Matthew McConaughey Biography

Biography

hours a day. His life turned from ordinary to famous to fiasco when his brother cheated on him and all the family secrets were revealed. In his real life, Matthew was also exposed to media after a scandalous case of possessing marijuana. That night in 1999, a neighbor complained of noises from his house and called for the police. The officer sent broke into his house and found the naked Matthew who bongo danced with his actor friend Cole Hauser. He spent a night in prison but was released soon after proved innocent and paid a $50 fine. Recalling the night he said, "I don't want to rent a place there, but it was a nice stay for a night."

After hitting the bottom, he was back on his feet by leaving his 'boyish' status to appear in an Oscar winning motion picture "U-571" (2000) as Lt. Andrew Tyler and to take things easier, he added a romantic comedy "The Wedding Planner" (2001), an action fantasy "Reign of Fire" (2002) plus his romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" with Kate Hudson. In the big budgeted "Sahara" (2005), Matthew was featured as the fictional adventurer, Dirk Pitt ...

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who had to find out the source of pollution in West Africa while Penelope Cruz played a scientist sent by WHO to trace a plague happening at the same place. The two met and realized that they were battling the same problem. To portray a maximum characterization, Matthew had a camel riding lessons and weapon training. He even traveled alone through a landlocked country, Mali long before the production to get the picture of how the condition and location were. Unlike the budget which was as high as $170,000,000, the rating for this film didn't reach the top nor did it gain numerous awards. For the least, the 2005 Teen Choice Awards nominated Matthew and Cruz for Choice Movie Liplock and the two became real life lovers off screen.

Matthew closed the year 2005 with "Two for the Money" where he teamed up with Pacino to play two people rolling in money through football not by playing but gambling. Meanwhile, 2006 turned to be a busier period as he got the chance playing opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in "Failure to Launch" while highlighting sports drama "We Are Marshall" alongside Matthew Fox and David Strathairn. Sad to say, the schedule had ...