Matthew McConaughey
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1969-11-04 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Uvalde, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Matthew David McConaughey
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (50)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
King of the Hill
1997
as Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
True Detective
2014
as Rust Cohle
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self / Self - Guest
Sex and the City
1998
as Matthew McConaughey
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Behind the Music
1997
as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Kulturzeit
1995
as Self
Eastbound & Down
2009
as Roy McDaniel
Best Week Ever
2004
as Self
TRL
1998
as Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
as Self
Red Table Talk
2018
as Self
The Men in Blazers Show
2014
as Self
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
as Team Martha
Agent Elvis
2023
as Elvis (voice)
Thanks a Million
2020
as Self
The Oprah Conversation
2020
as Self
Cup of Joe
2020
as Self
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
2026
as Self
CMT Insider
2004
as Self
My Crazy Life
2005
Brothers
as Matthew McConaughey
05
2021
as Self
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (95)
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
Tropic Thunder
2008
as Rick Peck
Contact
1997
as Palmer Joss
The Gentlemen
2020
as Michael Pearson
Mud
2013
as Mud
A Time to Kill
1996
as Jake Brigance
Serenity
2019
as Baker Dill
Reign of Fire
2002
as Denton Van Zan
The Lost Bus
2025
as Kevin McKay
The Dark Tower
2017
as Walter O’Dim
Sahara
2005
as Dirk Pitt
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
as Beetle (voice)
Dazed and Confused
1993
as Wooderson
Sing: Thriller
2024
as Buster Moon (voice)
U-571
2000
as Lt. Andrew Tyler
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
as Mickey Haller
Magic Mike
2012
as Dallas
Fool's Gold
2008
as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
as Ron Woodroof
Frailty
2002
as Meiks
Gold
2016
as Kenny Wells
Failure to Launch
2006
as Tripp
Disclosure
2020
as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
The Wedding Planner
2001
as Steve Edison
Free State of Jones
2016
as Newton Knight
Killer Joe
2012
as Killer Joe Cooper
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
as Vilmer
White Boy Rick
2018
as Richard Wershe Sr.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
as Connor Mead
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as Ben Williams
Lone Star
1996
as Buddy Deeds
Two for the Money
2005
as Brandon Lang
EDtv
1999
as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
The Sea of Trees
2016
as Arthur Brennan
The Science of Interstellar
2014
as Narrator (voice)
We Are Marshall
2006
as Jack Lengyel
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Matthew McConaughey
The Paperboy
2012
as Ward Jansen
The Beach Bum
2019
as Moondog
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
Surfer, Dude
2008
as Steve Addington
Boys on the Side
1995
as Abe Lincoln
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Al Bean (voice)
Bernie
2012
as Danny Buck Davidson
Paparazzi
2004
as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
Glory Daze
1995
as Rental Truck Guy
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
as Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
Tiptoes
2002
as Steven
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Guy #2
Larger Than Life
1996
as Tip Tucker
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
as Self
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Matthew McConaughey
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015
as Self - 'Cooper'
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
as Amziah King
The Newton Boys
1998
as Willis Newton
Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
as Troy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
2020
as Mike Damone
Scorpion Spring
1996
as El Rojo
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
as Larry Dickens
Amistad
1997
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey
2026
as Self
Sing 3
as Buster Moon (voice)
Submission
1995
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
1996
as Self
Come Home
2021
as Buster Moon (voice)
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Making Dazed
2005
as Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
as Self
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
2022
as Narrator (voice)
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
2012
as Self
I Am Evel Knievel
2014
as Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023
as Self
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
as Self
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
as Self - Host
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of Darrell Royal
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Judgement
1995
as Deputy Sam Taylor
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
2012
as Self
Making Sandwiches
1998
as Bud Hoagie
Positano
U2 at The BBC
2017
as Self
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
as Self
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Untitled Mike Hammer Film
as Mike Hammer
Synthesizers
2013
as Woodson
A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl
as Matthew McConaughey
Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
About 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). In the 2000s, McConaughey became known for starring in romantic comedies… With 145 credits spanning from 1952 to 2026, Matthew McConaughey has appeared in 95 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Matthew McConaughey Movies
- 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)
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