"Ultimately, we felt Matthew was at the right moment in his career, and matched our collective brand values and mindsets of being warm, inviting, and authentic. We weren't looking for a celebrity face but a true collaborator, and we found that in Matthew."

Lincoln's 494-hp plug-in-hybrid version of its mid-size crossover, the 2020 Aviator Grand Touring, stars in a new commercial in a cloud of billowing purple smoke. Perplexingly calm actor Matthew McConaughey is behind the wheel of the ad, which debuted over the weekend.

Perhaps on the basis of its popularity, McConaughey became linked to the Lincoln brand in such a way that he went on to star in a series of commercials from 2015 to 2020. The car spots reportedly drove sales for Lincoln. They were certainly memorable.

He currently has a $4 million contract with Lincoln, which makes him the highest-paid creative director in advertising. Lincoln reported a 25% increase in sales since McConaughey's ads have aired.

Software company Salesforce unveiled a #TeamEarth sustainability platform at the Super Bowl with brand partner Matthew McConaughey advocating for business leaders to work on helping our planet rather than dreaming up ways to retreat to Mars or the metaverse.

McConaughey advocates using technology to restore the resources we need on Earth. The call-to-action commercial, co-created by McConaughey, originally aired during the Winter Olympics and then again during the super bowl as part of Salesforce's #TeamEarth campaign, which focuses on fighting climate change.

Then last September, a pensive Matthew McConaughey, still basking in the Oscar-tinted golden glow of the McConaissance, appeared in an ad for the Lincoln MKC. The campaign thrust the carmaker into the white-hot social-media spotlight, and if it didn't completely reinvent the brand, it recast it.

Lincoln Continental “Entrance,” a new Matthew McConaughey Lincoln Continental TV spot for the “That's Continental” campaign featuring Matthew McConaughey, was shot on a shimmering glacial plain about 160 miles from Reykjavík, Iceland, with black sand and shallow water offset by a stunning, stark horizon.

People like David Beckham, Will Smith, Sandra Bullock, Sinbad, and Dax Shepard are Driving Lincolns, Which Means You Probably Should, Too. We'll say this for the paparazzi, they sure make it easy finding out who drives what. A quick Google search for the folks listed above connects them with a variety of Lincoln models ...

It is one of 10 Taylor Sheridan-led projects that McCarthy is working on for Paramount. So, no, McConaughey isn't replacing Costner on Yellowstone. According to People, a source close to the situation said that McConaughey and Taylor Sheridan have been looking to join up for a project.

$160 million Matthew McConaughey is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $160 million.

Salesforce Salesforce agreed to pay McConaughey $10 million a year to serve as its "creative adviser and TV pitchman," The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the arrangement.