His involvement in projects like Interstellar and The Wolf of Wall Street helped put him in more serious dramatic work, while Dallas Buyer’s Club and the first season of True Detective brought accolades his way.
It’s hard to imagine someone else playing Jack Dawson, let alone Matthew McConaughey.
While the actor has enjoyed a long tenure in the movies, his critical success is more of a recent event.
But prior to that, he was mostly known as the King of Romantic Comedies.