Matthew McConaughey shows off his toned abs in a throwback photo alongside a red Datsun 

He rose to fame in the early 90s as a Hollywood heartthrob. 

And Matthew McConaughey took fans back with an undated throwback showing off his toned torso. 

The 50-year-old actor shared the photo to Instagram on Thursday, as he posed alongside a bright red Datsun sports car. 

Throwback:Matthew McConaughey took fans back with an undated throwback showing off his toned torso. The 50-year-old actor shared the photo to Instagram on Thursday, as he posed alongside a bright red Datsun sports car 

In the photo a bleach blonde Matthew leaned against the sparkling sports car in a driveway. 

Brick houses, lush green lawns and shady trees point to easy suburban life behind him in the photo.  

He wore only white cutoff denim shorts and dark black sunglasses with no shirt and no shoes. 

‘Candy red and T-tops,’ pointing to the color and features of his former ride. 

Favorite things: 'Candy red and T-tops,' pointing to the color and features of his former ride (pictured in 2020)

Favorite things: ‘Candy red and T-tops,’ pointing to the color and features of his former ride (pictured in 2020)

Last month it was reported the Oscar-winning actor will be writing a book based on a diary he kept for 35 years.  

‘This is not a traditional memoir, or an advice book, but rather a playbook based on adventures in my life,’ McConaughey, 50, said in a statement about Greenlights, which comes out October 20.

‘Adventures that have been significant, enlightening, and funny, sometimes because they were meant to be but mostly because they didn’t try to be,’ he said. 

Matthew used to date Sandra Bullock after they worked together on his breakout film A Time To Kill and Penelope Cruz, whom he helped cast in the adventure film Sahara. 

From the heart: Last month it was reported the Oscar-winning actor will be writing a book based on a diary he kept for 35 years. Seen in 2014

From the heart: Last month it was reported the Oscar-winning actor will be writing a book based on a diary he kept for 35 years. Seen in 2014 

‘He found not only stories, questions, truths, and affirmations, but also a reliable theme,’ Crown announced.

He is now wed to Camila Alves with whom he has three children – Levi, 12, Vida, 10 and Livingston, aged seven. 

‘From growing up as an adventurous kid in a tough-love Texas home of rule breakers, to revelatory journeys to Australia, Peru, and Mali, to his early days in Hollywood, and meteoric rise to fame,’ the announcement read. 

His big break: The actor, right, with a co-star in his first big film, 1993's Dazed And Confused

His big break: The actor, right, with a co-star in his first big film, 1993’s Dazed And Confused

Adding: ‘McConaughey shares how his life experiences have instilled in him the importance of competent values, the power of new experiences, and, as he puts it, either changing your reality or changing how you see it.’

This comes after McConaughey said he keeps his late father’s ‘spirit alive’ by talking to him.

The versatile actor explained his Just Keep Livin’ mantra stemmed from the way he responded to his dad’s death and made it his outlook on life as he’s found there is nothing that can’t be made ‘better’ by the slogan, which is also the name of his foundation.

He had good taste in women: The handsome star used to date Sandra Bullock; seen in 1997

He had good taste in women: The handsome star used to date Sandra Bullock; seen in 1997

‘In 1992, I was five days into shooting Dazed and Confused’and I got a phone call that my father had passed on,’ he told Town & Country.

‘I drove to Houston to be with my family. I was with them for five days, and they told me to get back to work. The first night back, I was walking around and it hit me that my father was no longer here, but I could still keep his spirit alive if I talked aloud to him.’

He added, ‘So, 28 years later, I’ve been unable to find anything that isn’t better if you take that mantra and slap it on it.  

Family ties: McConaughey, his mother Kay McCabe, his wife and their three children, Levi Alves McConaughey, Livingston Alves McConaughey and Vida Alves McConaughey in 2019

Family ties: McConaughey, his mother Kay McCabe, his wife and their three children, Levi Alves McConaughey, Livingston Alves McConaughey and Vida Alves McConaughey in 2019

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