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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).
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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
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
Real Time with Bill Maher
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sex and the City
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Teen Choice Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Behind the Music
Celebrities Uncensored
Honest Trailers
Today
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Men In Blazers Show
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Eastbound & Down
King of the Hill
My Crazy Life
The Oprah Conversation
Deadpool & Wolverine
My Boyfriend's Back
Angels in the Outfield
Kubo and the Two Strings
Tropic Thunder
U2 at The BBC
Unsolved Mysteries
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Boys on the Side
The Wolf of Wall Street
Lone Star
Dazed and Confused
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
White Boy Rick
Magic Mike
The Wedding Planner
Contact
The Dark Tower
Agent Elvis
True Detective
The Gentlemen
Sahara
Surfer, Dude
Serenity
The Science of Interstellar
Brother from Another Mother
Failure to Launch
The Madison
Free State of Jones
Interstellar
Killer Joe
Dallas Buyers Club
Sing
Mud
Fool's Gold
A Time to Kill
Sing 2
We Are Marshall
The Lincoln Lawyer
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Production Credits
Sahara
Surfer, Dude
The Gentlemen
Agent Elvis
True Detective
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