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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 P…
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew McConaughey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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BODY OF WORK
Matthew McConaughey's Filmography
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The Rivals of Amziah King
as Amziah King
No Poster
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey
as Self
The Lost Bus
as Kevin McKay
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
as Self
Sing: Thriller
as Buster Moon (voice)
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Cowboypool (voice)
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Larry Dickens
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
as Self
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
as Narrator (voice)
Sing 2
as Buster Moon (voice)
Come Home
as Buster Moon (voice)
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
as Mike Damone
Disclosure
as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
The Gentlemen
as Michael Pearson
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Matthew McConaughey
The Beach Bum
as Moondog
Serenity
as Baker Dill
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
White Boy Rick
as Richard Wershe Sr.
U2 at The BBC
as Self
The Dark Tower
as Walter O’Dim
Sing
as Buster Moon (voice)
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Beetle / Hanzo (voice)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self
Free State of Jones
as Newton Knight
The Sea of Trees
as Arthur Brennan
Gold
as Kenny Wells
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self - 'Cooper'
The Science of Interstellar
as Narrator (voice)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
as Self
Interstellar
as Cooper
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
as Self - Host
I Am Evel Knievel
as Self
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Mark Hanna
Dallas Buyers Club
as Ron Woodroof
Synthesizers
as Woodson
Mud
as Mud
The Paperboy
as Ward Jansen
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
as Self
Magic Mike
as Dallas
Killer Joe
as Killer Joe Cooper
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
as Self
Bernie
as Danny Buck Davidson
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Mickey Haller
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
as Connor Mead
Surfer, Dude
as Steve Addington
Tropic Thunder
as Rick Peck
Fool's Gold
as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
We Are Marshall
as Jack Lengyel
Failure to Launch
as Tripp
Two for the Money
as Brandon Lang
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Al Bean (voice)
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
as Narrator (voice)
Sahara
as Dirk Pitt
Making Dazed
as Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self
Paparazzi
as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
as Benjamin Barry
Tiptoes
as Steven
Reign of Fire
as Denton Van Zan
Frailty
as Meiks
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
as Troy
The Wedding Planner
as Steve Edison
Welcome to Hollywood
as Matthew McConaughey
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as Self (archive footage)
U-571
as Lt. Andrew Tyler
EDtv
as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
No Poster
The Story of Darrell Royal
as Narrator (voice)
The Newton Boys
as Willis Newton
Amistad
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
Contact
as Palmer Joss
Scorpion Spring
as El Rojo
Larger Than Life
as Tip Tucker
A Time to Kill
as Jake Brigance
Lone Star
as Buddy Deeds
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
as Self
Judgement
as Deputy Sam Taylor
Glory Daze
as Rental Truck Guy
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Vilmer
No Poster
Submission
Boys on the Side
as Abe Lincoln
Angels in the Outfield
as Ben Williams
Dazed and Confused
as Wooderson
My Boyfriend's Back
as Guy #2
No Poster
Positano
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
as Abraham Weiss
No Poster
Untitled Mike Hammer Film
as Mike Hammer
No Poster
A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl
as Matthew McConaughey
No Poster
Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs "On The Porch"
as Himself