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| Matthew Mcconaughey |
Name: Matthew McConaughey
Birth Name: Matthew David McConaughey
Height: 6' 0½
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: November 4, 1969
Birth Place: Uvalde, Texas, USA
Profession: actor, producer
Education: University of Texas at Austin (majored in Film)
Longview High School, Longview, Texas (graduated in 1988)
Relationship: Penelope Cruz, (actress, b. April 28, 1974; dating since summer 2004, met while filming Sahara; broke up in May 2006), Sandra Bullock (actress; dated off and on for two years), Ashley Judd (actress; dated 1996), Patricia Arquette (actress; dated 1994)
Father: Jim (National Football League defensive end; returned to the oil business in Texas after his career with the Green Bay Packers ended; died of a heart attack on August 17, 1992)
Mother: Kay McConaughey (a school teacher; born 1930)
Brother: Pat McConaughey (salesman; born 1962), Rooster McConaughey (actor; August 2, 1954)
Claim to fame: as Jake Tyler Brigance in A Time to Kill (1996)
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| Did you know that Matthew... |
Member of Delta Tau Delta Internation Fraternity.
Was the first choice to play the lead in TITANIC (1997).
Travelled around Peru after filming A TIME TO KILL (1996)
Voted Most Handsome in his Senior year of high school.
Was paid $1,000,000 for AMISTAD (1997)
His father played football for the Green Bay Packers during the 1967-68 season.
Pet: A dog, Miss Hud
Favorite sport: Golf
Favorite Fast food: Sonic burgers
Favorite book: The Greatest Salesman in the World, by Og Mandino
Appeared in music videos for Trisha Yearwood's Walkaway Joe and John Mellencamp's Key West Intermezzo?
His first professional acting job was a beer commercial
His brother Michael, who's known as Rooster, had a bit part in The Newton Boys
His production company's name, JKL Productions, comes from Wooderson's life credo: Just Keep Livin'!
Has a habit of naming things, his favorite coat, his cars, etc.
Doesn't believe in cursing in front of women.
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