Matthew David McConaughey ; born November 4, 1969 is an American actor, producer, model, writer, and director. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming-of-age comedy 1993 , before going on to appear in the slasher film 1994 , 1996 , the comedy film 1996 , 's historical drama 1997 , the science fiction drama 1997 , the comedy 1999 , and the war film 2000. Since 2011, he has preferred dramatic roles, including 2011 , 2011 , 2011 , 2012 , 2012 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2016 , 2016. McConaughey achieved critical success in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, McConaughey portrayed , a diagnosed with in the , which earned him the , , , and , all for Best Actor, among other awards and nominations. In 2014, he starred as in the of 's , for which he won the and , and was nominated for the , , and. Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in. She was originally from. In 1953, Jim was in the 27th round by the 's. He was released before the season began and never played an official league game in the NFL. McConaughey's mother and late father married each other three times, having divorced each other twice. He has two older brothers, Michael and Patrick who was adopted. He is a relative of brigadier general. He had a upbringing. McConaughey moved to , in 1980, where he attended. He lived in Australia for a year, in , as a in 1988. He attended the UT-Austin , where he joined fraternity. He began in the fall of 1989 and graduated in the spring of 1993 with a in Radio-Television-Film. His original plan had changed as he wanted to attend until one of his brothers told him that private school tuition would have been a burden on the family's finances. He also had planned to attend after graduation from college, but he realized he was not interested in becoming a. In the late 1990s, McConaughey was cast in leading roles in more movies, including , , , and. During this period, he appeared as a firefighter in the low-budget film , with , in as a protégé to 's gambling mogul and in with , who also directed. McConaughey starred in the 2005 feature film , along with and. Prior to the release of the film, he promoted it by sailing down the and trekking to. In 2006, he co-starred with in the romantic comedy and as Marshall head football coach Jack Lengyal in. McConaughey also provided voice work in an ad campaign for the in late 2006. He replaced in 's after Wilson's suicide attempt. On January 21, 2008, McConaughey became the new spokesman for the national radio campaign, , replacing. But believe me, I noticed there were other things that were not coming in. And if they were coming in, it was in an independent form with a much smaller paycheck, and nobody really wanting to get behind them... But I knew I could say no to the things I'd been doing. In saying no to those things, I knew work was going to dry up for awhile... Year and a half, still nothing. At two years, all of a sudden, in my opinion, I became a new good idea for some good directors. He returned to his East Texas roots, working again with director on , playing district attorney Danny Buck Davidson. In June 2012, McConaughey was invited to join the. In 2013, he portrayed in. The role of a rodeo rider who discovers he has and struggles to get treatment required him to lose nearly 50 lb 22 kg. The film earned McConaughey many acting awards, including the , the , and the for. His co-star won the , making Dallas Buyers Club the first film since 2003 to win both awards. He also featured in 's as Mark Hanna, an early boss of. McConaughey at the During this time, McConaughey recorded a public service announcement in Austin, Texas for the. In August 2014, the signed a multi-year collaboration with McConaughey for an ad campaign. The commercials, directed by , featured McConaughey as a storyteller driving around in Lincoln's crossover. Shortly after the commercials debuted in September 2014, they were parodied by , , , , and. Overall sales for Lincoln increased by 25 percent one month after the ads debuted. The series of commercials starring McConaughey continued until October 2015; during this period he also endorsed the sedan and crossover. In 2014, he shared star billing with in 's. For his role as , he won the. He was also nominated for the , which he lost to and the. McConaughey also played Cooper, a widowed father and astronaut, alongside , , , , and in 's film 2014. After finishing 's 2015 film with , in 2016, McConaughey starred in two films, and , and voiced leading characters in two animated films, and. In 2016, McConaughey was hired as and for latest campaign, to bring in more women and more international customers. McConaughey starred in the adaptation 2017 , as. His upcoming roles include true life gangster drama , 's The Beach Bum, and opposite and , in the erotic thriller. The couple became engaged on December 25, 2011, and were married in a private ceremony on June 9, 2012, in , where they reside. Together, they have three children: sons Levi Alves McConaughey born July 7, 2008 and Livingston Alves McConaughey born December 28, 2012 , and daughter Vida Alves McConaughey born January 3, 2010. McConaughey is a Christian and attends a. On February 25, 2016, McConaughey received the Creative Conscience award from for his work with his foundation. McConaughey rescued various pets stranded after the flooding of from. In 2006, he rescued a cat from two youths in , before they could set it on fire. McConaughey is teaching classes at his alma mater, UT-Austin, the first session of which was about the filming of the 2016 film. For the second session, he will team with director and university lecturer Scott Rice. The college course, part of the Moody College of Communications, will be open to juniors and seniors. 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