# List of awards and nominations received by Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey is an American actor and producer who rose to prominence with his role in the 1993 ensemble comedy film Dazed and Confused. The film was well received by critics. Since then, McConaughey has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, an MTV Movie Award and a People’s Choice Award. He has also been nominated for five Teen Choice Awards and two Emmys.
Three years after his role in Dazed and Confused, in 1996, McConaughey played the lead role of a lawyer in the movie A Time to Kill, for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. His next appearances—in the science fiction drama Contact (1997), alongside Jodie Foster, and the war film U-571 (2000)—garnered him two Blockbuster Entertainment Award nominations. In the early 2000s, he starred in multiple romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001) and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), for which he received four Teen Choice Award nominations. He received two more nominations and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Action Star for his role in the 2005 action-comedy film Sahara.
McConaughey received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Bernie (2011) and Magic Mike (2012) and was also awarded the Critics' Choice Movie Award in the same category for the latter. He played the role of a hit man in the black comedy crime film Killer Joe (2011) for which he was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Actor. In the same year, McConaughey starred in Mud (2012), which earned him the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award. The following year, McConaughey played lead role of Ron Woodroof, a real life AIDS patient in the 1980s, in the biopic drama Dallas Buyers Club to critical acclaim. He won the Academy Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in the film. In 2014, he starred in the epic sci-fi Interstellar for which he received a Saturn Award for Best Actor nomination. In November of the same year, he was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. McConaughey co-produced and acted in the crime anthology television series True Detective, which earned him Lead Actor nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Television Award and a Golden Globe. He also received two Primetime Emmy nominations, one for his role as an actor and other for his role as an executive producer as well as a Producers Guild of America Award nomination. For his roles in the war film Free State of Jones and Gold (both 2016), he was nominated for the Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the Saturn Award for Best Actor, respectively.

## Awards and nominations

| Organizations | Year | Category/award | Work | Result |
| AACTA International Awards | 2014 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2014 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| EDA Awards | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2012 | Special Honorary Award | Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, The Paperboy | Won |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1998 | Favorite Actor – Drama | Contact | Nominated |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 2001 | Favorite Actor – Action | U-571 | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2013 | Best Cast | The Wolf of Wall Street | Runner-up |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1997 | Most Promising Actor | A Time to Kill | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Crime Thriller Awards | 2014 | The Best Actor Dagger | True Detective | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Magic Mike | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2014 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2014 | Best Acting Ensemble | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | True Detective | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Magic Mike | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Mud | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Ensemble | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2014 | Film Performance of the Year – Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Dorian Awards | 2015 | TV Performance of the Year - Actor | True Detective | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2012 | Best Actor | Killer Joe | 5th place |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2013 | Best Actor | Mud | 6th place |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | 2015 | Best TV Actor | True Detective | Won |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Male | Magic Mike | Won |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2013 | Best Male Lead | Killer Joe | Nominated |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Best Male Lead | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2014 | Robert Altman Award | Mud | Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2003 | Best Cast | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Won |
| Goldene Kamera Awards | 2013 | Best International Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2015 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | True Detective | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 2019 | Worst Actor | Serenity | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Ensemble | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2012 | Best Ensemble Cast | Bernie | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2016 | Ensemble of the Year | Gold | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Magic Mike | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Mud | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2014 | Best International Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 1997 | Best Breakthrough Performance | A Time to Kill | Won |
| MTV Movie Awards | 2014 | Best On-Screen Transformation | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 2014 | Best Male Performance | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 2014 | Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Jared Leto) | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Bernie, Magic Mike | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Bernie, Magic Mike | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Mud | Nominated |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2014 | Desert Palm Achievement Award | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| People's Choice Awards | 2006 | Favorite Male Action Star | Sahara | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | True Detective | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Drama Series | True Detective | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | True Detective | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Award | 2015 | Best Episodic Drama | True Detective | Nominated |
| Rome Film Festival | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2015 | Foreign Actor of the Year | Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, The Wolf of Wall Street, True Detective | Won |
| Russian National Movie Awards | 2015 | Foreign Hero of the Year | Interstellar | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Killer Joe | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Sant Jordi Awards | 2014 | Best Foreign Actor | Mud | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Actor | Killer Joe | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2015 | Best Actor | Interstellar | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2017 | Best Actor | Gold | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Dallas Buyers Club | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | True Detective | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Runner-up |
| TCA Awards | 2014 | Individual Achievement in Drama | True Detective | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2001 | Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Jennifer Lopez) | The Wedding Planner | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2003 | Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Kate Hudson) | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2003 | Choice Movie Liar | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2005 | Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Penélope Cruz) | Sahara | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2005 | Choice Movie Actor: Action/Thriller | Sahara | Nominated |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Runner-up |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Bernie | 9th place |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Killer Joe | 5th place |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Magic Mike | Won |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2012 | Best Actor | Killer Joe | 7th place |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | 8th place |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actor | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2016 | Best Actor | Free State of Jones | Nominated |

## Other honors

| Year | Award |
| 2006 | Texas Film Hall of Fame |
| 2014 | American Cinematheque Award |
| 2014 | Texas Exes Distinguished Alumni Award |
| 2015 | New Orleans Film Society Celluloid Hero Award |