Biography matthew mcconaughey

Despite being one of Hollywood's most popular male leads, having millions in the bank and being dubbed 2005's 'Sexiest Man Alive', Matthew McConaughey remains the free-spirited, easy-going Texan he's always been.

Matthew McConaughey's early life and career

Born the youngest of three brothers in Uvalde, Texas, on November 4, 1969, Matthew David McConaughey had what he describes as a conservative Christian upbringing with dad Jim, a former American footballer turned gas station owner, and teacher mum Katherine.

By the time he reached high school the blue-eyed boy was already setting hearts racing, getting voted "most handsome" in his senior year.

At 18 he took off for Australia for a year, because, as he says: "I didn't know what the hell I wanted to do.

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I knew I wanted to go to (college) but didn't know what I wanted to study. I didn't know what I wanted to be. But I knew I liked travel a