Biography of Matthew McConaughey and an Overview of His Acting Career

Matthew McConaughey is a decorated TV and film actor and filmmaker who embraced fame after his portrayal of David Wooderson a1993 comedy film titled Dazed and Confused, directed by Richard Linklater. The stylish actor had abandoned his initial desire to be a lawyer and chose to be an actor, and has not looked back since then.

Since he made inroads into the entertainment industry, he has painstakingly surged his career to an enviable height as a television and film actor with well over 50 films and 8 TV series to his credit. Little wonder he has been decorated with over 37 awards including the coveted Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globe Awards.

Away from the world of entertainment, Matthew has played notable roles in philanthropy using his just keep livin foundation armed to reach out to teenage kids to lead active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women that would transform societies.

Biography of Matthew McConaughey

The stylish actor was born on the 4th of November 1969 in Uvalde, Texas, in the United States of America. He is the last child of the three children of his parents – a former kindergarten teacher, Mary Kathleen (Mother), and a businessman father, James “Jim” McConaughey. Matthew attended Longview High School in Texas before he enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin (UT –Austin), and graduated in 1993 with a Degree in Radio-Television-Film. Before his graduation in 1993, Matthew had already started making inroads into the film industry.

Filmography

Kubo and Two Strings

Matthew McConaughey played the voice character of Beetle/Hanzo in the 2016 American stop-motion action fantasy film directed and produced by Travis Knight. The likes of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara also had their voices starred in the film. The epic action-adventure film tells a story of clever, kindhearted Kubo (Art Parkinson) who ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Akihiro (Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa) and rest of other casts where his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. The film is rated high in the general rating and grossed about $77.5 million in the Box office against a budget of $60 million. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film at the 70th British Academy Film Awards and at the 89th Academy Awards.

Lone Star

Matthew McConaughey portrayed the character of Buddy Deeds in the 1996 American neo-Western mystery film titled Lone Star. The film was written and directed by John Sayles centered on a small-town Texas sheriff (Sam Deeds) who is living in the shadow of his legendary father (Buddy Deeds) who was loved by the residents of the entire town for his great sense of fairness and justice. It received highly positive reviews and grossed $13 million in the Box office with $3 million as its budget.

Dallas Buyers Club

The 2013 American biographical drama film was co-written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS patient diagnosed in the 1980s when HIV/AIDS treatments were under-researched, while the disease was highly misunderstood and stigmatized. The first trailer of the film was launched on August 27, 2013, while it was premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013. It went on to receive highly positive reviews and grossed $55.2 million in the Box office. It had a budget of $5 million.

Bernie

Bernie is a 2011 American dark comedy film directed by Richard Linklater and based on the 1998 Texas Monthly magazine article by Hollandsworth titled Midnight in the Garden of East Texas. The film rated high in the general rating and received positive reviews. Matthew assumed the character of Danny Buck Davison in the 99 minutes film which grossed $10.1 million in the Box office from its $6 million budget.

Interstellar

The 2014 science fiction film directed and produced by Christopher Nolan had Matthew McConaughey play the role of Cooper. In the film, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover and answer the pertinent question of if, and whether mankind has a future among the stars. The film is rated 72% having grossed over $677.5 million in the Box office with $165 million as its budget.

The Newton Boys

This 1998 American Comedy-drama film is based on the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank robbers from Uvalde, Texas, who between 1919 and 1924 were the most successful robbers in the U.S, which was led by the newly paroled Willis Newton (Matthew McConaughey). Coincidentally, Matthew was also born in Uvalde, Texas, and he killed the role. The film was directed by Richard Linklater and produced by Anne Walker-McBay. The film was positively reviewed and grossed $10.4 million in the Box while its budget was $27 million.

Reign of Fire

Matthew assumed the character of Denton Van Zan in the 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film which was directed by Rob Bowman. The film which was directed by Rob Bowman tells a story of how a twelve-year-old Quinn (Christian Bale) watches as his mother, a construction engineer inadvertently wakes a dragon from its centuries-long slumber and the mayhem that followed suit. It grossed $82.2 million in the Box office whereas it had a budget of $60 million.

Sahara

This is a 2005 action-adventure film directed by Breck Eisner, culled from the bestselling book of the same title by Clive Cussler. It scored 38% based on the general ratings but grossed $119.3 million whereas it had $160 million as its budget. In the film, Matthew portrayed the character of Dirk Pitt, an explorer who thinks he may have found both fortune and the answer to a long-standing mystery when he discovers a rare coin in the waters of a river in West Africa.

Two of the Money

This is a poorly rated film by Matthew McConaughey, rottentomatoes.com rated the film 38%. Matthew portrayed the character of Brandon Lang, a former college quarterback whose life plans changed when he suffered a career-ending injury. The 2005 American sports-drama film was directed by D.J. Caruso and grossed $30.5 million in the Box office while its original budget was $35 million.

Fool’s Gold

This is a film that Matthew starred in which is rated low in the list of his works. He played the role of Ben “Finn” Finnegan in the 2008 American adventure-romance film from Walter Bros. He starred alongside Kate Hudson in the 112-minute film which despite its low ratings grossed $111,2 million in the Box office out of its budget of $70 million.

Surfer, Dude

This is another film that scored very low in the ratings of films credited to Matthew McConaughey. Matthew co-produced and played the role of Steve Addington in the 2008 comedy film. It scored 0% in the general ratings and review of the film according to rottentomatoes.com. However, the film grossed $52.1 million in the Box office while its budget was $6 million.