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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

Jack Reynolds
for Jack Reynolds in Operation Republic
Suggested by jakubduda

Czechia, one of the US closest allies is in a political crisis. The Prime Minister and gov take control of parliament, security forces and media, destroy democracy and bring the country closer to Russia. Against the will of Czechs and Slovaks majority, they restore the Czechoslovak Federal Republic. After changing constitution, the president is stripped of power and isolated. When his convoy is taken over by the federal security service, president secretly contact potus and warn him that the government is preparing absolute takeover of Czechia. Washington discovers that the PM wants to sign a secret agreement with Russia within a few days. The US cant intervene openly, they send 8 men separately under false identities of businessmen, technicians and foreign workers. Their task is not to kill the Prime Minister, but to find the President, obtain evidence of the Russia plan and unite people within the army, police and state administration who still reject the regime. They discovers that government wants to provoke violence during the largest demonstration using its own provocateurs, arrest opponents, postpone the elections, declare state of emergency and remove the president. The 8 manage to obtain secret documents, but one of the them is captured and the regime begins to suspect an American operation. On demonstration day, units got an order to intervene against crowd. With the help of the 8, president manages to speak live to the nation from where he is held and publish evidence. He calls on everyone to refuse illegal orders. Some units stop obeying the gov and army commanders turn against the prime. The prime loses power. Last loyal units are disarmed and he tries to escape with the help of Russians. However, he is stopped and arrested by his own soldiers, Russians killed. There are free elections and a referendum. Czechia and Slovakia divided. 8 Americans disappear from the country. Their operation will never be officially confirmed.