Matthew McConaughey
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Height: 1.83 m
Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations »
Alternate Names: M. McConaughey
Biography: The youngest son of a gas station owner, who ran an oil pipe supply business and mother - substitute school teacher, Matthew McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, but grew up in Longview, Texas where... More »
Filmography
The Dry Gulch Kid (2011)
Hammer Down (2011)
Bernie (2011)
Killer Joe (2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills. |
Southbound (2010)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
McConaughey plays Connor, a womanizer who attends the wedding of his younger brother (Meyer) and bride (Chabert). There, he\'s haunted by several old flames, including the bride\'s best friend (Garner). Archer plays the mother of the bride, a potential Connor conquest, and Walsh plays the only bridesmaid he hasn\'t conquered. Stone plays the supernatural Ghost of Girlfriends Past who guides him through his romantic history in this takeoff on Dickens\' \"A Christmas Carol.\"
Surfer, Dude (2008)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
A film crew is in Southeast Asia filming a Vietnam-war memoir. It\'s early in the shooting, but they\'re already behind schedule and over budget. On the day an accident befalls the novice director, the cast and crew are attacked by a gang of poppy-growing local drug dealers, except the cast and crew don\'t realize these aren\'t actors who are stalking them. The thugs kidnap Tugg Speedman, an actor whose star seems on the decline, and it\'s up to the rest of the ragtag team to band together long enough to attempt his rescue. But will Tugg want to leave? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}
Fool's Gold (2008)
Ben Finn Finnegan is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen''s Dowry--40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, Booty Calls. Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt, Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure''s whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel''s yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma, to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess'' better judgment, the search rekindles her love--of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finn''s mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch has also set out to claim the prize. Let the treasure hunt begin!
We Are Marshall (2006)
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach (McConaughey) and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Failure to Launch (2006)
A thirty-year-old slacker (McConaughey) uses his parents to thwart off unwanted female attention, but when he meets his dream girl (Parker), he suspects his parents of putting her up to it in order to get him out of their house.
Two for the Money (2005)
A star college football player, at the top of his game, blows out his knee forcing him to choose a new profession. He winds up getting into the sports gambling business and is recruited by a man who runs one of the best sports-booking operations in the country.
