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Matthew McConaughey's acting career includes over 40 films. He made his breakthrough by starring in Richard Linklater's coming of age comedy Dazed and Confused in 1993. His first lead role was in the 1996 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel A Time to Kill. During the 2000s, McConaughey was typecast as a romantic comedy lead in the films The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), and Failure to Launch (2006). In the early 2010s, McConaughey became better known for his dramatic roles. He played Mickey Haller in The Lincoln Lawyer, and reunited with Linklater on the black comedy Bernie (both 2011). His role as Ron Woodroof in the 2013 biographical drama Dallas Buyers Club garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014, he played detective Rust Cohle in the crime drama series True Detective which earned him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy. (Full list...)