Matthew McConaughey

ABOUT MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY

Actor well known for his roles in films such as as Dazed and Confused , Interstellar , and Magic Mike . He won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club . He earned further praise for his role as Detective Rust Cohle on the HBO crime series True Detective .

He appeared in a variety of television commercials and earned a degree in radio-television-film from the University of Texas . He made his debut as Guy #2 in the 1993 film My Boyfriend's Back .

He played a lawyer in the film A Time To Kill , where he defended the character played by Samuel L. Jackson .

He dated actress Sandra Bullock from 1996 to 1998. He married model Camila Alves in 2012. The couple has two sons named Livingston and Levi and a daughter named Vida.

He starred in The Wedding Planner with Jennifer Lopez .