Matthew McConaughey
Born: 1969-11-04 in Uvalde, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2025
- The Lost Bus as Kevin McKay
- The Rivals of Amziah King as Amziah King
- 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)
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society as Self
- Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy as Larry Dickens
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Sing 2 as Buster Moon (voice)
- Come Home as Buster Moon (voice)
- Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 05 as Self
2020
- The Gentlemen as Michael Pearson
- Disclosure as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
- Thanks a Million as Self
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read as Mike Damone
- The Oprah Conversation as Self
- Cup of Joe as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- The Beach Bum as Moondog
- Serenity as Baker Dill
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Matthew McConaughey
2018
- White Boy Rick as Richard Wershe Sr.
- Red Table Talk as Self
- Friedkin Uncut as Self
2017
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- The Dark Tower as Walter O’Dim
- The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- U2 at The BBC as Self
2016
- Sing as Buster Moon (voice)
- Kubo and the Two Strings as Beetle (voice)
- Gold as Kenny Wells
- Free State of Jones as Newton Knight
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Team Martha
- 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
- Interstellar as Cooper
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- True Detective as Rust Cohle
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Men in Blazers Show as Self
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- I Am Evel Knievel as Self
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
- Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Host
- True Detective: Season One as Rust Cohle
- The Science of Interstellar as Narrator (voice)
2013
- The Wolf of Wall Street as Mark Hanna
- The Last Leg as Self
- Mud as Mud
- Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
- Synthesizers as Woodson
2012
- Bernie as Danny Buck Davidson
- The Paperboy as Ward Jansen
- Magic Mike as Dallas
- Killer Joe as Killer Joe Cooper
- 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)
- Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story as Narrator (voice)
- My Crazy Life
- Making Dazed as Self
2004
- Best Week Ever as Self
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- Paparazzi as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
- CMT Insider 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
- Frailty as Meiks
- Reign of Fire as Denton Van Zan
- Tiptoes as Steven
2001
- The Wedding Planner as Steve Edison
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Troy
2000
- U-571 as Lt. Andrew Tyler
- Welcome to Hollywood as Matthew McConaughey
1999
- EDtv as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
- The Story of Darrell Royal as Narrator (voice)
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
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
- Contact as Palmer Joss
- Behind the Music as Self
- Amistad as Roger Sherman Baldwin
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- A Time to Kill as Jake Brigance
- Lone Star as Buddy Deeds
- Scorpion Spring as El Rojo
- Larger Than Life as Tip Tucker
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary as Self
1995
- Kulturzeit as Self
- Boys on the Side as Abe Lincoln
- Glory Daze as Rental Truck Guy
- Judgement as Deputy Sam Taylor
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Vilmer
- 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