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