ACTOR

Matthew McConaughey

1969 - Today

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Matthew David McConaughey ( mə-KON-ə-hay; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew McConaughey has received more than 45,188,271 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Matthew McConaughey is the 478th most popular actor (down from 399th in 2019), the 872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 758th in 2019) and the 235th most popular American Actor.

Matthew McConaughey is most famous for his performances in the films "Dazed and Confused," "A Time to Kill," "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," "The Wedding Planner," "Failure to Launch," "The Lincoln Lawyer," "Magic Mike," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Interstellar," and "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Memorability Metrics

  • 45M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Matthew McConaughey ranks 478 out of 13,578. Before him are Alida Valli, Stéphane Audran, Joan Collins, Errol Flynn, Joaquin Phoenix, and Alberto Sordi. After him are Jason Robards, Robert Carlyle, Ginger Rogers, Steve Buscemi, Michael Lonsdale, and Linda Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Matthew McConaughey ranks 12. Before him are Cate Blanchett, Matthew Perry, Gabriel Batistuta, Gerard Butler, Renée Zellweger, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. After him are Javier Bardem, Edward Norton, Linus Torvalds, Dennis Bergkamp, Steffi Graf, and Antonio Conte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew McConaughey ranks 872 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Schultz (1902), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), John Sherman (1823), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Sinclair Lewis (1885), and Vivian Maier (1926). After him are Jason Robards (1922), Wyatt Earp (1848), John Reed (1887), Hulk Hogan (1953), Raymond Carver (1938), and Ginger Rogers (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Matthew McConaughey ranks 235. Before him are Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), Mark Margolis (1939), Lex Barker (1919), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Powers Boothe (1948). After him are Jason Robards (1922), Ginger Rogers (1911), Steve Buscemi (1957), Linda Hamilton (1956), Winona Ryder (1971), and Carole Lombard (1908).

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