Matthew McConaughey is a well-known American-born film actor, famous for starring in many romantic comedies in his recent career.
Matthew David McConaughey was born November 4, 1969 in the city of Uvalde, located within the enormous state of Texas in the United States of America.
His family consists of his two older brothers and his parents. Mary Kathlene McCabe Y James Donald McConaughey. She is a substitute school teacher, while he used to play for the Green bay packers, and now he runs a gas station.
During his childhood his parents separated and rejoined many times, which Matthew says was mainly because of their strong love and their Catholic tradition stemming from Ireland.
On 1980 his family moved to the city of Longview where he ended up graduating from high school around 1988. By being named as the “Most Beautiful” of the students, he was able to win a pass as an exchange student and spent a year in Australia.
After returning he enrolled in the University of Texas in the city of Austin, where he studied film directing. It was received from this career in 1993 and went out into show business to pursue a career in acting.
His first works were simple student and commercial productions, but he soon went to the big screen with the film “Dazed and Confused” from 1993.
Then he appeared in a series of small roles in some movies, waiting for that role that would make him jump to fame. This came in 1996 when he played Jake brigance on “A Time to Kill”.
After this point, he began to be more recognized and adored by women, especially since they began to offer him roles in different productions of romantic comedies.
The first one was in the 2001, next to Jennifer Lopez. “The Wedding Planner”Was a box office success from the moment it was released, as it presented the characters in a very credible way.
This production served to remove the image of “tough guy from Hollyood” that certain media wanted to print him, since he had been arrested in 1999. The case in question was dropped when Matthew proved he did not possess marijuana although he did pay his $ 50 fine for breaking the noise at night law.
Some time after this, his image was increasingly sought after for being one of the most attractive men on the screen. Towards the end of 2001 starred in the action movie “Reign of Fire”.
In the 2003 He starred again in a romantic comedy, this time with Kate hudson, delighting all women from its title “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”(How to Lose a Man in 10 Days).
In the 2005 starred in “Two for the Money“Next to the teacher Al Pacino, showing a bit the dark world of sports betting. A short time later he appeared in “Sahara” next to Penelope Cruz.
That same year, the magazine People crowned it as “The Most Sensual Man Alive”. This award was promoted by the actor’s charitable actions throughout all these years, actions that all women love.
Throughout his career, lots of animals saved by the actor have been reported, such as raccoons, hamsters, cats, dogs, canaries and any type of domestic animal that may suffer some abuse.
In addition to this, he has dated actresses like Sandra Bullock Y Penelope Cruz, thus increasing the desire of all women to be able to put their hands on his well shaped and muscular body.
For him 2008 has planned the release of the film “Sufer Dude”Where he will demonstrate his skills as a surfer, one of his favorite activities.