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 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Nine Ball as Pool Shark Father
- 2023 · Agent Elvis as Elvis (voice)
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2021 · Sing 2 as Buster Moon (voice)
- 2021 · 05 as Self
- 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 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- 2019 · The Beach Bum as Moondog
- 2019 · Serenity as Baker Dill
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Richard Wershe Sr.
- 2018 · Red Table Talk as Self
- 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 · 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 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Science of Interstellar as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Interstellar as Cooper
- 2014 · Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
- 2014 · The Men In Blazers Show 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
- 2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Mark Hanna
- 2013 · Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
- 2013 · Mud as Mud
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · The Paperboy as Ward Jansen
- 2012 · Magic Mike as Dallas
- 2012 · Killer Joe as Killer Joe Cooper
- 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 · Sahara as Dirk Pitt
- 2005 · My Crazy Life as
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Paparazzi as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
- 2004 · CMT Insider as Self
- 2004 · Best Week Ever as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show 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 · Tiptoes as Steven
- 2002 · Reign of Fire as Denton Van Zan
- 2002 · Frailty as Meiks
- 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
- 1998 · TRL as Self
- 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 · The View as
- 1997 · Contact as Palmer Joss
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
- 1996 · A Time to Kill as Jake Brigance
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Lone Star as Buddy Deeds
- 1995 · The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Vilmer
- 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
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Brothers as Matthew McConaughey
- 2025 · The Rivals of Amziah King as Amziah King
- 2024 · Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy as Larry Dickens
- 2022 · Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Come Home as Buster Moon (voice)
- 2021 · Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 2020 · Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read as Mike Damone
- 2018 · Friedkin Uncut as Self
- 2017 · U2 at The BBC as Self
- 2016 · Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
- 2015 · Inside 'Interstellar' as Self - 'Cooper'
- 2014 · 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- 2014 · Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Host
- 2014 · I Am Evel Knievel as Self
- 2013 · Synthesizers as Woodson
- 2012 · We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash as Self
- 2012 · Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story as Self
- 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Al Bean (voice)
- 2005 · Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Making Dazed as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2001 · Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Troy
- 1999 · The Story of Darrell Royal as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Making Sandwiches as Bud Hoagie
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Matthew McConaughey
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as El Rojo
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Tip Tucker
- 1996 · The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary as Self
- 1995 · Judgement as Deputy Sam Taylor
- 1995 · Glory Daze as Rental Truck Guy
- 1993 · My Boyfriend's Back as Guy #2
- Future · The Lost Bus as Kevin McKay
- 1995 · Submission as
- 1952 · Today as Self