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.

Filmography

• Brothers — Matthew McConaughey, Executive Producer, Story, Creator
• 2026The Rivals of Amziah King — Amziah King
• 2025The Lost Bus — Kevin McKay
• 2024Deadpool & Wolverine — Cowboypool (voice)
• 2024Sing: Thriller — Buster Moon (voice)
• Agent Elvis — Elvis (voice), Executive Producer
• 2023Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy — Larry Dickens
• 2022Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story — Narrator (voice)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show
• 2021Come Home — Buster Moon (voice)
• 2021Sing 2 — Buster Moon (voice)
• 2020Disclosure — Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
• 2020Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read — Mike Damone
• 2020The Gentlemen — Michael Pearson, Producer
• 2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie — Matthew McConaughey
• 2019Serenity — Baker Dill
• 2019The Beach Bum — Moondog
• 2018White Boy Rick — Richard Wershe Sr.
• 2017The Dark Tower — Walter O’Dim
• 2016Free State of Jones — Newton Knight
• 2016Gold — Kenny Wells, Producer
• 2016Kubo and the Two Strings — Beetle / Hanzo (voice)
• Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party — Team Martha
• 2016Sing — Buster Moon (voice)
• 2016The Sea of Trees — Arthur Brennan
• 2014Interstellar — Cooper
• 2014The Science of Interstellar — Narrator (voice)
• True Detective — Rust Cohle, Executive Producer
• 2013Dallas Buyers Club — Ron Woodroof
• 2013Mud — Mud
• 2013Synthesizers — Woodson
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Mark Hanna
• 2012Bernie — Danny Buck Davidson
• 2012Killer Joe — Killer Joe Cooper
• 2012Magic Mike — Dallas
• 2012The Paperboy — Ward Jansen
• 2011The Lincoln Lawyer — Mickey Haller
• Eastbound & Down — Roy McDaniel
• 2009Ghosts of Girlfriends Past — Connor Mead
• 2008Fool's Gold — Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
• 2008Surfer, Dude — Steve Addington, Producer
• 2008Tropic Thunder — Rick Peck
• 2006Failure to Launch — Tripp
• 2006We Are Marshall — Jack Lengyel
• 2005Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story — Narrator (voice)
• 2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon — Al Bean (voice)
• My Crazy Life
• 2005Sahara — Dirk Pitt, Executive Producer
• 2005Two for the Money — Brandon Lang
• 2004Paparazzi — Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
• 2003How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days — Benjamin Barry
• 2002Frailty — Meiks
• 2002Reign of Fire — Denton Van Zan
• 2002Tiptoes — Steven
• 2001The Wedding Planner — Steve Edison
• 2001Thirteen Conversations About One Thing — Troy
• 2000U-571 — Lt. Andrew Tyler
• 2000Welcome to Hollywood — Matthew McConaughey
• 1999EDtv — Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
• 1999The Story of Darrell Royal — Narrator (voice)
• 1998Making Sandwiches — Bud Hoagie
• Sex and the City — Matthew McConaughey
• 1998The Newton Boys — Willis Newton
• 1997Amistad — Roger Sherman Baldwin
• 1997Contact — Palmer Joss
• King of the Hill — Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
• 1996A Time to Kill — Jake Brigance
• 1996Larger Than Life — Tip Tucker
• 1996Lone Star — Buddy Deeds
• 1996Scorpion Spring — El Rojo
• 1995Boys on the Side — Abe Lincoln
• 1995Glory Daze — Rental Truck Guy
• 1995Judgement — Deputy Sam Taylor
• 1995Submission
• 1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Vilmer
• 1994Angels in the Outfield — Ben Williams
• 1993Dazed and Confused — Wooderson
• 1993My Boyfriend's Back — Guy #2
• Unsolved Mysteries — Larry Dickens (uncredited)
• A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl — Matthew McConaughey
• Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
• Positano
• The Brigands of Rattlecreek — Abraham Weiss
• Untitled Mike Hammer Film — Mike Hammer

Appearances as themselves (63)

• 2026A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey — Self
• Bear Grylls is Running Wild — Self
• 2025Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special — Self
• 2024Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2023Art-House America: Austin Film Society — Self
• 05 — Self
• Abby's Places — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• 2021Roll Up Your Sleeves — Self
• Cup of Joe — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• Thanks a Million — Self
• The Oprah Conversation — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• 2018Friedkin Uncut — Self
• Red Table Talk — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• 2017U2 at The BBC — Self
• 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Inside 'Interstellar' — Self - 'Cooper'
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 201421 Years: Richard Linklater — Self - Actor
• 2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years — Self - Host
• 2014I Am Evel Knievel — Self
• 2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Men in Blazers Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2012Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story — Self
• 2012We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2005Making Dazed — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Best Week Ever — Self
• CMT Insider — Self
• 2004Linklater: St. Richard of Austin — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2000Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth — Self (archive footage)
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• TRL — Self
• Behind the Music — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1996The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self