2014 Academy Awards: McConaughey Named Best Actor For 'Dallas Buyers Club'

As expected, Matthew McConaughey was named Best Actor at the 2014 Academy Awards for his gut-retching performance as Ron Woodruff in 'Dallas Buyers Club'.

Held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 2nd, 2014, the handsome actor defeated fellow nominees Bruce Dern,Leonardo DiCaprio, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christian Bale.

In his speech, McConaughey talked about always striving to have three things in his life: someone to look up to (God), someone to look forward to (his family) and someone to chase (himself ten years in the future). Watch his speech beneath: