Matthew David McConaughey\u00a0(\/m\u0259\u02c8k\u0252n\u0259he\u026a\/\u00a0m\u0259-KON-\u0259-hay; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy\u00a0Dazed and Confused\u00a0(1993). After several supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama\u00a0A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film\u00a0Contact\u00a0(1997), the historical drama\u00a0Amistad\u00a0(1997), and the war film\u00a0U-571 (2000).<\/p>\n
In the 2000s, McConaughey became known for starring in romantic comedies, including\u00a0The Wedding Planner\u00a0(2001),\u00a0How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\u00a0(2003),\u00a0Failure to Launch\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Fool’s Gold (2008), and\u00a0Ghosts of Girlfriends Past\u00a0(2009), establishing him as a\u00a0sex symbol. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began appearing in more dramatic roles, starting with the legal drama\u00a0The Lincoln Lawyer. In 2012, he gained wider praise for his roles as a stripper in\u00a0Magic Mike\u00a0and a fugitive in\u00a0Mud.<\/p>\n
McConaughey’s portrayal of\u00a0Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with\u00a0AIDS, in the biopic\u00a0Dallas Buyers Club\u00a0(2013) earned him widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actor. He followed it with a supporting role in\u00a0The Wolf of Wall Street\u00a0(2013), and a starring role as\u00a0Rust Cohle\u00a0in the\u00a0first season\u00a0of\u00a0HBO’s crime anthology series\u00a0True Detective\u00a0(2014), for which he was nominated for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His subsequent film roles include starring in\u00a0Interstellar\u00a0(2014) and\u00a0The Gentlemen\u00a0(2019), as well as voice work in\u00a0Kubo and the Two Strings\u00a0(2016),\u00a0Sing\u00a0(2016), and\u00a0Sing 2\u00a0(2021).<\/p>\n
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Matthew David McConaughey\u00a0(\/m\u0259\u02c8k\u0252n\u0259he\u026a\/\u00a0m\u0259-KON-\u0259-hay; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy\u00a0Dazed and Confused\u00a0(1993). After several supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama\u00a0A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7636","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n