Matthew Broderick

Biography

Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor whose career has spanned both the silver screen and the stage. Broderick got his start off broadway but quickly wound up as the lead in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs. His first screen role was Max Dugan Returns, also penned by Neil Simon. His breakout role came the same year for his role as a young hacker in Wargames. Later he stared as the eponymous Ferris Bueller in 1985's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a film which has achieved cult status and had made Broderick a household name. In 1985 while on Vacation in Ireland with his then fiancee Jennifer Grey, who played his sister in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Broderick was involved in a head on collision that killed two locals. Broderick was deemed at fault and faced five years in prison but his punishment was lessened to just a fine. In 1997 he married Sarah Jessica Parker and the pair have had 3 children together.

Known For

David Lightman

WarGames

Dr. Niko Tatopoulos

Godzilla

Phillipe Gaston

Ladyhawke

Richard Feynman

Infinity

Sam

Addicted to Love

Clark Kellogg

The Freshman

Despereaux (voice)

The Tale of Despereaux

Adam McMullen

Family Business

Michael McPhae

Max Dugan Returns

Self

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

William Lightbody

The Road to Wellville

Adam Flayman (voice)

Bee Movie

Hubble (voice)

Good Boy!

Simba (voice)

The Lion King 1½

Professor Harold Hill

The Music Man

Charles MacArthur

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Alan Simon

Torch Song Trilogy

Simba (voice)

The Lion King

Jim McAllister

Election

Simba (voice)

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Steven Schats

The Last Shot

Bruce

Marie and Bruce

Ben Green

Then She Found Me

Tack the Cobbler (voice)

The Thief and the Cobbler

Ferris Bueller

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Steve Finch

Deck the Halls

Taylor Peters

Finding Amanda

Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Glory

Walter Kresby

The Stepford Wives

Steven M. Kovacs

The Cable Guy

Roger Beekman

Strangers with Candy

Ben Singer

Wonderful World

Leo Bloom

The Producers

Cooper

Diminished Capacity

Sam

The Night We Never Met

Brian Everett

You Can Count on Me

John Andrew van Tassel

Margaret

Jimmy Garrett

Project X

Self

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Eugene Morris Jerome

Biloxi Blues

Hally

'Master Harold'... and the Boys

Himself

Pride of The Lion King

Mr. Fitzhugh

Tower Heist

Self - Commentator

Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker

Brother

On Valentine's Day

Self

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

Bill Campbell

Out on a Limb

Self (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Levar Mathis

Rules Don't Apply

Laird Becker

No Hard Feelings

John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget

Inspector Gadget

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Les Moore

Dirty Weekend

Reader

The Gettysburg Address

Self

Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain

Borden Chase

The American Side

Murray Krafft

Love Is Blind

Self

Broadway: The Next Generation

Matthew Broderick

Trainwreck

John

A Life in the Theatre

Self

Mike Nichols: An American Master

June's Dad (voice)

Wonder Park

Jeffrey Garner

Manchester by the Sea

Brother

1918

Prince Henry

Cinderella

Self

Skum Rocks!

Self

Valentino: The Last Emperor

Himself (uncredited)

Oh, Hello on Broadway

Ferris Bueller (uncredited)

She's Having a Baby

Ralphie as an Adult

A Christmas Story Live!

Albert

To Dust

Narrator

Shea Goodbye: 45 Years of Amazin' Mets

Self

Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Mr. Buellerton (uncredited)

New Year's Eve

Self

Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks

Doug

Lazy Susan

Self

Who Is Ferris Bueller?

Narrator

Against the Odds: The Mike Piazza Story

Self

The Making of the Lion King

Michael Woods

Walking to the Waterline

Prince Henry

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-03-21

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Мэттью Бродерик