After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s, McConaughey gained notice for his breakout role in Dazed and Confused (1993). McConaughey attended the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity and lived at The Castilian residence hall. On September 10, 2000, he appears as himself on the show Sex and the City on HBO, talking with Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) about optioning her columns to make a movie. Matthew’s production company, j.k. livin, is currently in development on projects with Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. His foundation is called j.k. livin foundation (all lower-case), which “is dedicated to helping teenage kids lead active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women.” On October 26, 1999, McConaughey was arrested in Austin, Texas, for resisting arrest following a disturbance in the early hours of the morning and for possession of cannabis.
