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McConaughey at the 2014
Goldene Kamera Awards
Matthew McConaughey is an American actor who made his
breakthrough by starring in the
Richard Linklater -directed
coming of age comedy
Dazed and Confused in 1993.
[1]
[2] His first lead role was in the 1996
film adaptation of the
John Grisham novel
A Time to Kill .
[3] The following year, McConaughey played the lawyer
Roger Sherman Baldwin opposite
Morgan Freeman and
Anthony Hopkins in the
Steven Spielberg -directed historical drama
Amistad , and also starred opposite
Jodie Foster in the
Robert Zemeckis -directed science fiction drama
Contact . In 1998, he appeared in the Linklater-directed
comedy-drama
The Newton Boys . During the 2000s, McConaughey was
typecast as a
romantic comedy lead in the films
The Wedding Planner (2001),
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003),
Failure to Launch (2006), and
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009).
[2]
[4]
In the early 2010s, McConaughey became better known for his dramatic roles. This reinvention was cited in the media as the "McConaissance" and started when he played
Mickey Haller in the adaptation of the
Michael Connelly novel of the same name
The Lincoln Lawyer , and reunited with Linklater on the
black comedy
Bernie (both 2011).
[2]
[4]
[5] In the same year he played the title role in the
Southern Gothic crime film
Killer Joe , for which he received the
Saturn Award for Best Actor .
[6] The following year he starred in the coming-of-age drama
Mud (2012),
[7] and also played a supporting role in the
Steven Soderbergh -directed comedy drama
Magic Mike (2012).
[8]
[9]
McConaughey's next role was as
Ron Woodroof in the 2013 biographical drama
Dallas Buyers Club . His performance garnered him the
Academy Award for Best Actor , the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama) , and the
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role .
[10]
[11] He also appeared in the
Martin Scorsese -directed
The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013. In 2014, McConaughey played detective
Rust Cohle in the television crime drama series
True Detective and starred in the
Christopher Nolan -directed science fiction film
Interstellar . The former earned McConaughey a nomination for the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and the
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series .
[12]
[13]
In 2015, McConaughey starred alongside
Ken Watanabe and
Naomi Watts in the
Gus Van Sant -directed film
The Sea of Trees .
[14] A year later, he starred in the
Gary Ross -directed historical war film,
Free State of Jones ,in which he appeared as
Newton Knight , a Mississippi farmer.
[15] He was nominated for a
Women Film Critics Circle for Best Actor.
[16] In the same year, he also starred in the
Stephen Gaghan -directed crime adventure
Gold ,and won the Hollywood Ensemble Award at the
20th Hollywood Film Awards
[17]
[18] and a
Saturn Award nomination
for Best Actor .
[19] In 2019, McConaughey co-stars with
Anne Hathaway in the
neo-noir
hriller
Serenity directed by
Steven Knight ,this film earned him a nomination for
Worst Actor at the
40th Golden Raspberry Awards .
[20]
[21]
McConaughey at the March 2005 premiere of his film,
Sahara in
Austin, Texas
McConaughey attending the
83rd Academy Awards in 2011
Film
Key
†
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Television
McConaughey (right) with
True Detective co-star
Woody Harrelson (left) at the
66th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2014
Music videos
Video games
See also
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