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
Credits
- 2024 · Sing: Thriller as Buster Moon (voice)
- 2024 · Deadpool & Wolverine as Cowboypool (voice)
- 2024 · Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels as self
- 2024 · Nine Ball as Pool Shark Father
- 2023 · Agent Elvis as Elvis (voice)
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story as Narrator
- 2021 · Sing 2 as Buster Moon (voice)
- 2021 · Come Home as Buster Moon (voice)
- 2021 · 05 as Self
- 2021 · Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 2020 · Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read as Mike Damone
- 2020 · The Oprah Conversation as Self
- 2020 · Disclosure as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
- 2020 · Cup of Joe as Self
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · Thanks a Million as Self
- 2020 · The Gentlemen as Michael Pearson
- 2019 · Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Matthew McConaughey
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Beach Bum as Moondog
- 2019 · Serenity as Baker Dill
- 2018 · Friedkin Uncut as Self
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Richard Wershe Sr.
- 2018 · Red Table Talk as Self
- 2017 · U2 at The BBC as Himself
- 2017 · The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Dark Tower as Walter O’Dim
- 2016 · Sing as Buster Moon (voice)
- 2016 · Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Team Martha
- 2016 · Kubo and the Two Strings as Beetle (voice)
- 2016 · Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
- 2016 · Free State of Jones as Newton Knight
- 2016 · The Sea of Trees as Arthur Brennan
- 2016 · Gold as Kenny Wells
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Science of Interstellar as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Inside 'Interstellar' as Self - 'Cooper'
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- 2014 · Interstellar as Cooper
- 2014 · Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
- 2014 · Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Host
- 2014 · The Men In Blazers Show as Self
- 2014 · I Am Evel Knievel as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · True Detective as Rust Cohle
- 2014 · Making True Detective as Himself
- 2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Mark Hanna
- 2013 · Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
- 2013 · Synthesizers as Woodson
- 2013 · Mud as Mud
- 2012 · The Paperboy as Ward Jansen
- 2012 · We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash as Self
- 2012 · Magic Mike as Dallas
- 2012 · Killer Joe as Killer Joe Cooper
- 2012 · Man in the Glass: Dale Brown Story as Himself
- 2012 · Bernie as Danny Buck Davidson
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Mark Hanna (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Mickey Haller
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Connor Mead
- 2009 · Eastbound & Down as Roy McDaniel
- 2008 · Surfer, Dude as Steve Addington
- 2008 · Tropic Thunder as Rick Peck
- 2008 · Fool's Gold as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
- 2007 · Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · We Are Marshall as Jack Lengyel
- 2006 · Failure to Launch as Tripp
- 2005 · Two for the Money as Brandon Lang
- 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Al Bean (voice)
- 2005 · Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story as Narrator
- 2005 · Sahara as Dirk Pitt
- 2005 · My Crazy Life as
- 2005 · Making Dazed as Himself
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Paparazzi as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
- 2004 · CMT Insider as Himself
- 2004 · Best Week Ever as Himself
- 2003 · Tiptoes as Steven Bedalia
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days as Benjamin Barry
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Reign of Fire as Denton Van Zan
- 2002 · Frailty as Meiks
- 2001 · Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Troy
- 2001 · The Wedding Planner as Steve Edison
- 2000 · U-571 as Lt. Andrew Tyler
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter & Nominee
- 1999 · EDtv as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
- 1999 · The Story of Darrell Royal as Narrator
- 1998 · Making Sandwiches as Bud Hoagie
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Matthew McConaughey
- 1998 · TRL as Himself
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Matthew McConaughey
- 1998 · The Newton Boys as Willis Newton
- 1997 · Amistad as Roger Sherman Baldwin
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Contact as Palmer Joss
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as El Rojo
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Tip Tucker
- 1996 · A Time to Kill as Jake Brigance
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Lone Star as Buddy Deeds
- 1996 · The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary as himself
- 1995 · Judgement as Deputy Sam Taylor
- 1995 · Glory Daze as Rental Truck Guy
- 1995 · The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Vilmer
- 1995 · Submission as
- 1995 · Boys on the Side as Abe Lincoln
- 1994 · Angels in the Outfield as Ben Williams
- 1993 · Dazed and Confused as Wooderson
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · My Boyfriend's Back as Guy #2
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Himself
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Himself
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 2024 · The Rivals of Amziah King as Amziah King
- 2024 · The Lost Bus as Kevin McKay
- 2024 · Brother from Another Mother as Self