Where does Matthew McConaughey live? The actor, a native of Uvalde, Texas, embraced a rather nomadic lifestyle early in his career, spending much of his time residing in a mobile home until settling down with homes in the Hollywood Hills and a mansion in Malibu. These days, however, McConaughey lives a lot closer to his roots: He and his wife, Camila Alves, live full-time in Austin with their three children. To learn more about the Oscar-winning actor’s digs, read on.
A room at the Chateau Marmont
According to an interview with The Gentleman’s Journal, McConaughey started renting a room at the famed Chateau Marmont hotel in 2000 after scoring his leading role in The Wedding Planner alongside Jennifer Lopez. During his wild two-year stint there, the actor told the outlet, he partied, tanned poolside, and sneaked into the hotel’s kitchen to cook steaks in the middle of the night. “I did witness some wild stuff,” McConaughey told the outlet in 2020. “Most of it was good-hearted fun, where everyone was having a good time. It’s a little loose over there for a reason, and the Chateau has always been a place that promotes a bit of mischief.”
Cattle ranch
In 2001, the Texas native bought property in his home state, spending roughly $500,000 on a 1,600-acre cattle ranch in the small town of Mertzon, along with his brother as co-owner. The land is still in operation as a Black Angus beef business, though McConaughey’s current involvement is unclear. Known as LP Ranch, the business came under fire in 2015 for its deer-hunting offerings; at the time, a representative for McConaughey said that he hadn’t owned the property since 2011. However, a 2013 Men’s Journal interview with the actor reported that he was the ranch’s owner and occasionally used it as a “hideout” (though it was run by family members), and Robb Report referred to McConaughey as co-owner of the land in 2023.
Hollywood Hills compound
Ready to put down some more permanent Los Angeles roots, the Interstellar actor snapped up a house in the Hollywood Hills in 2002. Built in 1978, the four-bedroom Spanish hacienda cost McConaughey about $2.08 million. Perched near the Sunset Strip, the residence spanned 4,300 square feet, with a double-height foyer, an eat-in kitchen, five bathrooms, a fireplace-warmed living room, and a primary suite complete with another fireplace, a walk-in closet, a steam shower, and French doors spilling out onto a balcony. The quarter-acre lot also hosted a swimming pool, a koi pond, an outdoor shower, a sauna, and a firepit. The following year, McConaughey bought an adjacent three-bedroom home for $1.3 million, and then completed his three-parcel compound in 2004 with the purchase of a two-bedroom dwelling, also priced at $1.3 million.
In 2006, the True Detective star toured the main home on an episode of Oprah. Later that year, he separately listed all three parcels. Ultimately, the two-bedroom sold for $1.5 million, the three-bedroom went for $1.49 million, and the four-bedroom main house changed hands for $3.2 million. This was also around the time McConaughey started dating Alves.
Airstream mobile home
In 2008, the Dazed and Confused actor opened the doors of his customized Airstream trailer, which he had purchased four years prior, for an Architectural Digest tour. “If it looks good but it’s not functional, then it’s not worth anything,” he said at the time. Luckily, his space was designed with practicality in mind: The 28-foot-long mobile home, which McConaughey nicknamed The Canoe, fit a banquette, a custom-built table with low stools, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a bed alcove. The latter had a “a great window right above your pillow, so when you wake up in the morning, you’re looking right at the ocean or wherever your backyard is that day,” McConaughey told AD. “It’s just a really cozy place to sleep.”
The Canoe’s usual parking spot was in Malibu—McConaughey is one among several notable names who have owned plots at the area’s exclusive Paradise Cove Mobile Home Park—though it’s unclear if he still maintains it.
Malibu mansion
McConaughey purchased a more permanent home in Malibu in 2007, paying $10 million in an off-market deal for a 1949-built Point Dume pad, nestled on a plot spanning a little over an acre. The 3,500-square-foot house had four bedrooms and three bathrooms. In 2020, the actor—by then eight years into his marriage to Alves and with three children in tow—sold the property to Oscar-winning filmmaker Phil Lord for $14.8 million.
Home in Austin, Texas
The Lost Bus star expanded his Texas holdings in 2012 when he bought a Spanish-style mansion on Lake Austin, according to Curbed. Though the final sale price wasn’t disclosed, the nine-acre property had most recently been listed at around $4 million. Built in 1997, the 10,800-square-foot mansion featured seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an elevator, a dual-island kitchen, and a courtyard with a fountain at the time of McConaughey’s purchase. There was also a stone guesthouse on the property. The same year it was purchased, McConaughey and Alves were married at the home. It is currently their primary residence. “My family’s here,” the actor said in 2024. “I did want to come back [to Texas] when Camila and I started a family. I wanted them to have what I grew up around.”
Hawaii house
In December 2020, McConaughey spent $7.85 million for a freshly built six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in a private beach and golf community in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The 5,300-square-foot dwelling boasts two primary suites equipped with private lanais and outdoor showers, a wine cellar, a media room, an office, two swimming pools (one of which is a 66-foot infinity pool), two firepits, a bocce ball court, and an outdoor kitchen. Design details include wide-plank oak floors, custom teak cabinets, and cedar sliding doors.
Austin surf club
McConaughey’s latest real estate acquisition is reportedly a yet-to-be-completed surfing community outside of Austin, Texas. Developed in partnership with surfer Kelly Slater, the Austin Surf Club broke ground in January 2025, with plans to develop over 140 condos and homes, a brewery, a café, a restaurant, a clubhouse, and an artificial wave pool. According to reports, McConaughey is behind the sale of one of the community’s home sites.
