matthew mcconaughey - transformation to a great actor?

he is on a huge roll right now and has established himself as an A list

go to IMBD and look at his roles since lincoln lawyer 4 years ago. hes done a great job and is a great actor

I really hope he wins the oscar

Sweep the SAG, Globe, Oscar would be pretty impressive

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so when did he move from being a run of the mill white dude to delivering great performances?

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I was talking about this to a few people last week. MM has absolutely transformed in the last few years from the shirtless rom com guy to a highly respected actor. You really see his acting chops in HBO's True Detective of late, and of course Dallas Buyer's Club, Mud, and even Magic Mike.

MM interviewed with SVP on ESPN a few weeks back and said that a few years ago he reached a point where he decided he had never actually challenged himself with the acting roles he usually took. So he made a concerted effort to go beyond his comfort zone and take roles that required more of what he was accustomed to.

You're really seeing his talent of late IMO. His last few roles, and HBO's True Detective, have totally changed my opinion of the guy.

He will always be David Wooderson to me.

I've enjoyed most of his performances. He was good in Contact, one of my favorite movies. Mud was good. Haven't seen Dallas Buyers Club, Wolf of Wall Street or True Detective.

he has always been a good actor, just hasnt received any good roles.

he loses weight, then everyone takes him more seriously

He did a lot of those rom-coms prior to having a kid and getting married. After he had his kid and got married, I'm assuming he swore off the insane amount of tail throwing themselves at him and decided to actually focus on things other than drugs, sex, and making piles of money doing shitty movies. He decided to get back into what he was doing professionally and challenge himself doing that, rather than challenging himself to see how many hot extras and young starlets he could notch into his bedpost.

He has always been a fine actor. Great even. He was great in A Time to Kill, Amistad, U-571 and Frailty; good in Contact, EdTV, and We Are Marshall. I even enjoyed him in Sahara, though that was certainly a fun movie, rather than a real stretch for him as an actor. I think after doing Fool's Gold he had probably already signed on for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and decided: "That's the last one." He had plenty of money, life had settled down for him, and he decided to reinvent his image. He's done a helluva job at it, that's for sure. I can't wait to see what he does next.

He's certainly made some fantastic choices lately. My favorite roles of his are also the more recent: Mud, Dallas, TD. All solid dramatic acting-though he hasn't really had to stretch beyond Texas guy in any of those roles. Even in Dallas Buyer's (after apparently going on a tapeworm diet for the part) he's still pickin fights & bein smooth with the laadays. I don't mean that as a knock, and own Mud & DBC. I'm just thankful when I don't have to suffer through an awful accent in an otherwise good film.

I think "Failure to Launch" was his breakout role.