The Dallas Buyers Club Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

In 1986, Ron Woodroof, a tough Texas electrician, is diagnosed with AIDS and is given six months to live. Frustrated with the lack of available medical options and unwilling to accept a death sentence, Woodroof finds a lifeline using alternative drugs and creates a lucrative smuggling business that makes the drugs available to AIDS patients. Woodroof dies in 1992.

Drama True Story

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Dallas Buyers Club.

• 
  Matthew McConaughey

  ... Ron Woodroof

  Sing 2, The Wolf of Wall Street

• 
  Jennifer Garner

  ... Dr. Eve Saks

  Deadpool & Wolverine, The Adam Project

• J
  Jared Leto

  ... Rayon

  Suicide Squad, Masters of the Universe

• 
  Steve Zahn

  ... Tucker

  LaRoy, Texas, Sahara

• D
  Denis O'Hare

  ... Dr. Sevard

  A Quiet Place: Day One, Lizzie

Crew Behind the Film

The The Dallas Buyers Club behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jean-Marc Vallee last directed Demolition and The Young Victoria. The film's writer Chase Palmer last wrote Evolution's Captain and The Search For WondLa.

Director

Jean-Marc Vallee

Screenwriters

Chase Palmer
Craig Borten
Melissa Wallach

Producers

Robbie Brenner
David Bushell
Nathan Ross
Rachel Rothman-Winter

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official The Dallas Buyers Club movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the The Dallas Buyers Club movie production.

Key Facts

• Jared Leto would play a flamboyant cross-dresser with HIV who helps Woodroof. At one point, Gael Garcia Bernal circled the role but never reached the dealmaking stage.
• Based on a true story.

Questions

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