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Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained notice for his supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), which was considered by many to be his breakout role. After a number of supporting roles in films including Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), his breakthrough performance as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). He followed this with leading performances in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), the comedy-drama The Newton Boys (1998), the satire EDtv (1999), the war film U-571 (2000), and the psychological thriller Frailty (2001). In the 2000s, McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), establishing him as a sex symbol. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in Bernie (2011), Magic Mike (2012) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and for his leading roles in Killer Joe (2011) and Mud (2012). McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him widespread praise and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014, he starred as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime anthology series True Detective, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His film roles since have included Interstellar (2014), The Sea of Trees (2015), Free State of Jones (2016), Gold (2016), The Dark Tower (2017), and The Gentlemen (2019), earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success, as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Sing (2016), and Sing 2 (2021). test
Matthew McConaughey
John "Rooster" Blain
for John "Rooster" Blain in As Time Goes By (TV Mini-Series)
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1. CASABLANCA War veteran John "Rooster" Blain has a bar in San Juan where you can buy a fake passport. Victor and Ilsa, a couple flee to the USA from the communists. Ilsa is John's ex-girlfriend and love blossoms again. Blain wants to run away with her, but realizes that she will be happier with Victor. At the end, a letter arrives that his mother has died. 2. SONS OF KATIE BLAINE John returns home. The home ranch is in the hands of Morgan Hastings and his father died under strange circumstances. He buried his mother in Clearwater. The 4 brothers go after Hastings, the fight begins. John becomes sheriff. 3. RIO BRAVO The Burdet brothers are causing a stir in town. Younger Joe shoots the unarmed and Sheriff John arrests him. Nathan Burdet and his men thus start a war. John has Tom "Dude" Blaine and old Stumpy by his side. They will face multiple odds. 4. TRUE GRIT Mattie Ross leaves the farm to find and bury her father. Companion Tom Chaney killed him. Mattie is looking for a man to catch Chaney. She hired John and they go to the mountains together and catch him. 5. ROOSTER BLAINE Sheriff Rooster is fired for shooting and drinking too much. Judge Parker asks him to find and bring back a car loaded with weapons and explosives that has been seized by a gang led by the dreaded Hawk. 6. THE SHOOTIST Aging John comes to the city to hide and fight the hardest battle, with an insidious disease. His fame as an unbeaten marksman haunts him.
