Matthew McConaughey has starred in a LOT of films during his career, but what movies has Matthew McConaughey been in? He was released before the season began and never played an official league game in the NFL. He even claims to have attended the last Redskins game at RFK Stadium and first game at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium as well as the first one at the renamed FedEx Field. [74] 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. American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. [54] Prior to the release of the film, he promoted it by sailing down the Amazon River and trekking to Mali. [79][80] 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." [71] During this time, McConaughey recorded a public service announcement in Austin, Texas for the LBJ Presidential Library.[72]. [107][108] The first two sessions were about the filming of the movie Free State of Jones. [29] Dazed and Confused was released on September 24, 1993, in 183 theaters, grossing $918,127 on its opening weekend. [77] For his role as Rust Cohle, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. What's Your First Movie in a Movie Theater? Matthew McConaughey, Actor: 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). 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The actor Matthew McConaughey said he ate nothing but vegetables, egg whites, fish, and tapioca pudding to lose weight for his role as Ron Woodroof, a stage 4 HIV/AIDS patient, in "Dallas Buyers Club." [61], In 2012, McConaughey starred alongside Channing Tatum in Magic Mike, based on Tatum's early life, which was directed by Steven Soderbergh. He lived in Australia for a year, in Warnervale, New South Wales, as a Rotary Youth Exchange student in 1988. During production, another character named Pickford was meant to be a larger role. In Richard Linklater’s classic movie about 1970s teenagers, McConaughey steals scenes as a high school graduate who comes back to hang out with the stoner kids on the last day of school. Matthew David McConaughey (/məˈkɒnəheɪ/; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor and producer. Matthew McConaughey watches player warmups before the game between the Texas Longhorns and the LSU Tigers at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Sept. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas. In 2020, McConaughey published his memoir, Greenlights. He and Alves became engaged on December 25, 2011, and were married in a private Catholic ceremony[93] on June 9, 2012, in Austin, Texas, where they reside. McConaughey starred as Walter Padick in the 2017 Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower, which received negative reactions from the critics. 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.[83]. In 1998, The Newton Boys, co-written and directed by Richard Linklater was released. [105], McConaughey rescued various pets stranded after the flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina. Due to the behavior of the actor playing Pickford with other cast members, his screen time was cut in favor of McConaughey's character, Wooderson. [7] She was originally from Trenton, New Jersey. He is of Irish, Scottish, English, German, and Swedish ... Another On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67%. Matthew McConaughey SLAMS Cancel Culture & Hollywood AGAIN In BRUTAL Interview! 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. [98], McConaughey is a Christian and attends a non-denominational church. [106], In 2019, McConaughey officially became a professor of practice for the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Moody College of Communication in his alma mater, UT-Austin; he had served as a visiting instructor since 2015. [50][51], By the early 2000s, he was frequently cast in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, both of which were successful at the box office. He is of Irish, Scottish, English, German, and … Matthew McConaughey's Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Set12 Ocak 2009 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi. Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor and 2014 TIME 100 honoree. During their joint appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ", "Idris Elba Is Too Good for 'The Dark Tower, "Why Idris Elba Makes 'The Dark Tower' A Must-See In Theaters", "Matthew McConaughey in Talks to Star in 'White Boy Rick, "Matthew McConaughey to Star in Harmony Korine's 'The Beach Bum, "Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey", Christian Post: "The Faith of Matthew McConaughey" By Jim Denison, "Matthew McConaughey, Camila Alves Wedding", "Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves Getting Married in Top-Secret Texas Wedding—This Weekend! McConaughey is in an ensemble cast that features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, and Elizabeth Peña. He cast Sean Penn in Fast Times.' Critic Rachel Syme dubbed his recognition and performances while taking on more complex, dramatic roles as "The McConaissance".[5]. [44], In 1997, McConaughey starred in the science fiction drama film Contact, directed by Robert Zemeckis. [94][95] Together, they have three children: a son born in July 2008,[96] a daughter born in January 2010,[97] and a second son born in December 2012. [64] In June 2012, McConaughey was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At two years, all of a sudden, in my opinion, I became a new good idea for some good directors. American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. [45] The film was released in the United States on July 11, 1997, in 1,923 theaters, earning $20,584,908 in its opening weekend. ", "Interesting facts about Matthew McConaughey", "Meet the Self-Made Millionaires of 'West Texas Investors Club, "60 Second interview: Matthew McConaughey", "The Castilian Dorm Serving the University of Texas Receives Upgrades (PR.com). Whoopi Goldberg/Christian Slater/Of Monsters and Men, Derek Jeter/James Marsden/5 Seconds of Summer, Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth. Contact premiered on July 1, 1997, at the Westwood Theater in Los Angeles, California. [1][2][3] After a number of supporting roles in films including Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), his breakthrough performance as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). His film roles since have included Interstellar (2014), The Sea of Trees (2015), Free State of Jones (2016), Gold (2016), The Dark Tower (2017), and The Gentlemen (2019), earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success, as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Sing (2016). ). But believe me, I noticed there were other things that were not coming in. The website's critical consensus reads: "Featuring an excellent ensemble cast, a precise feel for the 1970s, and a killer soundtrack, Dazed and Confused is a funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life. In saying no to those things, I knew work was going to dry up for awhile ... Year and a half, still nothing. [69][70] He also featured in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street as Mark Hanna, an early boss of Jordan Belfort. 6'3" - 6'4" snoop dogg absolutely towers over Matthew in this movie. 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From Wings to Parasite, here's a look back at all of the Best Picture Oscar winners in the history of the ceremony. Part memoir, part life guide and part ethic Greenlights is worth reading for many beyond McConaughey’s fan base; basically anyone … The following year, McConaughey played the lawyer Roger Sherman Baldwin opposite Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins in the Steven … The film was released on March 29, 2019. [58] On January 21, 2008, McConaughey became the new spokesman for the national radio campaign, "Beef: It's What's for Dinner", replacing Sam Elliott.[59][60]. [22], In 1992, he was cast as the boyfriend "Walkaway Joe'', a music video for Trisha Yearwood's collaboration with Don Henley. [103], 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". He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in Bernie (2011), Magic Mike (2012) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and for his leading roles in Killer Joe (2011) and Mud (2012).[5]. Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas. "[46] On the 10th of December 1997, Steven Spielberg's Amistad premiered, McConaughey was in the lead cast with Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, and Djimon Hounsou.[47]. [62] He said: I got to feeling like, for a few years, I was doing something that I liked to do with romantic and action comedies. Share with your friends. ... "beach bum", good film btw. [63] He returned to his East Texas roots, working again with director Richard Linklater on Bernie, playing district attorney Danny Buck Davidson. The critical consensus reads, "Contact elucidates stirring scientific concepts and theological inquiry at the expense of satisfying storytelling, making for a brainy blockbuster that engages with its ideas, if not its characters. I could tell the actors weren’t responding to him. On the basis of 66 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of critics gave positive reviews. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). In the 2000s, McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies,[4] 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. My other brother, Pat, was in high school in the early 80s. One was in high school in the early 1970s. [36] On July 24, McConaughey played the lawyer Jake Brigance in Joel Schumacher's A Time to Kill premiering that day. [35], On June 21, 1996, John Sayles' Lone Star premiered. ", "Matthew McConaughey Confirmed to Lead Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR", "Matthew McConaughey to Star in Gus Van Sant's 'Sea of Trees, "In Nod to Female Bourbon Fans, Wild Turkey Hires Matthew McConaughey", "The Dark Tower: Where Can The Franchise Go From Here? During an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," he said he dropped 50 pounds in five months eating his special diet and drinking "all the wine" he wanted. "[29] Much of the Wooderson role was improvised or written on the spot. The film was financially successful and reasonably well received by critics. With Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey as 'minister of culture' and ex-Man City ace Claudio Reyna pulling strings, Austin FC battled a pandemic to … He even excelled in a leading role in the True Detective series, which got him a nomination for … Fatherly has it: advice, gear reviews & life tips. [31] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 92% approval rating. [25] On September 24, Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused premiered. I have two older brothers. [66] The film earned McConaughey many acting awards, 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. He may be known for his easygoing brand of beach living, but Matthew McConaughey, the star of A Time to Kill (1996) and The Wedding Planner (2001), is … The film was panned by both critics and audiences after its release on January 25. Next. Kind of a mashup of Anthony Bourdain with Ernest Hemingway, McConaughey tells stories with the aplomb of accomplished raconteur. ", "Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves welcome son Levi", "Matthew McConaughey, Camila Alves Welcome Daughter Vida", "Matthew and Camila McConaughey Welcome Son Livingston", "Is Hollywood Getting Saved? In 1994, McConaughey acted in Angels in the Outfield, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, and Daniel Johnston' music video ''Life in Vain''.