Top 5 Matthew McConaughey Performances Where He Plays Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey has done some outstanding performances, but those that really stand out become eerily familiar of each other. Whether it be by emphasising his accent, his laid back personality or the way he speaks it becomes clear... he is playing himself.

5. Dazed & Confused

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Even though the character of David Wooderson was only a camero, he has become the most memorable role of the film. Although, the most interesting aspect of this film is how this is exactly what McConaughey would have been like during his teen years. High on drugs, driving a nice car, listening to Rock n Roll and trying to pick up girls. A winning combination.

4. Lincoln Commercial

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Even though this isn't a feature length film you can't deny; if anyone was chilling out in the middle of nowhere in a random car talking to a bull to see if he can pass...it's going to be Matthew McConaughey.

3. Interstellar

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This Christopher Nolan epic received mixed reviews; some loved it, others hated it. Although the most interesting aspect of this films is this; it would take for the world to be collapsing for Matthew McConaughey to become what he should have always been, a god damn farmer in the middle of rural America.

2. True Detective

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McConaughey's character of Detective Rust Cohle in HBO's True Detective is arguably one of the most well written and expertly acted roles that has come to the small screen. But think about this and tell me that it's not true, every monologue that Rust has, every word could be the blurb on the back of McConaughey's biography.

1. The Best Actor Speech at the Oscars

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I know I know this isn't a film, T.V show or even a commercial. But come on...he thanked himself at the end of the speech!