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  1. 1 4. 99+ Videos. 99+ Photos. American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business.

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    • Uvalde, Texas, USA
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    American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is of Irish, Scottish, English, German, and Swedish des...

    He began his acting career in 1991, appearing in student films and commercials in Texas and directed short films as Chicano Chariots (1992). Once, in his hotel bar in Austin, he met the casting director and producer Don Phillips, who introduced him to director Richard Linklater for his next project. At first, Linklater thought Matthew was too hands...

    Shortly thereafter, moving to L.A., Matthew became a sensation with his performances in two high-profile 1996 films Lone Star (1996), where he portrayed killing suspected sheriff and in the film adaptation of John Grisham's novel A Time to Kill (1996), where he played an idealistic young lawyer opposite Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey. The actor wa...

    In 1999, he starred in the comedy Edtv (1999), about the rise of reality television, and in 2000, he headlined Jonathan Mostow's U-571 (2000), portraying officer Lt. Tyler, in a WW II story of the daring mission of American submariners trying to capture the Enigma cipher machine.

    • November 4, 1969
  2. Matthew David McConaughey ( / məˈkɒnəheɪ / 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).

  3. Matthew McConaughey filmography. 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]

  4. Mar 22, 2024 · Ever the charmer, Texas golden boy Matthew McConaughey got his start on the indie circuit in 1993 with Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused.Only he could make the aging partier and human ...

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  7. Nov 17, 2023 · Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas. He was an athlete at a young age, playing golf and tennis at Longview High School, and was voted "Most Handsome Student."

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