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