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McConaughey's personal life is the subject of media attention. He has dated actresses [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Kate Hudson]], [[Ashley Judd]], [[Salli Richardson]], and [[Penelope Cruz]]. |
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He is currently dating Brazilian model [[Camila Alves]]. On [[January 15]], [[2008]], McConaughey announced on his website that he and Alves are expecting a baby, due in late June/early July. <ref>[http://www.matthewmcconaughey.com/ Matthew McConaughey Official website]</ref><ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20171947,00.html Matthew McConaughey: I'm Going to Be a Dad]</ref> |
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Matthew David McConaughey (Template:PronEng[1]; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater's second feature film), he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill (1996), Contact (1997), U-571 (2000) and We Are Marshall (2007). He also played the leading man in several romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), and Fool's Gold (2008).
Early life
McConaughey, the youngest of three boys, was born in Uvalde, Texas, the son of Mary Kathleen "Kay" (née McCabe), a substitute school teacher, and James Donald McConaughey, a gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business and once played football for the Green Bay Packers.[2] McConaughey has Irish ancestry[3] and had what he describes as a conservative Christian upbringing.[4] McConaughey's mother and late father divorced and re-married each other several times, in what McConaughey describes as a "loving, but unstable relationship".[5]
McConaughey moved to Longview, Texas. Matthew lived for a year in Gorokan, NSW, Australia as a Rotary exchange student.[6]
Career
McConaughey began his acting career in 1991, appearing in student films and television commercials while attending the University of Texas in Austin before being cast in Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused (1993). He spent alot of time in college either at local bars or his fraternity house, Delta Tau Delta. In fact, he met casting director Don Phillips at a bar near campus which lead to him being cast in the Dazed and Confused movie. Also, during this time period, he played the neglecting boyfriend in country singer Trisha Yearwood's video "Walkaway Joe". After appearing in some additional small parts in Angels in the Outfield, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Boys on the Side, and the television series Unsolved Mysteries, McConaughey's big break came as the lawyer "Jake Brigance" in the 1996 film A Time to Kill, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name.
McConaughey was cast in leading roles in many more movies: Contact, Amistad, The Newton Boys, Edtv, and U-571. By the early 2000s, he was frequently cast in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, both of which were successful at the box office. During this period, he appeared as a firefighter in the low-budget film Tiptoes, opposite Rene Russo, in Two For The Money as a protege to Al Pacino's gambling mogul, and in Frailty, cast against type as a serial killer, opposite Bill Paxton.
McConaughey starred in the feature film Sahara (budgeted at $130 million), along with Steve Zahn and Penélope Cruz. Prior to the release of the movie, he promoted it by repeating some trips he took in the late 1990s, including sailing down the Amazon River and trekking to Mali. That same year, McConaughey was named People magazine's “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2005.[7]. McConaughey has been spoofed by many, including friend Matt Damon on the fact he often appears shirtless in public.
In 2006, he co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch, which was reasonably successful at the box office. McConaughey also provided voice work for an ad campaign of the Peace Corps in late 2006. Matthew's production company, j.k. livin, is currently in development on projects with Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount Pictures and Imagine Entertainment and can most recently be seen in the football drama We Are Marshall. He is supposedly in line to star as Thomas Magnum in the 2008 movie Magnum, P.I.[8] In September of 2007, McConaughey was announced to have joined the cast of Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder, replacing Owen Wilson for the role.
On January 21, 2008, McConaughey became the new spokesman for the national radio campaign, "Beef: It's What's For Dinner" [9][10].
Personal life
On October 24, 1999, McConaughey was arrested at his home in Austin, Texas on charges of possession of marijuana and resisting arrest. The police were responding to a 2:30 a.m. noise disturbance call. According to police reports, McConaughey was dancing around naked and playing bongo drums with a friend, actor Cole Hauser, a co-actor in Dazed and Confused (1993).[11] The drug charges were dropped, but McConaughey plead guilty for violating the city's noise ordinance and paid a USD $50 fine.
McConaughey rescued various pets, including cats, dogs and hamsters, that were stranded after the flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina.[12] In 2006 in Sherman Oaks, California, he rescued a cat from two youths who had doused the animal in hairspray and were attempting to light it on fire.[13]
McConaughey's personal life is the subject of media attention. He has dated actresses Sandra Bullock, Kate Hudson, Ashley Judd, Salli Richardson, and Penelope Cruz.
On July 7th, 2008 Matthew and his current girlfriend, Brazilian model Camila Alves, welcomed a 7-pound, 4-ounce son, their first child together. The boy's name is Levi Alves McConaughey.[14]
Filmography
References
- ^ Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures, Library of Congress
- ^ Matthew McConaughey Biography (1969-)
- ^ "Metro.co.uk". 60 Second interview: Matthew McConaughey. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
- ^ "FindArticles". Matthew's interview - Matthew McConaughey - Interview. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- ^ "ABC7news.com". Barbara Walters' Oscar Special. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- ^ "ONEnews". McConaughey credits Australian town. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
- ^ People magazine: "2005 Sexiest Man of the Year" Retrieved May 19, 2008.
- ^ BitsofNews.com: "McConaughey is Magnum P.I." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
- ^ ""Beef. It's What's For Dinner" Advertising Campaign Invites Consumers to Discover the Power of Protein" (Press release). National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
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Shinn, Peter (2008-01-08). "Iowa beef producers talk ethanol, checkoff, ID and more". Learfield Communications, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ The Smoking Gun: "McConaughey1." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
- ^ Toronto Fashion Monitor: "Matthew McConaughey Saves the Pets." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle: "McConaughey in Cat Rescue." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
- ^ [http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b145595_matthew_mcconaughey_its_boy.html Matthew McConaughey: It's a Boy! 'E! Online']