American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Dallas Buyers Club, with a career across romantic comedies, dramas, and the McConaissance.
Background
Born in Uvalde, Texas, McConaughey studied film at the University of Texas at Austin before being cast in Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” as David Wooderson.
Career
He led a long line of romantic comedies through the 2000s, then reset his career with smaller dramatic roles in “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Bernie,” “Killer Joe,” “Magic Mike,” and Jeff Nichols’s “Mud.” He won Best Actor for “Dallas Buyers Club,” starred opposite Woody Harrelson in HBO’s “True Detective,” and led Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar.”
Style
McConaughey’s drawled delivery and self-styled “L-I-V-I-N” persona became closely associated with his run of mid-2010s prestige dramas, which fans dubbed the McConaissance.
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