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Matthew McConaughey
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November 4, 1969 in Uvalde, TX
Biography:With a rangy handsomeness that makes him look as if he would be equally comfortable branding cattle, "Matthew McConaughey" found fame shortly after making his screen debut in "Richard Linklater"'s 1993 "Dazed and Confused". After being cast in two high-profile 1996 films, "Lone Star" and "A Time to Kill", the actor was soon being hailed as one of the industry's hottest young leading men, inspiring comparisons to such charismatic purveyors of cinematic testosterone as "Paul Newman" and "Tom Cruise".

A product of Texas, McConaughey was born in Uvalde on November 4, 1969 and raised in Longview. The son of a substitute teacher and a former member of the Green Bay Packers, he excelled in sports as a high school student and was voted "Most Handsome" by his senior class. After graduating, McConaughey spent some time working in Australia and then returned to the States to attend the University of Texas at... Full Biography

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Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend Camila Alves arrive at the premiere of his film "Ghosts of...
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves attend the 37th Annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards at Sony...
Matthew McConaughey throws out the first pitch prior to a Major League Baseball game between the New...
Michael Douglas and Matthew McConaughey attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Ghosts of Girlfriends...
Actor Matthew McConaughey poses with Mishka backstage at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles in this...
Matthew McConaughey on stage to present the award for entertainer of the year at the 44th Annual...
Matthew McConaughey appears on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Feb. 12, 2009.
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Nov. 2, 2009, 1:51 PM EST
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