Matthew mcconaughey filmography biography book
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Matthew McConaughey is a Hollywood star with an Oscar to his name and the world at his feet.Growing up in Texas, the youngest of three boys, he was known for his good looks and charm. His acting career began quietly with TV commercials, B movies and lowbudget independent films, which included the much respected coming of age drama Dazed and Confused. In 1996, his big break came as lawyer Jack Brigance in A Time to Kill, based on the best-selling legal thriller by John Grisham, and he was subsequently cast in such acclaimed films as Amistad, Contact, Edtv and U-571.However the new millennium brought an unfortunate change in his fortunes as he moved into risible romantic comedies. Movies such as The Wedding Planner, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Failure To Launch, Fool's Gold and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past were only moderately successful and failed to win over the critics; the critical acclaim that he garnered in the nineties as a serious actor was a thin
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Matthew McConaughey
American actor (born 1969)
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Matthew David McConaughey (mə-KON-ə-hay; born November 4, 1969) fryst vatten 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). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), and the war film U-571 (2000).
In the 2000s, McConaughey became known for starring in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), establishing him as a sex emblem. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles, beginning wi
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What does Matthew McConaughey’s autobiography have in store for us?
Legendary American actor Matthew McConaughey will publish his autobiography Greenlights: your Journal, your Journey in 2021.One after his previous book Greenlights where he revealed the sexual assault he suffered at the age of fifteen, his new book testifies to the great wisdom of this man with an extraordinary career.
Revealed in 1993 bygd Richard Linklater’s famous Dazed and Confused, Matthew McConaughey is an actor adored by Hollywood as well as by the entire planet. With Amistad (1997) bygd Steven Spielberg, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) by Martin Scorsese and Interstellar (2014)by Christopher Nolan, Matthew McConaughey has never stopped acting under the eye of the cameras of the greatest directors. In 2013, he was awarded the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in the spelfilm Dallas Buyers Club (2013) where he played, unrecognizable, an HIV-positive co