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Matthew McConaughey
Birth at
4 November 1969
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The Hollywood sex symbol was born on November 4, 1969, to a poor Irish family. The actor was the youngest of three sons. Mother Matthew McConaughey worked as an educator, later began writing books, and his father owned a gas station. The family lived in Longview, went to a Methodist church. The parents divorced twice and married three times. The father hoped that the youngest son would be engaged in the family business, but in 1988 McConaughey entered the University of Texas at Austin and went on
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The Hollywood sex symbol was born on November 4, 1969, to a poor Irish family. The actor was the youngest of three sons. Mother Matthew McConaughey worked as an educator, later began writing books, and his father owned a gas station. The family lived in Longview, went to a Methodist church. The parents divorced twice and married three times.
The father hoped that the youngest son would be engaged in the family business, but in 1988 McConaughey entered the University of Texas at Austin and went on an exchange program to Australia for a year. He decided to become an actor in his final year when he read the book “The greatest merchant in the world” and found faith in his own strength.
Matthew began his career in advertising. After the release of the cult comedy
Daied and confused In 1993, he began to be invited to serious projects. The actor gained popularity among the female audience thanks to his roles in the films “How to get rid of a guy in 10 days” (2003), “Ghosts of former girlfriends” (2009) and “Ghosts of former girlfriends”.
Super Mike 2012, for which his colleagues nicknamed him Mr. Romcom.
In 2014, Matthew McConaughey beat Leonardo DiCaprio in the race for the Oscars – received a statuette for the role of drug addict Woodroof in the biopic.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013). For the sake of filming, he lost 20 kilograms. The historical film “The Free State of Jones” (2016) was also successful.
Lovelace dated Sandra Bullock and Penelope Cruz. In 2006, Matthew met his future wife, Brazilian model Camila Alves. Two years later, the couple became parents for the first time. In 2010, after the birth of his daughter, the actor proposed to his beloved. In 2012, an heir was born in the family.