Matthew McConaughey: movies and TV shows
Matthew McConaughey has 154 credits in the archive: 99 films and 55 TV series, from 1952 to 2026. Highest rated: Brothers (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1952 – 2026 · busiest year: 2014 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bear Grylls is Running Wild | Self | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 2026 | Brothers | Matthew McConaughey | TV | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2026 | Brothers | TV | 10.0 | 56 | |
| 2026 | The Rivals of Amziah King | Amziah King | Film | — | 56 |
| 2026 | A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 2025 | The Lost Bus | Kevin McKay | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2025 | Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Cowboypool (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2024 | Sing: Thriller | Buster Moon (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 2024 | Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels | Narrator (voice) | Film | 2.0 | 54 |
| 2023 | Agent Elvis | Elvis (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2023 | Agent Elvis | TV | 6.9 | 53 | |
| 2023 | Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy | Larry Dickens | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2023 | Art-House America: Austin Film Society | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | TV | 5.6 | 52 | |
| 2022 | Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.8 | 52 |
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Buster Moon (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 51 |
| 2021 | Come Home | Buster Moon (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2021 | Roll Up Your Sleeves | Self | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2021 | 05 | Self | TV | — | 51 |
| 2020 | The Gentlemen | Michael Pearson | Film | 7.7 | 50 |
| 2020 | The Gentlemen | Film | 7.7 | 50 | |
| 2020 | The Oprah Conversation | Self | TV | 8.3 | 50 |
| 2020 | Thanks a Million | Self | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 2020 | Disclosure | Ron Woodroof (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 50 |
| 2020 | Cup of Joe | Self | TV | 5.7 | 50 |
| 2020 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read | Mike Damone | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 49 |
| 2019 | Today with Jenna & Sheinelle | Self | TV | 3.3 | 49 |
| 2019 | Serenity | Baker Dill | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 2019 | The Beach Bum | Moondog | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Matthew McConaughey | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2018 | Red Table Talk | Self | TV | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2018 | White Boy Rick | Richard Wershe Sr. | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2018 | Friedkin Uncut | Self | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | TV | 6.1 | 47 |
| 2017 | The Dark Tower | Walter O’Dim | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2017 | The Russell Howard Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2017 | U2 at The BBC | Self | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2016 | Sing | Buster Moon (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Beetle / Hanzo (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2016 | Gold | Kenny Wells | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2016 | Gold | Film | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 2016 | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party | Team Martha | TV | 8.5 | 46 |
| 2016 | Free State of Jones | Newton Knight | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2016 | The Sea of Trees | Arthur Brennan | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 2016 | Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | Self | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 45 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2015 | Inside 'Interstellar' | Self - 'Cooper' | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 44 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Cooper | Film | 8.5 | 44 |
| 2014 | True Detective | Rust Cohle | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 2014 | True Detective | TV | 8.3 | 44 | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 44 |
| 2014 | The Men in Blazers Show | Self | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2014 | The Science of Interstellar | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 2014 | Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey | Self | Film | 7.8 | 44 |
| 2014 | I Am Evel Knievel | Self | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2014 | 21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self - Actor | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 2014 | Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years | Self - Host | Film | — | 44 |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Mark Hanna | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 43 |
| 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | Ron Woodroof | Film | 7.9 | 43 |
| 2013 | Mud | Mud | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2013 | Synthesizers | Woodson | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2012 | Magic Mike | Dallas | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2012 | Killer Joe | Killer Joe Cooper | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2012 | The Paperboy | Ward Jansen | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 2012 | Bernie | Danny Buck Davidson | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 2012 | We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash | Self | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2012 | Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story | Self | Film | 2.0 | 42 |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Mickey Haller | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 39 |
| 2009 | Eastbound & Down | Roy McDaniel | TV | 7.4 | 39 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Connor Mead | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Rick Peck | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Ben 'Finn' Finnegan | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude | Steve Addington | Film | 4.6 | 38 |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude | Film | 4.6 | 38 | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 2007 | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Tripp | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 2006 | We Are Marshall | Jack Lengyel | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 2005 | Sahara | Dirk Pitt | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 2005 | Sahara | Film | 5.9 | 35 | |
| 2005 | Two for the Money | Brandon Lang | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 2005 | Making Dazed | Self | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Al Bean (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 2005 | My Crazy Life | TV | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 2005 | Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever | Self | TV | 5.9 | 34 |
| 2004 | Linklater: St. Richard of Austin | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 2004 | CMT Insider | Self | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 2004 | Paparazzi | Matthew McConaughey (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 33 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 33 |
| 2003 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Benjamin Barry | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV | 4.8 | 33 |
| 2002 | Frailty | Meiks | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 2002 | Reign of Fire | Denton Van Zan | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 2002 | Tiptoes | Steven | Film | 3.9 | 32 |
| 2001 | The Wedding Planner | Steve Edison | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Troy | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Matthew McConaughey | Film | 4.1 | 30 |
| 2000 | U-571 | Lt. Andrew Tyler | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 2000 | Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1999 | EDtv | Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1999 | Teen Choice Awards | Self | TV | 9.1 | 29 |
| 1999 | The Story of Darrell Royal | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Matthew McConaughey | TV | 7.4 | 28 |
| 1998 | TRL | Self | TV | 5.2 | 28 |
| 1998 | The Newton Boys | Willis Newton | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1998 | Making Sandwiches | Bud Hoagie | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Rad Thibodeaux (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 27 |
| 1997 | Behind the Music | Self | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1997 | Contact | Palmer Joss | Film | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1997 | Amistad | Roger Sherman Baldwin | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Jake Brigance | Film | 7.4 | 26 |
| 1996 | Scorpion Spring | El Rojo | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1996 | Lone Star | Buddy Deeds | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1996 | Larger Than Life | Tip Tucker | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| 1996 | The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary | Self | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit | Self | TV | 4.7 | 25 |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side | Abe Lincoln | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1995 | The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Vilmer | Film | 4.6 | 25 |
| 1995 | Submission | Film | 8.5 | 25 | |
| 1995 | Glory Daze | Rental Truck Guy | Film | 5.2 | 25 |
| 1995 | Judgement | Deputy Sam Taylor | Film | 7.8 | 25 |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Ben Williams | Film | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 23 |
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused | Wooderson | Film | 7.3 | 23 |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Guy #2 | Film | 5.7 | 23 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | TV | 5.4 | 22 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 18 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 18 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 14 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 5 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 17 |
| Sing 3 | Buster Moon (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| Positano | Film | — | — | ||
| The Brigands of Rattlecreek | Film | — | — | ||
| A Football Life:2006 Rose Bowl | Matthew McConaughey | Film | 10.0 | — | |
| Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes | Film | — | — | ||
| Untitled Mike Hammer Film | Mike Hammer | Film | — | — |