Matthew McConaughey

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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Uvalde, Texas, USA, 1969-11-04

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Dazed and Confused	Wooderson	73
2	1994	Angels in the Outfield	Ben Williams	60
3	1995	Boys on the Side	Abe Lincoln	63
4	1995	The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Vilmer	46
5	1996	Lone Star	Buddy Deeds	70
6	1996	A Time to Kill	Jake Brigance	74
7	1996	Larger Than Life	Tip Tucker	55
8	1996	Scorpion Spring	El Rojo	72
9	1997	Contact	Palmer Joss	74
10	1997	Amistad	Roger Sherman Baldwin	70
11	1998	The Newton Boys	Willis Newton	61
12	1999	The Story of Darrell Royal	Narrator (voice)	100
13	1999	EDtv	Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny	60
14	2000	U-571	Lt. Andrew Tyler	65
15	2001	The Wedding Planner	Steve Edison	59
16	2001	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Troy	63
17	2002	Frailty	Meiks	70
18	2002	Reign of Fire	Denton Van Zan	62
19	2002	Tiptoes	Steven	40
20	2003	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Benjamin Barry	68
21	2005	Sahara	Dirk Pitt	59
22	2005	Two for the Money	Brandon Lang	60
23	2006	Failure to Launch	Tripp	58
24	2006	We Are Marshall	Jack Lengyel	69
25	2008	Fool's Gold	Ben 'Finn' Finnegan	57
26	2008	Tropic Thunder	Rick Peck	67
27	2008	Surfer, Dude	Steve Addington	46
28	2009	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	Connor Mead	60
29	2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Mickey Haller	72
30	2012	Bernie	Danny Buck Davidson	66
31	2012	Killer Joe	Killer Joe Cooper	65
32	2012	Magic Mike	Dallas	62
33	2012	The Paperboy	Ward Jansen	55
34	2013	Mud	Mud	71
35	2013	Dallas Buyers Club	Ron Woodroof	79
36	2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Mark Hanna	80
37	2014	Interstellar	Cooper	85
38	2014	Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey	Self	77
39	2016	The Sea of Trees	Arthur Brennan	62
40	2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Beetle (voice)	76
41	2020	Disclosure	Ron Woodroof (archive footage)	79
42	2021	Come Home	Buster Moon (voice)	71
43	2022	Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story	Narrator (voice)	88
44		The Lost Bus	Kevin McKay	0
45	1993	My Boyfriend's Back	Guy #2	57
46	1995	Submission		87
47	1995	Glory Daze	Rental Truck Guy	51
48	1995	Judgement	Deputy Sam Taylor	80
49	1996	The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary	Self	62
50	1998	Welcome to Hollywood	Matthew McConaughey	39
51	1998	Making Sandwiches	Bud Hoagie	57
52	2004	Paparazzi	Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)	53
53	2005	Making Dazed	Self	90
54	2005	Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story	Narrator (voice)	0
55	2005	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon	Al Bean (voice)	62
56	2012	Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story	Self	20
57	2012	We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash	Self	71
58	2013	Synthesizers	Woodson	70
59	2014	I Am Evel Knievel	Self	60
60	2014	Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years	Self - Host	0
61	2014	21 Years: Richard Linklater	Self - Actor	62
62	2014	The Science of Interstellar	Narrator (voice)	67
63	2015	Inside 'Interstellar'	Self - 'Cooper'	69
64	2016	Gold	Kenny Wells	66
65	2016	Free State of Jones	Newton Knight	68
66	2016	Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny	Self	69
67	2016	Sing	Buster Moon (voice)	71
68	2017	The Dark Tower	Walter O’Dim	58
69	2017	U2 at The BBC	Self	80
70	2018	White Boy Rick	Richard Wershe Sr.	63
71	2018	Friedkin Uncut	Self	70
72	2019	Serenity	Baker Dill	54
73	2019	The Beach Bum	Moondog	57
74	2019	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Matthew McConaughey	60
75	2020	The Gentlemen	Michael Pearson	77
76	2020	One World: Together at Home	Self	70
77	2020	Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read	Mike Damone	56
78	2021	Roll Up Your Sleeves	Self	75
79	2021	Sing 2	Buster Moon (voice)	79
80	2023	Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy	Larry Dickens	100
81	2024	Nine Ball	Pool Shark Father	10
82	2024	Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels	Narrator (voice)	0
83	2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	Cowboypool (voice)	76
84	2024	Sing: Thriller	Buster Moon (voice)	72
85	2025	The Rivals of Amziah King	Amziah King	0
86		The Rage		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	55
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
3	1966	Goldene Kamera Verleihung	Self	35
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
5	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self	55
6	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	55
7	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self	54
8	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
9	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
10	1997	King of the Hill	Rad Thibodeaux (voice)	73
11	1997	The View	Self	45
12	1997	Behind the Music	Self	70
13	1998	Sex and the City	Matthew McConaughey	74
14	1998	TRL	Self	51
15	1999	Teen Choice Awards	Self - Presenter & Nominee	100
16	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
17	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
18	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	25
19	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
20	2004	Best Week Ever	Self	63
21	2004	CMT Insider	Self	60
22	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
23	2005	My Crazy Life		0
24	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
25	2007	Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives	Self	66
26	2009	Eastbound & Down	Roy McDaniel	74
27	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
28	2012	Honest Trailers	Mark Hanna (archive footage)	64
29	2013	The Last Leg	Self	53
30	2014	True Detective	Rust Cohle	83
31	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	58
32	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		58
33	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	54
34	2014	The Men In Blazers Show	Self	65
35	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	44
36	2015	Hot Ones	Self	74
37	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
38	2016	Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party	Team Martha	85
39	2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self	59
40	2017	The Russell Howard Hour	Self	80
41	2018	Red Table Talk	Self	64
42	2019	Today with Hoda & Jenna	Self	0
43	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
44	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	63
45	2020	Thanks a Million	Self	84
46	2020	The Oprah Conversation	Self	83
47	2021	05	Self	0
48	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show		68
49		Brother from Another Mother	Self	0
50	2020	Cup of Joe	Self	57
51	2023	Agent Elvis	Elvis (voice)	66