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Matthew McConaughey
Acting
1969-11-04 - Present
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).
Credits
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Deadpool & WolverineasCowboypool (voice)
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InterstellarasCooper
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Sing: ThrillerasBuster Moon (voice)
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The Wolf of Wall StreetasMark Hanna
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The Dark TowerasWalter O’Dim
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Sing 2asBuster Moon (voice)
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SingasBuster Moon (voice)
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The GentlemenasMichael Pearson
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 DaysasBenjamin Barry
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Tropic ThunderasRick Peck
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ContactasPalmer Joss
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Failure to LaunchasTripp
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White Boy RickasRichard Wershe Sr.
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Kubo and the Two StringsasBeetle (voice)
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A Time to KillasJake Brigance
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Dallas Buyers ClubasRon Woodroof
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The Return of the Texas Chainsaw MassacreasVilmer
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The Science of InterstellarasNarrator (voice)
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Interstellar: Nolan's OdysseyasSelf
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The Lincoln LawyerasMickey Haller
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Ghosts of Girlfriends PastasConnor Mead
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SaharaasDirk Pitt
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Dazed and ConfusedasWooderson
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Reign of FireasDenton Van Zan
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SerenityasBaker Dill
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FrailtyasMeiks
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Between Two Ferns: The MovieasMatthew McConaughey
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The Wedding PlannerasSteve Edison
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Magic MikeasDallas
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Fool's GoldasBen 'Finn' Finnegan
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GoldasKenny Wells
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Free State of JonesasNewton Knight
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MudasMud
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We Are MarshallasJack Lengyel
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EDtvasEd 'Eddie' Pekurny
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U-571asLt. Andrew Tyler
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The PaperboyasWard Jansen
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Two for the MoneyasBrandon Lang
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Angels in the OutfieldasBen Williams
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The Beach BumasMoondog
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Killer JoeasKiller Joe Cooper
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DisclosureasRon Woodroof (archive footage)
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Surfer, DudeasSteve Addington
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The Sea of TreesasArthur Brennan
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BernieasDanny Buck Davidson
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TiptoesasSteven Bedalia
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Larger Than LifeasTip Tucker
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Boys on the SideasAbe Lincoln
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The Newton BoysasWillis Newton
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PaparazziasMatthew McConaughey (uncredited)
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Lone StarasBuddy Deeds
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Glory DazeasRental Truck Guy
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My Boyfriend's BackasGuy #2
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Thirteen Conversations About One ThingasTroy
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Inside 'Interstellar'asSelf - 'Cooper'
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One World: Together at HomeasSelf
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Nine BallasPool Shark Father
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the MoonasAl Bean (voice)
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The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The DocumentaryasSelf
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Friedkin UncutasSelf
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Welcome to HollywoodasMatthew McConaughey
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AmistadasRoger Sherman Baldwin
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21 Years: Richard LinklaterasSelf - Actor
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table ReadasMike Damone
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I Am Evel KnievelasSelf
The Rivals of Amziah KingasAmziah King
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Come HomeasBuster Moon (voice)
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Roll Up Your SleevesasSelf
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Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinyasSelf
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Making DazedasSelf
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Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife StoryasNarrator (voice)
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We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny CashasSelf
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Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the LegacyasLarry Dickens
Making SandwichesasBud Hoagie
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JudgementasDeputy Sam Taylor
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Scorpion SpringasEl Rojo
Submissionas
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U2 at The BBCasSelf
The Lost BusasKevin McKay
The Story of Darrell RoyalasNarrator (voice)
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Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 YearsasSelf - Host
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Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown StoryasSelf
SynthesizersasWoodson
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Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel StoryasNarrator (voice)
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Superhuman Body: World of Medical MarvelsasNarrator (voice)