Matthew McConaughey
Born: 1969-11-04 in Uvalde, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Matthew David McConaughey (/məˈkɒnəheɪ/ mə-KON-ə-hay; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993). After several supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), and the war film U-571 (2000). In the 2000s, McConaughey became 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. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began appearing in more dramatic roles, starting with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer. In 2012, he gained wider praise for his roles as a stripper in Magic Mike and a fugitive in Mud. McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. He followed it with a supporting role in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and a starring role as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime anthology series True Detective (2014), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His subsequent film roles include starring in Interstellar (2014) and The Gentlemen (2019), as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Sing (2016), and Sing 2 (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew McConaughey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Bear Grylls is Running Wild as Self
- The Rivals of Amziah King as Amziah King
- A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey as Self
2025
- The Lost Bus as Kevin McKay
- Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special as Self
2024
- Deadpool & Wolverine as Cowboypool (voice)
- Sing: Thriller as Buster Moon (voice)
- Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels as Narrator (voice)
2023
- Agent Elvis as Elvis (voice)
- Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy as Larry Dickens
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Sing 2 as Buster Moon (voice)
- 05 as Self
- Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- Come Home as Buster Moon (voice)
2020
- The Gentlemen as Michael Pearson
- Disclosure as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
- The Oprah Conversation as Self
- Thanks a Million as Self
- Cup of Joe as Self
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read as Mike Damone
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self
- Serenity as Baker Dill
- The Beach Bum as Moondog
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Matthew McConaughey
2018
- Red Table Talk as Self
- White Boy Rick as Richard Wershe Sr.
- Friedkin Uncut as Self
2017
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- The Dark Tower as Walter O’Dim
- U2 at The BBC as Self
2016
- Sing as Buster Moon (voice)
- Kubo and the Two Strings as Beetle (voice)
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Team Martha
- Gold as Kenny Wells
- Free State of Jones as Newton Knight
- The Sea of Trees as Arthur Brennan
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Hot Ones as Self
- Inside 'Interstellar' as Self - 'Cooper'
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Interstellar as Cooper
- True Detective as Rust Cohle
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Men in Blazers Show as Self
- The Science of Interstellar as Narrator (voice)
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Host
- I Am Evel Knievel as Self
2013
- The Last Leg as Self
- The Wolf of Wall Street as Mark Hanna
- Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
- Mud as Mud
- Synthesizers as Woodson
2012
- Magic Mike as Dallas
- Killer Joe as Killer Joe Cooper
- The Paperboy as Ward Jansen
- Bernie as Danny Buck Davidson
- We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash as Self
- Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story as Self
2011
- The Lincoln Lawyer as Mickey Haller
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Eastbound & Down as Roy McDaniel
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Connor Mead
2008
- Tropic Thunder as Rick Peck
- Fool's Gold as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
- Surfer, Dude as Steve Addington
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
2006
- Failure to Launch as Tripp
- We Are Marshall as Jack Lengyel
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Sahara as Dirk Pitt
- Two for the Money as Brandon Lang
- Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Al Bean (voice)
- My Crazy Life
- Making Dazed as Self
- Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Best Week Ever as Self
- CMT Insider as Self
- Paparazzi as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days as Benjamin Barry
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- Reign of Fire as Denton Van Zan
- Frailty as Meiks
- Tiptoes as Steven
2001
- The Wedding Planner as Steve Edison
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Troy
2000
- U-571 as Lt. Andrew Tyler
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self (archive footage)
- Welcome to Hollywood as Matthew McConaughey
1999
- EDtv as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- The Story of Darrell Royal as Narrator (voice)
1998
- Sex and the City as Matthew McConaughey
- TRL as Self
- The Newton Boys as Willis Newton
- Making Sandwiches as Bud Hoagie
1997
- King of the Hill as Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
- The View as Self
- Behind the Music as Self
- Contact as Palmer Joss
- Amistad as Roger Sherman Baldwin
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- A Time to Kill as Jake Brigance
- Lone Star as Buddy Deeds
- Larger Than Life as Tip Tucker
- Scorpion Spring as El Rojo
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary as Self
1995
- Kulturzeit as Self
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Vilmer
- Boys on the Side as Abe Lincoln
- Glory Daze as Rental Truck Guy
- Judgement as Deputy Sam Taylor
- Submission
1994
- Angels in the Outfield as Ben Williams
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Dazed and Confused as Wooderson
- My Boyfriend's Back as Guy #2
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self