Matthew McConaughey Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth & Biography

Matthew McConaughey age 57 has become one of the most searched celebrity facts of the year, and the Oscar winner remains one of the most distinctive voices in Hollywood more than three decades after Dazed and Confused made him famous. Born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas, McConaughey went from romantic-comedy leading man to Academy Award winner, from blockbuster star to the author of a bestselling memoir and a professor at the University of Texas. Today he is worth an estimated $160 million.

Matthew McConaughey Quick Facts

Full Name	Matthew David McConaughey
Date of Birth	November 4, 1969
Age	57 years old
Birthplace	Uvalde, Texas, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Wife	Camila Alves (married 2012)
Children	3 (Levi, born 2008; Vida, born 2010; Livingston, born 2012)
Occupation	Actor, producer, author
Net Worth	Approx. $160 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	Dallas Buyers Club; Interstellar; True Detective; Dazed and Confused; The Wolf of Wall Street

Who Is Matthew McConaughey?

Matthew McConaughey is an American actor, producer and author best known for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club in 2013, and for his career reinvention that critics dubbed the McConaissance. After a decade as the shirtless romantic lead of comedies such as The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, he took on darker, more demanding roles, winning the Oscar for playing Ron Woodroof, a man diagnosed with HIV who smuggled unapproved medicines into Texas, a part for which he lost more than 40 pounds.

He followed the Oscar with a run of career-defining work, including the film Interstellar in 2014, the acclaimed first season of True Detective on HBO in 2014 as detective Rust Cohle, and The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013. His first film role, as the older teenager David Wooderson in Dazed and Confused in 1993, gave him his signature line, “Alright, alright, alright,” which he has used ever since. His 2020 memoir Greenlights became a New York Times bestseller, and he co-starred with Kate Hudson in the hit romantic comedies How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Fool’s Gold.

Matthew McConaughey’s Early Life & Background

Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen, was a kindergarten teacher, and his father, James Donald McConaughey, was an oil-pipe supplier who had played college football. He grew up in Longview, Texas, the youngest of three brothers, and spent a year as an exchange student in Australia, where he worked washing dishes and cleaning chicken coops. He has often said the year abroad taught him to be self-reliant.

He enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied film, graduating in 1993. While he was still a student, he was spotted by casting director Don Phillips in a bar in Austin and offered a small part in the coming-of-age film Dazed and Confused, directed by Richard Linklater. His character, the laid-back Wooderson, was only meant to appear in a few scenes, but Linklater expanded the role after seeing McConaughey’s performance, and the film launched his career.

Matthew McConaughey’s Career

After Dazed and Confused, McConaughey took a series of supporting roles before his first leading part in the legal drama A Time to Kill in 1996, based on the novel by John Grisham. He then appeared in Contact in 1997, Amistad in 1997 and The Newton Boys in 1998, before becoming a romantic-comedy star with The Wedding Planner in 2001, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in 2003 and Failure to Launch in 2006. He also starred in the survival drama Sahara in 2005, the football film We Are Marshall in 2006 and Fool’s Gold in 2008.

From 2011, he began choosing more ambitious work, starting with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer and the dark comedies Bernie and Killer Joe. His run of acclaimed films included Magic Mike in 2012, the coming-of-age drama Mud in 2012 and Dallas Buyers Club in 2013, which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. The same year he played the stockbroker Mark Hanna in The Wolf of Wall Street, and in 2014 he starred in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and in the first season of True Detective, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. He has since appeared in The Dark Tower in 2017, White Boy Rick in 2018 and The Gentlemen in 2019, voiced Buster Moon in the animated Sing films, published his memoir Greenlights in 2020 and taught film as a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin.

Facts About Matthew McConaughey

• He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club (2013), losing more than 40 pounds to play Ron Woodroof.
• His catchphrase “Alright, alright, alright” from Dazed and Confused (1993) came from his character’s first lines in the film and from the words of Jim Morrison.
• His 2020 memoir Greenlights became a New York Times bestseller.
• He has been a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin since 2019.
• He met his wife, Camila Alves, in 2006 at a bar in Los Angeles, and they married in 2012.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Matthew McConaughey?

Matthew McConaughey is 57 years old. He was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas, and turned 57 in November 2026.

How tall is Matthew McConaughey?

Matthew McConaughey is 6 feet 0 inches tall (1.83 m).

Who is Matthew McConaughey’s wife?

Matthew McConaughey’s wife is Camila Alves McConaughey, a model and designer. They married in 2012 and have three children together.

What is Matthew McConaughey’s net worth?

Matthew McConaughey’s net worth is approx. $160 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026), earned from acting, producing, his memoir Greenlights and endorsement deals.

What is Matthew McConaughey’s Instagram?

Matthew McConaughey’s Instagram handle is @officiallymcconaughey.

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