Actor Matthew McConaughey has revealed that he once had a near-death experience with a snake when he used to live in Australia.

During a show, the actor recalled almost getting bitten by a brown snake, reports eonline.com.

"When I was here, I almost stepped on one and I should have been bitten," he said.

"Yeah, I was going back in the back shed down in a friend''s house in Waterville and stepped on something. It was a bit dark and just as I opened it, I saw it went right through my legs and it gave me a bit of a scare. And then my friend came over and they caught it and they said," "That''s a brown snake, mate. That could have really s**ked"."

Despite almost being bitten by the reptile, the Oscar winner said that it''s still his favourite Australian animal: "That''s my favourite animal because it didn''t bite me."