![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: 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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