:Matthew McConaughey
{{Short description|American actor (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Matthew McConaughey
| image = Matthew McConaughey 2019 (48648344772).jpg
|caption = McConaughey in 2019
| birth_name = Matthew David McConaughey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|04}}
| birth_place = Uvalde, Texas, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin (BS)
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Camila Alves|2012}}
| children = 3
| works = Full list
| awards = Full list
}}
Matthew David McConaughey ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|ɒ|n|ə|h|eɪ}} {{Respell|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, 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 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).
Early life and education
Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/11/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-4-Matthew-McConaughey-Ralph-Macchio/7881699062460/|title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 4: Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Macchio|date=November 4, 2023|newspaper=UPI|quote= Actor Matthew McConaughey in 1969 (age 54)}}{{cite web | last=Pallardy | first=Richard | title=Biography, Movies, & Facts | website=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=February 18, 2014 | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-McConaughey | access-date=April 8, 2024}} He has Irish heritage, particularly from the County Cavan/County Monaghan area.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/proud-irish-american-matthew-mcconaughey-hope-to-send-his-kids-to-the-gaeltacht-video |title=Matthew McConaughey hopes to send his kids to the Gaeltacht |publisher=IrishCentral |date=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929072838/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/proud-irish-american-matthew-mcconaughey-hope-to-send-his-kids-to-the-gaeltacht-video|archive-date=September 29, 2016|quote=[McConaughey wants] his children to be immersed in the culture and craic of Ireland and that he hopes that he too can learn a cupla focail (a little Irish) along the way. "I gotta keep up the Gaelic. I want them reading the literature. I want Riverdancing. I want them saying 'grand' and 'lunatic" to the marvelous," said McConaughey. "When they're older, I want to send them to that Irish language summer camp you guys do. It's like a rite of passage for you guys, isn't it? When you're teenagers. I want them fluent – which means I gotta do a crash course too."|url-status=live}} His mother, Mary Kathleen (née McCabe), a published author and a former kindergarten teacher,{{cite web|title=Don't Call Matthew McConaughey 'Matt'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UliCFpBZdjU|access-date=May 21, 2017|date=January 25, 2017|work=Jimmy Kimmel Live!|publisher=American Broadcasting Company|location=New York City|at=19 sec|quote="[Jimmy Kimmel]:Your mom was your kindergarten teacher? Yes. Yes.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323121249/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UliCFpBZdjU|archive-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=live}} was from Trenton, New Jersey.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/his-time-kill?fullpage=1 |title=His Time to Kill |magazine=Texas Monthly |date=August 1996 |first=Jason |last=Cohen |access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029042353/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/his-time-to-kill/|archive-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live|quote=Big Jim ran a Texaco station in Uvalde, but in 1980{{snd}}boom time{{snd}}he moved the family to Longview and went into the pipe business. McConaughey's mother, Kay, was a Trenton, New Jersey-born schoolteacher, and in the course of 39 years she and Big Jim were twice divorced and twice remarried (Big Jim died in 1992). Nevertheless, it was a fairly religious, no-nonsense family with a few simple rules: no lying, no back talk, and, McConaughey remembers, "You could never say 'I can't.'"}} His father, James Donald McConaughey, also had Irish roots. He was born in Mississippi in 1929 and raised in Louisiana{{cite web |first=Fred |last=Schruers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/matthew-mcconaughey-19960822 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203103116/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/matthew-mcconaughey-19960822|archive-date=February 3, 2015|title=Hot Actor: Matthew McConaughey |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 22, 1996 |access-date=June 16, 2018|quote=Jim McConaughey was born in Mississippi in 1929 and raised in Morgan City, La., and was 6 feet 2 inches and 220 pounds when he started playing defensive end for college coaching legend Bear Bryant (with whom he shared a nickname) at the University of Kentucky. He moved on before Bear did and played his last two years at the University of Houston, winning a watch as the conference's most improved player before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1953. Before long, though, he was back in Texas with his bride, Kay, ending up in Uvalde (population today: 15,000). "Matthew was an accident," insists Rooster.}} where he ran an oil pipe supply business; he played for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Houston Cougars college football teams.{{cite web |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/24/3107024_mark-story-matthew-mcconaugheys.html|title=Mark Story: Matthew McConaughey's dad played college football for ... Kentucky? |publisher=kentucky.com |date=February 24, 2014 |first=Mark |last=Story |access-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105230/http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/24/3107024_mark-story-matthew-mcconaugheys.html?rh=1 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url-status=live }} Jim was selected by the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) in the 27th round of the 1953 NFL draft. He was released before the season began and never played an official league game in the NFL.{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=GNB&yr=1953&lg=nfl |title=1953 Green Bay Packers |access-date=May 24, 2013 |publisher=databasefootball.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408062212/http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=GNB&yr=1953&lg=nfl |archive-date=April 8, 2013 }} McConaughey's parents married each other three times, having divorced each other twice.{{cite web |website=ABC7news.com |title=Barbara Walters' Oscar Special |url=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=entertainment&id=3949579 |access-date=April 15, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204064645/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=entertainment&id=3949579 | archive-date=December 4, 2007 }} He has two older brothers, Michael and Patrick (who was adopted).{{cite web |url=https://factbud.com/amazing-facts-matthew-mcconaughey/ |title=Amazing Facts: Matthew McConaughey |date=September 2017 |access-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414053351/https://factbud.com/amazing-facts-matthew-mcconaughey/ |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |url-status=live }} Michael, nicknamed "Rooster", is a millionaire who starred in the CNBC docu-series West Texas Investors Club.{{cite web |url=http://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/west-texas-investor-s-club-invades-shark-tank-nation.html |title=Meet the Self-Made Millionaires of 'West Texas Investors Club' |website=Inc.com |first=Graham |last=Winfrey |date=August 11, 2015 |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812235645/http://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/west-texas-investor-s-club-invades-shark-tank-nation.html |archive-date=August 12, 2015 |url-status=live }} The family were Methodists.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=188381 |title=No use putting out the welcome Matt |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=May 12, 2001 |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609014753/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=188381 |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |url-status=live }}
He is a relative of Confederate brigadier general Dandridge McRae.{{cite web |work=Metro |title=60 Second interview: Matthew McConaughey |date=April 7, 2006 |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=11644&in_page_id=11 |access-date=May 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513072916/http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=11644&in_page_id=11 |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=live }}
McConaughey moved to Longview, Texas in 1980 and later attended Longview High School. In 1988, he went to Australia thinking he would be attending a high school in Sydney. Instead he lived in Warnervale, New South Wales for a year while he went to Gorokan High School (he was a Rotary Youth Exchange student) and worked as an assistant for an attorney and as a bank teller for ANZ.{{cite web | last=Barnes | first=Denice | title=Oscar winner's Aussie affair | website=The Daily Telegraph | date=March 4, 2014 | url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/oscar-winner-matthew-mcconaugheys-aussie-love-affair-began-with-a-chance-meeting-in-texas/news-story/b32c5de119e599d45ce9327b4b3fa3a7 | access-date=April 14, 2021 | archive-date=March 13, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313035937/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/oscar-winner-matthew-mcconaugheys-aussie-love-affair-began-with-a-chance-meeting-in-texas/news-story/b32c5de119e599d45ce9327b4b3fa3a7 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/simply-the-jest/neighbours/13267046|title=You swam in George Harrison's pool!|date=March 26, 2021|website=triple j|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024001046/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/simply-the-jest/neighbours/13267046|url-status=live}}
He attended the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), where he joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.{{cite web |url=http://www.studenthousingplanet.com/2009/03/the-castilian-dorm-serving-the-university-of-texas-receives-upgrades-prcom.html |title=The Castilian Dorm Serving the University of Texas Receives Upgrades (PR.com) |publisher=Student Housing Planet |date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=October 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912071435/http://www.studenthousingplanet.com/2009/03/the-castilian-dorm-serving-the-university-of-texas-receives-upgrades-prcom.html |archive-date=September 12, 2009 }} He began in the fall of 1989 and graduated in the spring of 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film.[https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/degree/degrees/nlogon/?s_last_name_read=&s_last_isn_read=&s_first_name_read=&s_first_isn_read=&s_first_time_sw=X&s_start_name=McConaughey%2C+Matthew&s_start_page=Submit Degrees and Dates of Attendance: McConaughey, Matthew D.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829165648/https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/degree/degrees/nlogon/?s_last_name_read=&s_last_isn_read=&s_first_name_read=&s_first_isn_read=&s_first_time_sw=X&s_start_name=McConaughey%2C+Matthew&s_start_page=Submit |date=August 29, 2019 }}. University of Texas at Austin
His original plan changed as he had wanted to attend Southern Methodist University until one of his brothers told him that private-school tuition would have been a burden on the family's finances. He had planned to attend law school after graduation from college{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/02/21/280711996/matthew-mcconaughey-getting-serious-again |title=Matthew McConaughey, Getting Serious Again |work=Fresh Air |publisher=National Public Radio |date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227231016/https://www.npr.org/2014/02/21/280711996/matthew-mcconaughey-getting-serious-again |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |url-status=live }} but discovered he did not have any interest in becoming a lawyer.
Career
= Early 1990s–2000: Breakthrough and rise to prominence =
In the early 1990s, McConaughey began working in television commercials.{{cite web |title=Matthew McConaughey |url=http://www.biography.com/people/matthew-mcconaughey-16599996 |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031183007/http://www.biography.com/people/matthew-mcconaughey-16599996 |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |url-status=live }} In 1992, he was cast as the boyfriend in the music video for "Walkaway Joe", a song by Trisha Yearwood featuring Don Henley.{{cite news |title=Matthew McConaughey's First Break? A 1992 Trisha Yearwood Video |url=https://people.com/awards/matthew-mcconaugheys-first-break-a-1992-trisha-yearwood-video/ |first=Gillian |last=Telling |access-date=March 9, 2019 |work=People |date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219213019/http://people.com/awards/matthew-mcconaugheys-first-break-a-1992-trisha-yearwood-video/ |archive-date=December 19, 2017 |url-status=live }} Also that year, he acted in an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.{{Cite web|title=Matthew McConaughey Made His Television Debut in the Original Unsolved Mysteries Series|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/matthew-mcconaughey-made-his-television-debut-in-the-original-unsolved-mysteries-series/ar-BB16gPO3|access-date=October 24, 2020|publisher=MSN|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204015936/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/matthew-mcconaughey-made-his-television-debut-in-the-original-unsolved-mysteries-series/ar-BB16gPO3|url-status=live}}
Bob Balaban's My Boyfriend's Back premiered on August 6, 1993, where McConaughey made his first big screen appearance as
In 1994, McConaughey acted in Angels in the Outfield, The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Daniel Johnston's music video "Life in Vain". McConaughey acted in Herbert Ross' Boys on the Side, which premiered on February 3, 1995.{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55774-BOYS-ON-THE-SIDE?cxt=filmography|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=catalog.afi.com|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027211249/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55774-BOYS-ON-THE-SIDE?cxt=filmography|url-status=live}} That year he also acted in a crime thriller, Brian Cox's Scorpion Spring.{{cite web|last=Levy|first=Emanuel|date=January 15, 1996|title=Scorpion Spring|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/scorpion-spring-2-1200444451/|access-date=May 12, 2020|work=Variety|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204705/https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/scorpion-spring-2-1200444451/|url-status=live}} John Sayles' Lone Star (1996) is a neo-Western mystery film set in a small town in South Texas. McConaughey is in an ensemble cast that features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, and Elizabeth Peña.{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60477-LONE-STAR?cxt=filmography|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=catalog.afi.com|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204020048/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60477-LONE-STAR?cxt=filmography|url-status=live}} McConaughey played the lawyer Jake Brigance in Joel Schumacher's A Time to Kill which premiered July 24.{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60596-A-TIMETOKILL?sid=644b3fef-af3a-45a4-aa6f-7572bd5f4881&sr=11.445523&cp=1&pos=0|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=catalog.afi.com|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204063731/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60596-A-TIMETOKILL?sid=644b3fef-af3a-45a4-aa6f-7572bd5f4881&sr=11.445523&cp=1&pos=0|url-status=live}} The film is based on the John Grisham courtroom crime novel of the same name.{{cite magazine |title=Watch the moment Matthew McConaughey proved he was Oscar-worthy |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2014/03/03/matthew-mcconaughey-a-time-to-kill |access-date=October 2, 2015 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006133217/http://www.ew.com/article/2014/03/03/matthew-mcconaughey-a-time-to-kill |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live }} In an ensemble piece McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kevin Spacey share the top billing. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67%. The critics' consensus reads: "Overlong and superficial, A Time to Kill nonetheless succeeds on the strength of its skillful craftsmanship and top-notch performances".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072381-time_to_kill|title=A Time to Kill (1996) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514142216/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072381-time_to_kill|url-status=live}} In the U.S. it reached number one during its first two weeks and grossed over $108 million domestically, and an additional $43,500,000 was made internationally.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3933505025/weekend/|title=A Time to Kill|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402112936/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=timetokill.htm|url-status=live}} At the MTV Movie Awards, McConaughey won Best Breakthrough Performance.{{Cite journal|date=June 12, 1997|title=MTV Movie awards|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61773364/mtv-movie-awards/|journal=Statesman Journal|pages=32|via=Newspapers|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201160347/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61773364/mtv-movie-awards/|url-status=live}} Larger Than Life is a road comedy film starring Bill Murray and directed by Howard Franklin; McConaughey played a supporting role.{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60469-LARGER-THAN-LIFE?cxt=filmography|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=catalog.afi.com|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206102245/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60469-LARGER-THAN-LIFE?cxt=filmography|url-status=live}} Also that year he acted in Glory Daze.{{Cite web|title=Glory Daze {{!}} TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/glory-daze/131910|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=TV Guide|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104102542/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/glory-daze/131910/|url-status=live}} McConaughey starred in the science fiction film Contact (1997), directed by Robert Zemeckis, an adaptation of Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name; Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film. In the film Jodie Foster portrays the film's protagonist.{{cite news|author=Anita M. Busch|date=July 3, 1997|title='Contact's' starry night|work=Variety|url=https://www.variety.com/vstory/VR1116677295|access-date=January 26, 2009|archive-date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703175437/http://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/contact-s-starry-night-1116677295/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Contact (1997)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1078021-contact/|access-date=July 18, 2018|work=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114193910/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1078021-contact|url-status=live}} Also that year, McConaughey starred as then-lawyer Roger Sherman Baldwin in Steven Spielberg's Amistad.{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67275-AMISTAD?cxt=filmography|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=catalog.afi.com|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204022259/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67275-AMISTAD?cxt=filmography|url-status=live}}
The Newton Boys, co-written and directed by Richard Linklater, was released in 1998. It is based on the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank robbers from Uvalde, Texas. In 1999, McConaughey acted in EDtv. Directed by Ron Howard, its an adaptation of the Quebecois film Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes) (1994),"EDtv a fun, fluffy Truman Show". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 1999. The film was a box office bomb, grossing only $35.2 million from an $80 million production budget.{{cite web|title=EDtv (1999)|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=edtv.htm|access-date=August 15, 2011|publisher=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=August 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825084400/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=edtv.htm|url-status=live}} In 2000, he starred in U-571, a submarine film directed by Jonathan Mostow.{{cite web|title=U-571 (2000)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/u571/|access-date=October 11, 2016|website=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-date=November 20, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041120060111/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/u571/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/73rd-winners.html|access-date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|archive-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001074103/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/73rd-winners.html}}
= 2001–2011: Romantic comedies and professional expansion =
By the early 2000s, he was being cast in romantic comedies including The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; both were successful at the box office.{{cite web |title=Matthew McConaughey: exclusive interview |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10602734/Matthew-McConaughey-exclusive-interview.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=August 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622002933/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10602734/Matthew-McConaughey-exclusive-interview.html |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |url-status=live }} These and others, such as Fool's Gold (2008), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), established him as a sex symbol.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/28/matthew-mcconaughey-killer-joe|title=Matthew McConaughey: from himbo to highbrow|last=Pulver|first=Andrew|date=June 28, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231080356/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/28/matthew-mcconaughey-killer-joe|archive-date=December 31, 2013|access-date=June 14, 2022}}
He appeared as a firefighter in a low-budget film, Tiptoes with Kate Beckinsale, in Two for the Money as a protégé to a gambling mogul, Al Pacino, and in Frailty with Bill Paxton who was also the director.{{Cite web |title=Two for the Money Film Locations – On the set of New York.com |url=http://onthesetofnewyork.com/twoforthemoney.html |website=onthesetofnewyork.com |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208060948/http://onthesetofnewyork.com/twoforthemoney.html |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live }} McConaughey acted in the 2005 feature film Sahara; Steve Zahn and Penélope Cruz co-starred.{{cite news |title=On a Desert Gallop, Planting Assorted Red Flags |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/movies/08saha.html|access-date=August 27, 2014 |work=The New York Times |date=April 8, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108060121/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/movies/on-a-desert-gallop-planting-assorted-red-flags.html |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=live }} Prior to the release of the film, he promoted it by sailing down the Amazon River and trekking to Mali.{{cite news |title=McConaughey's elusive quest |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/11/mcconaughey.sahara/ |access-date=August 27, 2014 |publisher=CNN |date=April 14, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827105819/http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/11/mcconaughey.sahara/ |archive-date=August 27, 2014 |url-status=live }} That same year, McConaughey was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2005.[http://www.people.com/people/package/custom/0,,1113899,00.html "2005 Sexiest Man of the Year"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120213301/http://www.people.com/people/package/custom/0,,1113899,00.html |date=November 20, 2012 }}. People. Retrieved May 19, 2008. In 2006 he co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch and as Marshall head football coach Jack Lengyel in We Are Marshall. McConaughey also provided voice work in an ad campaign for the Peace Corps in late 2006.{{cite book |last=Maugh |first=Casey Malone |title=Peace Corps in the 21st Century: A Rhetorical Analysis |page=41 |isbn=9780549430025 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxQvw3cD0EoC&q=voice+work+matthew+mcconaughey+peace+corps&pg=PA40 |access-date=January 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131090938/https://books.google.com/books?id=AxQvw3cD0EoC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=voice+work+matthew+mcconaughey+peace+corps&source=bl&ots=0ipRUuY6Ev&sig=1KsFksTBAGGvhSmV7Y6mVOjGDuY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZvufUdvULYrZ0wHTsYDABg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=voice%20work%20matthew%20mcconaughey%20peace%20corps&f=false |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=live }} He replaced Owen Wilson in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder after Wilson's suicide attempt.{{cite web |title=Matthew McConaughey to Replace Owen Wilson in Film |url=https://people.com/celebrity/matthew-mcconaughey-to-replace-owen-wilson-in-film/ |website=People |access-date=March 9, 2019 |date=September 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814142652/http://people.com/celebrity/matthew-mcconaughey-to-replace-owen-wilson-in-film/ |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |url-status=live }} In 2008 McConaughey became the new spokesman for the national radio campaign, "Beef: It's What's for Dinner", replacing Sam Elliott.{{cite press release |title="Beef. It's What's For Dinner" Advertising Campaign Invites Consumers to Discover the Power of Protein |publisher=National Cattlemen's Beef Association |date=January 7, 2008 |url=http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/askexpert/pressrelease.asp |access-date=July 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727011043/http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/askexpert/pressrelease.asp |archive-date=July 27, 2008 }}{{cite web |last=Shinn |first=Peter |title=Matthew McConaughey Movies List |publisher=Learfield Communications, Inc. |date=January 8, 2008 |url=https://putlockermix.info |access-date=December 25, 2018}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
McConaughey recognized that his "lifestyle, living on the beach, running with my shirt off, doing romantic comedies" had caused him to be typecast for certain roles, and he sought dramatic work with other themes.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/06/emmys-matthew-mcconaughey-qa-on-following-oscar-with-the-game-changing-hbo-series-true-detective-740222/ |title=EMMYS Q&A: Matthew McConaughey on Following Oscar with the Game-Changing HBO Series ' Detective' |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 4, 2014 |access-date=June 4, 2014 |author=Fleming, Mike Jr. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606053722/http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/emmys-matthew-mcconaughey-qa-on-following-oscar-with-the-game-changing-hbo-series-true-detective/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=live }} This shift in his choice of roles has been known as the "McConaissance" between 2011 and 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/matthew-mcconaughey-mcconaissance-interview-exaggeration-1201979445/|title=Matthew McConaughey Looks Back at the 'McConaissance' and Why the Term Was A Bit of an Exaggeration|first1=Zack|last1=Sharf|date=June 28, 2018|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811212314/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/matthew-mcconaughey-mcconaissance-interview-exaggeration-1201979445/|url-status=live}} He said:
{{cquote|I got to feeling like, for a few years, I was doing something that I liked to do with romantic and action comedies. But believe me, I noticed there were other things that were not coming in. And if they were coming in, it was in an independent form with a much smaller paycheck, and nobody really wanting to get behind them ... But I knew I could say no to the things I'd been doing. In saying no to those things, I knew work was going to dry up for awhile ... Year and a half, still nothing. At two years, all of a sudden, in my opinion, I became a new good idea for some good directors.}}
= 2011–2014: Established actor =
File:Matthew McConaughey 2011.jpg in 2011]]
In 2012, McConaughey starred alongside Channing Tatum in Magic Mike, based on Tatum's early life; it was directed by Steven Soderbergh.{{cite news |title=The Body Politic: Review: 'Magic Mike,' by Steven Soderbergh, With Channing Tatum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/movies/magic-mike-by-steven-soderbergh-with-channing-tatum.html|access-date=August 23, 2014 |work=The New York Times |date=June 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621063008/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/movies/magic-mike-by-steven-soderbergh-with-channing-tatum.html?_r=0 |archive-date=June 21, 2015 |url-status=live }} Also in 2012 came Mud, which gained him praise for his role as a fugitive.{{Cite magazine|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-mcconaissance|title=The McConaissance|last=Syme|first=Rachel|access-date=June 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014152321/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-mcconaissance|archive-date=October 14, 2019|date=January 16, 2014}}
He returned to his East Texas roots, working again with director Richard Linklater on Bernie, playing district attorney Danny Buck Davidson.{{cite news |title=Bernie Tiede released from prison, will live with 'Bernie' director Richard Linklater |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/05/07/bernie-tiede-released-from-prison-will-live-with-bernie-director-richard-linklater/ |access-date=August 23, 2014 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821082251/http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/05/07/bernie-tiede-released-from-prison-will-live-with-bernie-director-richard-linklater/ |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=live }} In June 2012, McConaughey was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Arienne |title=McConaughey, Spencer invited to join Academy |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/06/mcconaughey-chastain-invited-to-join-academy-/1#.UemMNtJM-So |work=USA Today |access-date=July 19, 2013 |date=June 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403010302/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/06/mcconaughey-chastain-invited-to-join-academy-/1#.UemMNtJM-So |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |url-status=live }}
In 2013 he portrayed Ron Woodroof in the biographical drama Dallas Buyers Club. The role of a rodeo rider who discovers he has AIDS and struggles to get treatment required him to lose nearly 50 lb (22 kg).{{cite web |last=Denham |first=Jess |title=Matthew McConaughey ate spoonful of pudding a day to lose weight for Dallas Buyers Club |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/matthew-mcconaughey-speaks-out-about-his-pretty-hardcore-dallas-buyers-club-diet-9074139.html |access-date=April 16, 2013 |work=The Independent |date=January 21, 2014}} The film earned McConaughey numerous accolades, including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama, and the Academy Award for Best Actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dallas_buyers_club_2013/ |title=Dallas Buyers Club (2013) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Flixster |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107094745/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dallas_buyers_club_2013/ |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dallas-buyers-club |title=Dallas Buyers Club Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=November 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107184622/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dallas-buyers-club |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |url-status=live }} His co-star Jared Leto won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rayon, making Dallas Buyers Club the first film since Mystic River (2003) to win both awards.{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Minutaglio |title=Buying Time: World traveler Ron Woodroof smuggles drugs{{snd}}and hope{{snd}}for people with AIDS |work=Dallas Life Magazine |url=http://www.buyersclubdallas.com/ |pages=8–12, 21, 25 |date=August 9, 1992 |access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222221448/http://www.buyersclubdallas.com/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }} (original article){{cite news |first=Aisha |last=Harris |title=How Accurate Is Dallas Buyers Club? |work=Slate |date=November 1, 2013 |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/01/dallas_buyers_club_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_the_matthew_mcconaughey.html |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224031949/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/01/dallas_buyers_club_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_the_matthew_mcconaughey.html |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |url-status=live }} He was featured in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street as Mark Hanna, an early boss of Jordan Belfort.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2012/08/matthew-mcconaughey-joins-the-wolf-of-wall-street-312293/ |title=Matthew McConaughey Joins 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122204838/https://deadline.com/2012/08/matthew-mcconaughey-joins-the-wolf-of-wall-street-312293/ |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |url-status=dead }} During this time, McConaughey recorded a public service announcement in Austin, Texas for the LBJ Presidential Library.{{cite web|last=Salamon|first=Jeff|title=Matthew McConaughey Has A Presidents' Day Gift For You|url=http://www.lbjlibrary.org/press/how-has-lbj-s-legacy-affected-you|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305215719/http://www.lbjlibrary.org/press/how-has-lbj-s-legacy-affected-you|archive-date=March 5, 2013|access-date=February 18, 2013|work=Texas Monthly}}
In April 2014, Time magazine included McConaughey in its annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".{{cite magazine |title=Matthew McConaughey: The most surprising actor in Hollywood |first=Richard |last=Linklater |url=http://time.com/70802/matthew-mcconaughey-2014-time-100/ |access-date=May 7, 2014 |date=April 23, 2014 |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424143129/http://time.com/70802/matthew-mcconaughey-2014-time-100/ |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |url-status=live }} In August 2014, the Lincoln Motor Company signed a multi-year collaboration with McConaughey for an ad campaign. The commercials, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), featured McConaughey as a storyteller driving a Lincoln's MKC crossover.{{cite web |url=https://media.lincoln.com/content/lincolnmedia/lna/us/en/news/2014/08/21/lincoln-mcconaughey-begin-new-creative-journey.html |title=Lincoln Motor Company and Matthew McConaughey Begin New Creative Journey |date=August 21, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091355/https://media.lincoln.com/content/lincolnmedia/lna/us/en/news/2014/08/21/lincoln-mcconaughey-begin-new-creative-journey.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live }} Shortly after the commercials debuted in September 2014, they were parodied by Ellen DeGeneres, Conan O'Brien, Jim Carrey, South Park, and Saturday Night Live. Overall sales for Lincoln increased by 25 percent one month after the ads debuted.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-matthew-mcconaughey-ads-lincoln-760569 |title=New Matthew McConaughey Ads for Lincoln to Debut New Year's Day (Video) |last=Walker |first=Michael |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 29, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120230643/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-matthew-mcconaughey-ads-lincoln-760569 |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |url-status=live }} The series of commercials starring McConaughey continued for several more years; during this period he also endorsed the MKZ sedan, MKX and Nautilus crossovers and Aviator SUV.
In 2014, McConaughey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; it is located on 6931 Hollywood Boulevard.{{Cite web|date=October 25, 2019|title=Matthew McConaughey|url=https://walkoffame.com/matthew-mcconaughey/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929142731/http://www.walkoffame.com/matthew-mcconaughey|archive-date=September 29, 2019|access-date=April 8, 2020}} Also in the same year, he shared star billing with Woody Harrelson in HBO's crime drama anthology series True Detective.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=HBO Picks Up Matthew-Woody Series 'True Detective' With Eight-Episode Order |url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/hbo-picks-up-matthew-mcconaughey-woody-harrelson-series-true-detective-264567/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 26, 2012 |date=April 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628041323/http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/hbo-picks-up-matthew-mcconaughey-woody-harrelson-series-true-detective/ |archive-date=June 28, 2012 |url-status=live }} For his role as Rust Cohle, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.{{cite web |title=Matthew McConaughey Wins Critics Choice Awards 2014 Best Actor |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LMxdNO6hU |via=YouTube |access-date=March 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710231835/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LMxdNO6hU |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |url-status=live }} He was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, which he lost to Bryan Cranston and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/tv-zone-1.811968/emmys-why-did-true-detective-matthew-mcconaughey-get-shut-out-1.9152024 |title=Emmys: Why did 'True Detective,' Matthew McConaughey get shut out? |access-date=August 27, 2014 |work=Newsday|author=Verne Gay |date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829034700/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/tv-zone-1.811968/emmys-why-did-true-detective-matthew-mcconaughey-get-shut-out-1.9152024 |archive-date=August 29, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2014/12/11/golden-globe-nominations-2015-globes-awards-nominees/ |title=Golden Globes: Fargo, True Detective Lead Nominations; Jane the Virgin, Transparent Score Multiple Nods |publisher=TVLine |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |date=December 11, 2014 |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213002132/http://tvline.com/2014/12/11/golden-globe-nominations-2015-globes-awards-nominees/ |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |url-status=live }} With his first Oscar win and the critical acclaim received for True Detective, "McConaughey seems to be tapping into something essential, remaining himself while stretching, getting older while staying the same age." Critic Rachel Syme dubbed his recognition and performances while taking on more complex, dramatic roles as "The McConaissance". The same year, McConaughey received critical acclaim for playing Cooper, a widowed father and astronaut in Christopher Nolan's epic science fiction film Interstellar (2014).{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/matthew-mcconaughey-christopher-nolan-interstellar/ |title=Matthew McConaughey Confirmed to Lead Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR |first=Matt |last=Goldberg |date=April 3, 2013 |publisher=collider.com |access-date=April 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405180333/http://collider.com/matthew-mcconaughey-christopher-nolan-interstellar/ |archive-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=live }}
= 2015–2019: Career fluctuations =
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After finishing Gus Van Sant's 2015 film The Sea of Trees with Ken Watanabe,{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Boris |title=Matthew McConaughey to Star in Gus Van Sant's 'Sea of Trees' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-star-gus-van-677201 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 4, 2014 |publisher=TheHollywoodReporter.com |access-date=March 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182620/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-star-gus-van-677201 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=live }} in 2016, McConaughey starred in two films, Free State of Jones and Gold, and voiced leading characters in two animated films, Kubo and the Two Strings and Sing. In 2016, McConaughey was hired as creative director and celebrity spokesman for Wild Turkey's latest campaign, to bring in more women and more international customers.{{cite news |last1=McMahan |first1=Dana |title=In Nod to Female Bourbon Fans, Wild Turkey Hires Matthew McConaughey |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/nod-female-bourbon-fans-wild-turkey-hires-matthew-mcconaughey-n623736 |access-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808130503/http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/nod-female-bourbon-fans-wild-turkey-hires-matthew-mcconaughey-n623736 |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |url-status=live }}
McConaughey starred as Walter Padick in the 2017 Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower, which received negative reactions from most critics.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/dark-tower-franchise-future-tv-movies/ |title=The Dark Tower: Where Can The Franchise Go From Here? |last=Fuller |first=Becky |website=Screen Rant |date=August 14, 2017 |access-date=August 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815135853/http://screenrant.com/dark-tower-franchise-future-tv-movies/ |archive-date=August 15, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-tower-idris-elba-is-good-movie-1026991 |title=Idris Elba Is Too Good for 'The Dark Tower' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Spiegel |first=Josh |date=August 5, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827220654/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-tower-idris-elba-is-good-movie-1026991 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/08/04/why-idris-elba-makes-the-dark-tower-a-must-see-in-theaters/ |title=Why Idris Elba Makes 'The Dark Tower' A Must-See In Theaters |work=Forbes |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=August 4, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813113240/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/08/04/why-idris-elba-makes-the-dark-tower-a-must-see-in-theaters/ |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/the-dark-tower-review-stephen-king-idris-elba-matthew-mcconaughey-video-1202142694/ |title='The Dark Tower' Review: Stephen King Fans Can Be Thankful Idris Elba Is Here To Save The World – And The Movie |last=Hammond |first=Pete |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 4, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827210917/http://deadline.com/2017/08/the-dark-tower-review-stephen-king-idris-elba-matthew-mcconaughey-video-1202142694/ |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |url-status=live }} In 2018, he starred in the true life gangster drama White Boy Rick,{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-white-boy-rick-drama-1201922232/ |title=Matthew McConaughey in Talks to Star in 'White Boy Rick' |website=Variety |first=Dave |last=McNary |date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313130239/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-white-boy-rick-drama-1201922232/ |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |url-status=live }} which gained mixed reviews. In 2019, he headlined the erotic thriller Serenity, that also starred Diane Lane and Anne Hathaway. The film was panned by both critics and audiences after its release on January 25.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/serenity-review-roundup-what-critics-are-saying-1178912 |title='Serenity': What the Critics Are Saying |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Lexy |last=Perez |date=January 24, 2019 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125130618/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/serenity-review-roundup-what-critics-are-saying-1178912 |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |url-status=live }} McConaughey next had the starring role in Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum, a comedy also featuring Zac Efron and Jonah Hill. The film was released on March 29, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/berlinale-matthew-mcconaughey-harmony-korines-the-beach-bum-1201980016/ |title=Matthew McConaughey to Star in Harmony Korine's 'The Beach Bum' |website=Variety |first=Leo |last=Barraclough |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730203229/https://variety.com/2017/film/global/berlinale-matthew-mcconaughey-harmony-korines-the-beach-bum-1201980016/ |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.tribute.ca/movies/the-beach-bum/134610/ |title=The Beach Bum synopsis and movie info |website=Tribute.ca |access-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210100108/https://www.tribute.ca/movies/the-beach-bum/134610/ |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=live }} In late 2019 McConaughey appeared in the Guy Ritchie film The Gentlemen, playing fictional cannabis baron Mickey Pearson.
= 2020–present: limited work =
In 2020 McConaughey published a memoir, Greenlights.{{Cite web|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=October 14, 2020|title=Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/books/matthew-mcconaughey-memoir-greenlights.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014152551/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/books/matthew-mcconaughey-memoir-greenlights.html |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The New York Times}} On February 6, 2023, it was announced that he voiced an animated version of Elvis Presley on the Netflix animated series Agent Elvis, released on March 17, 2023.{{cite magazine|last=Romano|first=Nick|title=Matthew McConaughey. As Elvis. As a secret agent. That's the show.|url=https://ew.com/tv/matthew-mcconaughey-agent-elvis/|date=February 6, 2023|access-date=February 6, 2023|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=February 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207015949/https://ew.com/tv/matthew-mcconaughey-agent-elvis/|url-status=live}} Following the announced departure on May 8, 2023, of Kevin Costner from the Yellowstone series at the end of Part 2 of Season 5, the original series is to end and be followed by a series related to Yellowstone and featuring McConaughey in a new title role."Kevin Costner Is Leaving Yellowstone After Season Five". By Josh Rosenberg. Esquire magazine. May 8, 2023. [https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a43784090/kevin-costner-exit-yellowstone-season-5/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505200332/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a43784090/kevin-costner-exit-yellowstone-season-5/|date=May 5, 2023}}
Personal life
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McConaughey met Camila Alves in 2006. He and Alves became engaged on December 25, 2011, and were married in a private Catholic ceremony[http://www.christianpost.com/news/the-faith-of-matthew-mcconaughey-115649/ Christian Post: "The Faith of Matthew McConaughey" By Jim Denison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120233639/https://www.christianpost.com/news/the-faith-of-matthew-mcconaughey-115649/ |date=November 20, 2019 }} March 5, 2014 on June 9, 2012, in Austin where they reside.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/matthew-mcconaughey-wedding-in-texas-to-camila-alves/ |title=Matthew McConaughey, Camila Alves Wedding |first=Elizabeth |last=Leonard |work=People |date=June 9, 2012 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226031503/http://people.com/celebrity/matthew-mcconaughey-wedding-in-texas-to-camila-alves/ |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves Getting Married in Top-Secret Texas Wedding – This Weekend! |publisher=E! |date=June 8, 2012 |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/Matthew_McConaughey_and_Camila_Alves_Getting_Married_in_Top-Secret_Texas_WeddingmdashThis_Weekend/322058 |first1=Melanie |last1=Bromley |first2=Marc |last2=Malkin |access-date=December 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613180834/http://www.eonline.com/news/Matthew_McConaughey_and_Camila_Alves_Getting_Married_in_Top-Secret_Texas_WeddingmdashThis_Weekend/322058 |archive-date=June 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last=Burzynski|first=Andrea|date=June 10, 2012|title=Matthew McConaughey weds Camila Alves in Texas|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-matthewmcconaughey-idUSBRE8590C320120610|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=August 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825110820/https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-matthewmcconaughey-idUSBRE8590C320120610|url-status=live}} Together, they have three children.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/matthew-mcconau-4/ |title=Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves welcome son Levi |date=July 8, 2008 |work=People |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115824/https://people.com/parents/matthew-mcconau-4/ |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/matthew-mcconaughey-camila-alves-welcome-daughter-vida/ |title=Matthew McConaughey, Camila Alves Welcome Daughter Vida |work=People |first=Sarah |last=Michaud |date=January 3, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173409/https://people.com/parents/matthew-mcconaughey-camila-alves-welcome-daughter-vida/ |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/matthew-mcconaughey-welcomes-son-livingston/ |title=Matthew and Camila McConaughey Welcome Son Livingston |work=People |date=December 28, 2012 |access-date=February 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115804/https://people.com/parents/matthew-mcconaughey-welcomes-son-livingston/ |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |url-status=live }}
A Christian, McConaughey often speaks publicly about his faith.{{Cite web |last=Huckabee |first=Tyler |date=November 1, 2020 |title=The Spiritual Renaissance of Matthew McConaughey |url=https://relevantmagazine.com/magazine/the-spiritual-renaissance-of-matthew-mcconaughey/ |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=Relevant |language=en-US |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607195212/https://relevantmagazine.com/magazine/the-spiritual-renaissance-of-matthew-mcconaughey/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Michael |date=October 26, 2020 |title=Matthew McConaughey rips Hollywood's 'illiberal Left,' accuses industry of being anti-Christian |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-rips-hollywoods-illiberal-left-accuses-industry-of-being-anti-christian |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607203957/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-rips-hollywoods-illiberal-left-accuses-industry-of-being-anti-christian |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Julius |date=October 26, 2020 |title=Matthew McConaughey speaks about his faith in Hollywood on podcast |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/matthew-mcconaughey-slams-cancel-culture-christian-hollywood-defunding-police |access-date=June 7, 2022 |publisher=Fox News |language=en-US |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607203552/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/matthew-mcconaughey-slams-cancel-culture-christian-hollywood-defunding-police |url-status=live }} He attends a non-denominational church.{{Cite web |title=Is Hollywood Getting Saved? Matthew McConaughey, Gwen Stefani, & More Reveal Relationships With God |format=video|url=http://www.breathecast.com/articles/hollywood-getting-saved-2014-matthew-mcconaughey-gwen-stefani-more-reveal-21538/ |website=BREATHEcast |date=November 6, 2014 |access-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013041044/http://www.breathecast.com/articles/hollywood-getting-saved-2014-matthew-mcconaughey-gwen-stefani-more-reveal-21538 |archive-date=October 13, 2015 |url-status=live }} He has stated that he has received private personal criticism and judgment for his beliefs from some members of Hollywood:
I have had{{snd}}and I won't throw any people under the bus{{snd}}but I have had moments where I was on stage receiving an award in front of my peers in Hollywood, and there were people in the crowd that I have prayed with before dinners many times, and when I thanked God, I saw some of those people go to clap, but then notice that, "bad thing on my resume" and then sit back on their hands.In 2019, he became a minority owner of Austin FC, a team in Major League Soccer which began play in 2021.{{cite news|last=Boehm|first=Charles|title=Matthew McConaughey headlines new partners joining Austin FC ownership|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-headlines-new-partners-joining-austin-fc-ownership|website=Major League Soccer|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608030633/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-headlines-new-partners-joining-austin-fc-ownership|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=August 23, 2019|title=Alright, alright! McConaughey an Austin FC owner|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-league-soccer/story/3926791/alright-alright!-mcconaughey-an-austin-owner|url-status=live|access-date=August 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824050240/https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-league-soccer/story/3926791/alright-alright!-mcconaughey-an-austin-owner|archive-date=August 24, 2019}}
McConaughey has been a longtime fan of the Washington Commanders football team.{{cite web|last=Stackpole|first=Kyle|title='I Like Where We're Heading': Matthew McConaughey Excited About New-Look Redskins|url=https://www.commanders.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-excited-new-era-redskins-football|website=Commanders|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525055656/https://www.commanders.com/news/matthew-mcconaughey-excited-new-era-redskins-football|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=How did Matthew McConaughey become a Redskins fan in Cowboys country?|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/how-did-matthew-mcconaughey-become-redskins-fan-cowboys-country-he-explains|work=NBC Sports|date=August 28, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2022|archive-date=June 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607200223/https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/how-did-matthew-mcconaughey-become-redskins-fan-cowboys-country-he-explains|url-status=live}}
In 2023, McConaughey stated that he and longtime friend and True Detective co-star/co-executive producer Woody Harrelson could potentially be brothers. His mother claimed to have been intimate with Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, around the time of McConaughey's conception.{{Cite web |last=Ronald |first=Issy |date=April 13, 2023 |title=Matthew McConaughey says he and Woody Harrelson might be brothers |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/entertainment/matthew-mcconaughey-woody-harrelson-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{cite web |date=May 3, 2023 |title=Woody Harrelson confirms he and Matthew McConaughey are brothers, says rumours 'very much true' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/woody-harrelson-confirms-he-and-matthew-mcconaughey-are-brothers-says-rumours-very-much-true/3JOH5VUZP5HYBD6QFDVN2D3YJI/?fs=e&s=cl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503155513/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/woody-harrelson-confirms-he-and-matthew-mcconaughey-are-brothers-says-rumours-very-much-true/3JOH5VUZP5HYBD6QFDVN2D3YJI/?fs=e&s=cl |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald}}
In September 2023, Madame Tussauds New York unveiled a new wax figure of Matthew McConaughey, inspired by his 2021 appearance on The Tonight Show. The event, featured during McConaughey's visit to The View, promoted his children's book, Just Because.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/matthew-mcconaughey-sees-wax-figure-for-first-time-the-view-7968672|title=Matthew McConaughey Sees Wax Figure for First Time on The View|date=September 12, 2023|access-date=February 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912000000/https://people.com/matthew-mcconaughey-sees-wax-figure-for-first-time-the-view-7968672|archive-date=September 12, 2023}}
Politics
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In a November 2020 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, McConaughey denied he was interested in running for governor.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Elizabeth |title=Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey walks back speculation of a potential run for Texas governor |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/11/19/oscar-winner-matthew-mcconaughey-walks-back-speculation-of-a-potential-run-for-texas-governor/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |publisher=The Dallas Morning News |date=November 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608170810/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/11/19/oscar-winner-matthew-mcconaughey-walks-back-speculation-of-a-potential-run-for-texas-governor/ |url-status=live }} The Texas Tribune reported on McConaughey's lack of involvement in politics, saying that he had not voted in a primary race since "at least" 2012 and had never donated to a political campaign at the state or federal level up through 2021.{{cite news |last1=Svitek |first1=Patrick |title=Matthew McConaughey is flirting with a run for governor. But his politics remain a mystery. |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-political-past/285-4381f292-b1c4-472f-9300-93b5f75d028c |access-date=June 8, 2022 |publisher=Texas Tribune |date=March 20, 2021 |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608011957/https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-political-past/285-4381f292-b1c4-472f-9300-93b5f75d028c |url-status=live }} He had voted in the 2018 Texas elections and the 2020 United States elections.
In March 2021, McConaughey confirmed that he was considering running in the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/matthew-mcconaughey-considering-run-texas-governor-475507|title=Matthew McConaughey ramps up speculation about run for Texas governor|first=Quint|last=Forgey|website=Politico|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312164701/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/matthew-mcconaughey-considering-run-texas-governor-475507|url-status=live}} In an October 2021 Twitter Spaces interview with NPR, McConaughey was asked if he was going to run for governor of Texas. He replied, "I am not – until I am."{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044350811/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-greenlights-politics-twitter|title=Governor run or no, Matthew McConaughey is full of campaign slogans|first=Emma|last=Bowman|publisher=NPR|date=October 8, 2021|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411120917/https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044350811/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-greenlights-politics-twitter|url-status=live}} When asked questions about political issues, such as voting rights and abortion, McConaughey opted to remain "purposely vague", and he did not disclose his political party.{{cite news |last1=Egan |first1=John |title=Matthew McConaughey elects to be purposely vague about political views |url=https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-08-21-matthew-mcconaughey-elects-to-be-purposely-vague-about-political-views/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |publisher=Culture Map Austin |date=October 8, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628114517/https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-08-21-matthew-mcconaughey-elects-to-be-purposely-vague-about-political-views/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Jada |title=Matthew McConaughey 'seriously considering' run for Texas governor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/11/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor |access-date=June 8, 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=March 11, 2021 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607212230/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/11/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor |url-status=live }} Just over two weeks before the Texas primary candidate filing deadline, McConaughey released a video on his official Twitter profile stating that he would not be competing for the office.{{Cite web|last=Svitek|first=Patrick|date=November 29, 2021|title=Matthew McConaughey says he won't run for Texas governor|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/28/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-2022/|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=The Texas Tribune|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129004125/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/28/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-2022/|url-status=live}}{{Citation|title=Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey rules out a bid for Texas governor|date=November 29, 2021|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-29/actor-matthew-mcconaughey-rules-out-bid-for-texas-governor/13653990|publisher=ABC News|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129063221/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-29/actor-matthew-mcconaughey-rules-out-bid-for-texas-governor/13653990|url-status=live}}
{{external media|width=235px| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?520803-1/uvalde-native-matthew-mcconaughey-joins-calls-gun-laws White House daily briefing with McConaughey and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, June 7, 2022], C-SPAN}}
In June 2022, McConaughey joined the White House press briefing and advocated for "commonsense gun laws" during a 20-minute speech, in which he spoke about the Uvalde school shooting, which occurred in his hometown of Uvalde.{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |title=Matthew McConaughey tells the story of those killed in Uvalde in emotional plea for action on guns |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/07/politics/matthew-mcconaughey-white-house/index.html |access-date=June 7, 2022 |publisher=CNN |date=June 7, 2022 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607183139/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/07/politics/matthew-mcconaughey-white-house/index.html |url-status=live }} He said, "We need responsible gun ownership. We need background checks. We need to raise the minimum age to purchase an AR-15 rifle to 21. We need a waiting period for those rifles. We need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them."{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Lydia |title=Outraged Matthew McConaughey Begs For Commonsense Gun Laws At White House |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matthew-mcconaughey-white-house-uvalde-guns_n_629f9b48e4b0b1100a69bd57 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=HuffPost |date=June 7, 2022 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607210045/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matthew-mcconaughey-white-house-uvalde-guns_n_629f9b48e4b0b1100a69bd57 |url-status=live }} CNN described the speech as "impassioned and at-times emotional".
In July 2024, McConaughey spoke at the annual National Governors Association meeting. He reiterated his interest in running for political office and said he has been "on a learning tour."{{Cite news |last1=Schoenbaum |first1=Hannah |last2=Gruver |first2=Mead |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Actor Matthew McConaughey tells governors he is still mulling future run for political office |url=https://apnews.com/article/matthew-mcconaughey-actor-politics-governors-campaign-14cc83beb00caa3a337b799ab16b6cfb |access-date=July 12, 2024 |work=AP News}}
Philanthropy
McConaughey started the "just keep livin foundation", which is "dedicated to helping teenage kids lead active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women".{{cite web |url=http://www.matthewmcconaughey.com/ |title=j.k. livin |publisher=Matthew McConaughey |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216230033/http://www.matthewmcconaughey.com/ |archive-date=February 16, 2011 }} On February 25, 2016, McConaughey received the Creative Conscience award from unite4:humanity for his work with his foundation.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/scene/news/unite4humanity-variety-matthew-mcconaughey-morgan-freeman-olivia-wilde-1201715937/ |title=Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman, Others Honored at Variety's Unite4:Humanity Benefit |last=Saval |first=Malina |date=February 26, 2016 |website=Variety |access-date=May 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164711/https://variety.com/2016/scene/news/unite4humanity-variety-matthew-mcconaughey-morgan-freeman-olivia-wilde-1201715937/ |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}
In 2019, McConaughey officially became a professor of practice for the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Moody College of Communication at his alma mater, UT-Austin; he had served as a visiting instructor since 2015.[https://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/matthew-mcconaughey Faculty: Matthew McConaughey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829075508/https://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/matthew-mcconaughey |date=August 29, 2019 }} - website of UT-Austin{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/matthew-mcconaughey-ut-professor.html|title=Matthew McConaughey Joins the University of Texas as a Professor|first=Laura M.|last=Holson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 29, 2019|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006050335/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/matthew-mcconaughey-ut-professor.html|archive-date=October 6, 2019|url-status=live}} The first two sessions were about the filming of the movie Free State of Jones.{{cite web |access-date=July 1, 2016 |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/matthew-mcconaughey-to-teach-film-at-university-of-texas-w211852 |title=Matthew McConaughey will return to his alma mater to teach behind the scenes course |date=July 1, 2016 |last=French |first=Megan |website=Us Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701215817/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/matthew-mcconaughey-to-teach-film-at-university-of-texas-w211852 |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |url-status=live }}
Filmography and accolades
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