Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey is an American actor. Born November 4, 1969, in Uvalde. Educated at University of Texas at Austin and Longview High School. Awards include Academy Award for Best Actor, Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor and Golden Globes.
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- Described as
- American actor (born 1969)
- Other names
- Matthew David McConaughey
- Born
- November 4, 1969 · 5 references
- Born in
- Uvalde · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Matthew David McConaughey
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- film actor · 1 reference; actor · 1 reference; television actor; voice actor; screenwriter · 1 reference; film producer · 1 reference; television producer · 1 reference
- Worked for
- University of Texas at Austin
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin; Longview High School · 1 reference; Gorokan High School; Moody College of Communication
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor (2014) · 1 reference; Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor (2013); Golden Globes (2014) · 1 reference; Saturn Awards · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Spouse
- Camila Alves (2013–)
- Children
- Livingston Alves McConaughey; Levi McConaughey
- Siblings
- Rooster McConaughey
- Religion
- Christianity · 1 reference
- Lived in
- Austin
- Wikipedias with a page
- 93
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1384722622
Matthew David McConaughey ( 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 a number of supporting roles, McConaughey's 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 to appear in more dramatic roles, beginning 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).
- Born, in its opening lines
- November 4, 1969
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