenery, and spent a year in Australia, washing dishes and shoveling chicken manure. Back to the States, he attended the University of Texas in Austin, originally wishing to be a lawyer. But, when he discovered an inspirational Og Mandino book "The Greatest Salesman in the World" before one of his final exams, he suddenly knew he had to change his major from law to film.He began his acting career in 1991, appearing in student films and commercials in Texas and directed short films as Chicano Chariots (1992). Once, in his hotel bar in Austin, he met the casting director and producer Don Phillips, who introduced him to director Richard Linklater for his next project. At first, Linklater thought Matthew was too handsome to play the role of a guy chasing high school girls in his coming-of-age drama Dazed and Confused (1993), but cast him after Matthew grew out his hair and mustache. His character was initially in three scenes but the role grew to more than 300 lines as Linklater encouraged him to do some improvisations. In 1995, he starred in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994), playing a mad bloodthirsty sadistic killer, opposite RenĂ©e Zellweger.Shortly thereafter, moving to L.A., Matthew became a sensation with his performances in two high-profile 1996 films Lone Star (1996), where he portrayed killing suspected sheriff and in the film adaptation of John Grisham's novel A Time to Kill (1996), where he played an idealistic young lawyer opposite Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey. The actor was soon being hailed as one of the industry's hottest young leading man inspiring comparisons to actor Paul Newman. His following performances were Robert Zemeckis' Contact (1997) with Jodie Foster (the film was finished just before the death of the great astronomer and popularizer of space science Carl Sagan) and Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997), a fact-based 1839 story about the rebellious African slaves. In 1998, he teamed again with Richard Linklater as one of the bank-robbing brothers in The Newton Boys (1998), set in Matthew's birthplace, Uvalde, Texas. During this time, he also wrote, directed and starred in the 20-minute short The Rebel (1998). In 1999, he starred in the comedy Edtv (1999), about the rise of reality television, and in 2000, he headlined Jonathan Mostow's U-571 (2000), portraying officer Lt. Tyler, in a WW II story of the daring mission of American submariners trying to capture the Enigma cipher machine.In the 2000s, he became known for starring in romantic comedies, such as The Wedding Planner (2001), opposite Jennifer Lopez, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), in which he co-starred with Kate Hudson. He played Denton Van Zan, an American warrior and dragons hunter in the futuristic thriller Reign of Fire (2002), where he co-starred with Christian Bale. In 2006, he starred in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch (2006), and later as head coach Jack Lengyel in We Are Marshall (2006), along with Matthew Fox. In 2008, he played treasure hunter Benjamin "Finn" Finnegan in Fool's Gold (2008), again with Kate Hudson. After playing Connor Mead in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), co-starring with Jennifer Garner, McConaughey took a two year hiatus to open different opportunities in his career. Since 2010, he has moved away from romantic comedies.That change came in 2011, in his first movie after that pause, when he portrayed criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), that operates mostly from the back seat of his Lincoln car. After this performance that was considered one of his best until then, Matthew played other iconic characters as district attorney Danny Buck Davidson in Bernie (2011), the wild private detective "Killer" Joe Cooper in Killer Joe (2011), Mud in Mud (2012), reporter Ward Jensen in The Paperboy (2012), male stripper club owner Dallas in Magic Mike (2012), starring Channing Tatum. McConaughey's career certainly reached it's prime, when he played HIV carrier Ron Woodroof in the biographical drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), shot in less than a month. For his portrayal of Ron, Matthew won the Best Actor in the 86th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, among other awards and nominations. The same year, he also appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). In 2014, he starred in HBO's True Detective (2014), as detective Rustin Cohle, whose job is to investigate with his partner Martin Hart, played by Woody Harrelson, a gruesome murder that happened in his little town in Louisiana. The series was highly acclaimed by critics winning 4 of the 7 categories it was nominated at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards; he also won a Critics' Choice Award for the role. Later in 2014, Matthew starred in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi film Interstellar (2014), playing Cooper, a former NASA pilot. Show less «

Matthew McConaughey's FILMOGRAPHY

True Detective - Season 4

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Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 6

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WWE Raw - Season 32

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Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 22

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Diners Drive-ins and Dives - Season 48

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The Last Leg - Season 32

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The Last Leg - Season 30

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96th Academy Awards: Oscars 2024

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The Voice (US) - Season 25

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The Kelly Clarkson Show - Season 5

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The 7PM Project - Season 16

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The Talk - Season 14

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Lorraine - Season 14

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Loose Women - Season 28

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Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 5

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 31

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WWE Raw - Season 31

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Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 21

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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives - Season 45

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Diners Drive-ins and Dives - Season 46

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Diners Drive-ins and Dives - Season 47

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 9

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The Tonight Show Fallon - Season 11

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Matthew McConaughey'S roles

Cooper
Cooper
Adam Meiks
Adam Meiks
Mark Hanna
Mark Hanna
Lt. Andrew Tyler
Lt. Andrew Tyler
Steve Edison
Steve Edison
Dirk Pitt
Dirk Pitt
Newton Knight
Newton Knight
Connor Mead
Connor Mead
Tripp
Tripp
Denton Van Zan
Denton Van Zan
Arthur Brennan
Arthur Brennan
Dallas
Dallas
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Killer Joe Cooper
Killer Joe Cooper
Jake Tyler Brigance
Jake Tyler Brigance
Ron Woodroof
Ron Woodroof
Ben Williams
Ben Williams
Buddy Deeds
Buddy Deeds
Finn
Finn
Brandon
Brandon
Beetle
Beetle
Jack Lengyel
Jack Lengyel
Palmer Joss
Palmer Joss
Ben Barry
Ben Barry
Steve Addington
Steve Addington
Ward Jansen
Ward Jansen
David Wooderson
David Wooderson
Danny Buck
Danny Buck
Rick Peck
Rick Peck
Mick Haller
Mick Haller
Mud
Mud
Randall Flagg
Randall Flagg
Kenny Wells
Kenny Wells
Detective Rust Cohle
Detective Rust Cohle
Texas Scout
Texas Scout
Roy McDaniel
Roy McDaniel
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
Rad Thibodeaux
Rad Thibodeaux
Buster Moon
Buster Moon
Willis Newton
Willis Newton
Richard Wershe Sr.
Richard Wershe Sr.
Himself - Host, Buster Littles, Howlin' Bobby Wallace, Various
Himself - Host, Buster Littles, Howlin' Bobby Wallace, Various
Detective Rust Cohle
Detective Rust Cohle