Natural in the town of Uvalde, Texas, McConaughey grew up within Longview, Texas. His father, Jim, was the previous office football player (Green Bay Packers, 1967–1968), later exposed in the oil industry. Matthew's mother, Katherine, was the substitute teacher. He was a youngest of trinity sons, Microphone, Patrick & Matthew. He exposed film counsel at a University of Texas at Austin and graduated in 1993.

McConaughey had his run working around television commercials and was cast in his 1st bit part in the picture show Dazed and Confused. When swimming occasionally extra little area within Angels in the Outfield, Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Boys on the Side, McConaughey's big break come when a attorney Jake Brigance in the film A Time to Kill, based on a John Grisham novel of the same title.

McConaughey's rugged adept looks processed him numerous fans, & he was cast inside numerous additional flick: Contact, Amistad, The Newton Boys, Edtv, and U-571. Per early 2000s, McConaughey began being cast oft inside romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

McConaughey won an MTV Movie Award in 1997 for best breakthrough performance for The Instance to Put to death. He has too twice been nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award.

Within 1999, McConaughey was arrested at his home in Austin, Texas for possession of marijuana and resisting arrest. the police force were responding to the disturbance call for fallowing a neighbor complained of aloud music. It were responding to a require the different home & took it upon themselves to enter the premiss forgoing authorization. Based on data from police force reports, McConaughey was detected dancing around naked & swimming bongo drums with the friend, Cole Hauser. A drug charges were dropped, however McConaughey pled shamed for violating Austin's noise ordinance & he paid the USD $50 mulct.

Mr. McConaughey recently starred in the $130 million feature, Sahara, along with Penélope Cruz. Before a debut of the moving picture, he promoted it by repeating occasionally trips he took in the late 1990s, including sailing down the Amazon River and trekking to Mali.