Matthew McConaughey
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
King of the Hill
Rad Thibodeaux (voice)
1997
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
True Detective
Rust Cohle
2014
Series
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Sex and the City
Matthew McConaughey
1998
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Film
Interstellar
Cooper
2014
Film
Deadpool & Wolverine
Cowboypool (voice)
2024
Series
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
2007
Series
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Series
Last Meals
Self
2021
Film
The Wolf of Wall Street
Mark Hanna
2013
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Series
Behind the Music
Self
1997
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Sing
Buster Moon (voice)
2016
Series
Brothers
Matthew McConaughey
2026
Film
The Dark Tower
Walter O’Dim
2017
Series
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Film
Sing 2
Buster Moon (voice)
2021
Series
Eastbound & Down
Roy McDaniel
2009
Film
The Gentlemen
Michael Pearson
2020
Film
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Benjamin Barry
2003
Series
Best Week Ever
Self
2004
Series
Unsolved Mysteries
Larry Dickens (uncredited)
1988
Series
TRL
Self
1998
Film
Contact
Palmer Joss
1997
Film
The Lost Bus
Kevin McKay
2025
Film
Tropic Thunder
Rick Peck
2008
Film
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mickey Haller
2011
Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Beetle / Hanzo (voice)
2016
Series
Agent Elvis
Elvis (voice)
2023
Series
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014
Film
Failure to Launch
Tripp
2006
Film
Gold
Kenny Wells
2016
Film
A Time to Kill
Jake Brigance
1996
Series
Red Table Talk
Self
2018
Series
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
2017
Film
The Sea of Trees
Arthur Brennan
2016
Series
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Team Martha
2016
Film
Free State of Jones
Newton Knight
2016
Film
Dazed and Confused
Wooderson
1993
Film
The Rivals of Amziah King
Amziah King
2026
Film
Reign of Fire
Denton Van Zan
2002
Film
The Wedding Planner
Steve Edison
2001
Film
Boys on the Side
Abe Lincoln
1995
Film
Dallas Buyers Club
Ron Woodroof
2013
Film
Magic Mike
Dallas
2012
Series
The Oprah Conversation
Self
2020
Film
Serenity
Baker Dill
2019
Film
Sahara
Dirk Pitt
2005
Film
Sing: Thriller
Buster Moon (voice)
2024
Film
The Beach Bum
Moondog
2019
Film
Killer Joe
Killer Joe Cooper
2012
Film
Fool's Gold
Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
2008
Film
We Are Marshall
Jack Lengyel
2006
Film
White Boy Rick
Richard Wershe Sr.
2018
Film
Two for the Money
Brandon Lang
2005
Film
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Connor Mead
2009
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
U-571
Lt. Andrew Tyler
2000
Film
The Paperboy
Ward Jansen
2012
Film
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Vilmer
1995
Film
Mud
Mud
2013
Series
Thanks a Million
Self
2020
Film
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Matthew McConaughey
2019
Film
Frailty
Meiks
2002
Film
Angels in the Outfield
Ben Williams
1994
Film
EDtv
Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
1999
Film
Surfer, Dude
Steve Addington
2008
Series
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Self
2026
Film
Larger Than Life
Tip Tucker
1996
Film
Paparazzi
Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
2004
Film
Tiptoes
Steven
2002
Film
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Film
Disclosure
Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
2020
Film
The Newton Boys
Willis Newton
1998
Film
Lone Star
Buddy Deeds
1996
Series
CMT Insider
Self
2004
Series
Cup of Joe
Self
2020
Film
Bernie
Danny Buck Davidson
2012
Film
Glory Daze
Rental Truck Guy
1995
Film
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Troy
2001
Film
My Boyfriend's Back
Guy #2
1993
Film
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
2014
Film
Welcome to Hollywood
Matthew McConaughey
2000
My Crazy Life
2005
Film
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
2021
Film
Inside 'Interstellar'
Self - 'Cooper'
2015
Film
Come Home
Buster Moon (voice)
2021
Film
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Self
2014
Film
Scorpion Spring
El Rojo
1996
Film
The Science of Interstellar
Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
I Am Evel Knievel
Self
2014
Film
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
Positano
Film
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
Abraham Weiss
Film
Amistad
Roger Sherman Baldwin
1997
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Abby's Places
Self
2021
Film
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
Friedkin Uncut
Self
2018
Film
U2 at The BBC
Self
2017
Film
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Al Bean (voice)
2005
Film
Making Dazed
Self
2005
Film
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Mike Damone
2020
Film
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
Larry Dickens
2023
Film
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Self - Host
2014
Series
05
Self
2021
Film
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self
2025
Film
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004
Film
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Self
2012
Film
Synthesizers
Woodson
2013
Film
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Self
1996
Film
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
2023
Film
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
Narrator (voice)
2005
Making Sandwiches
Bud Hoagie
1998
A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl
Matthew McConaughey
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey
Self
2026
The Story of Darrell Royal
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
Self
2012
Submission
1995
Film
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Film
Judgement
Deputy Sam Taylor
1995
Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
Untitled Mike Hammer Film
Mike Hammer
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Film
Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs "On The Porch"
Himself