Matthew McConaughey is opening up about his father's bare naked truth. The Magic Mike star sat down with the Guardian for an interview published over the weekend - and shared some stripped down details of his father's passing. While speaking about his new book Poems & Prayers, Matthew reflected on learning of his father James Donald McConaughey's death in 1992 at age 62: "When I got that call, it was a Monday afternoon, and I was in Austin, and they were in Houston. Mom said: 'Your dad has moved on,' but she didn't tell me on the initial call how. When I got back, she told me.