About Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, poet and writer born on November 4, 1969 in Uvalde, Texas, United States. In 2014, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the drama film Dallas Buyers Club and starred in Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar. In 2019, McConaughey became a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as Minister of Culture/M.O.C. for the University of Texas and the City of Austin.He published 3 books, Poems & Prayers (2025), is a collection of poetry and prayers inspired by proverbs and McConaughey's own experiences. The Poems and Prayers came along because I found myself getting a little bit too cynical, he said. The book’s prose is inspired by proverbs and sections from the Old Testament, as well as McConaughey’s own daydreams, nightmares and musings. The actor is also the author of the bestselling memoir Greenlights which shot to the top of the best-seller lists and was sold more than six million copies worldwide and the children's book Just Because.
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I Write Poetry because I Believe Life Rhymes. FOR MORE MEANING IS WHY I PRAY. AND WHEN THE RHYME MATTERS AND THE MEANINGS IN VERSE. IT'S A HEAVEN-SENT PARLAY.
