Matthew McConaughey
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).
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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).
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Born
Nov 04, 1969
Uvalde, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
95 acting
4 crew
Popularity
4.3
Known For
Interstellar
2014
as Cooper
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Cowboypool (voice)
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as Mark Hanna
Sing 2
2021
as Buster Moon (voice)
Sing
2016
as Buster Moon (voice)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003
as Benjamin Barry
The Gentlemen
2020
as Michael Pearson
Contact
1997
as Palmer Joss
Tropic Thunder
2008
as Rick Peck
Serenity
2019
as Baker Dill
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