Matthew McConaughey

He rescued several animals from danger during the Hurricane Katrina.

In 2012, he married his girlfriend, Camila Alves, a Brazilian model and television performer. They live in Austin, Texas, and have three children together.

Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969 in Uvalde, Texas, to James Donald McConaughey, a gas-station owner and oil supplier and Mary Kathleen, a kindergarten teacher.

His family relocated to Longview, Texas, where he went to the Longview High School. In high school he was voted ‘most handsome in the Longview Lobo Yearbook’.

In 1988, he went on an education exchange program for a year to Warnervale, New South Wales, Australia. He was a Rotary exchange student. He later attended the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication.

In 1993, he graduated from the University of Texas with a B.S. degree in Radio-Television-Film. In university, he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.

In 1991, he began his career in the entertainment business. He appeared in a series of TV commercials, before bagging for himself a role in the coming of age comedy film, ‘Dazed and Confused’, which earned immense critical acclaim.

He was seen in minor roles in a series of films like, ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation’, ‘Boys on the Side’, ‘Angels in the Outfield’, and the TV series ‘Unsolved Mysteries’.

In 1996, he got his big break in the Joel Schumacher thriller film, ‘A Time to Kill’, in which he played the role of a lawyer ‘Jake Brigance’. This critically acclaimed film was an adaptation of a John Grisham novel of the same name.

In 1997, he starred in the Academy Award nominated historical drama film, ‘Amistad’, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. The film received good reviews from film critics.

In 1999, he played the role of, ‘Ed Eddie Pekurny’ in the American comedy film ‘EDtv’, directed by Ron Howard. The following year, he was seen in the film, ‘U-571’.

He starred in ‘The Wedding Planner’, which was a massive commercial success, earning $94,728,529 at the box office. The film was at the number one position on the box office in the opening weekend.

He starred in the film, ‘Magic Mike’, a critical success that made it to several critics’ lists for the category of Best Filmin 2012. The film received the National Society of Film Critics Award and the Independent Spirit Award.

‘Dallas Buyers Club’ fetched him the Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama.