Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

62 · Born: Mar 21, 1962

2022
2019
2018
2017

Personal Details

Born Mar 21, 1962 New York City, New York, USA
Parents
  • Patricia Broderick
  • James Broderick
Relatives
  • Martha Broderick (Sibling)
  • Janet Broderick (Sibling)

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.

Career

2023
No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings as Laird Becker
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Painkiller
Painkiller as Richard Sackler
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2020
Lazy Susan
Lazy Susan as Doug
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2019
Love Is Blind
Love Is Blind as Murray Krafft
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To Dust
To Dust as Albert
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Wonder Park
Wonder Park as June's Dad (voice)
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Daybreak
Daybreak as Michael Burr
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Better Things
Better Things as Dr. David Miller
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Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty as Talking Cat (voice)
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2017
A Christmas Story Live!
A Christmas Story Live! as Ralphie as an Adult
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BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman as Joseph Sugarman (voice)
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2016
Rules Don't Apply
Rules Don't Apply as Levar Mathis
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The American Side
The American Side as Borden Chase
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Manchester by the Sea
Manchester by the Sea as Jeffrey
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American Masters
American Masters
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2015
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address as Reader
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Dirty Weekend
Dirty Weekend as Les Moore
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2014
2012
Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!
Adventure Time
Adventure Time as Dream Warrior
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Modern Family
Modern Family as Dave
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2011
Tower Heist
Tower Heist as Mr. Fitzhugh
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2010
Louie
Louie as Matthew Broderick
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2009
Wonderful World
Wonderful World as Ben Singer
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2008
Diminished Capacity
Diminished Capacity as Cooper
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The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux as Despereaux (voice)
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Finding Amanda
Finding Amanda as Taylor Peters
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2007
Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me as Ben Green
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Bee Movie
Bee Movie as Adam Flayman (voice)
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Deck the Halls
Deck the Halls as Steve Finch
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2005
The Producers
The Producers as Leo Bloom
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2004
The Last Shot
The Last Shot as Steven Schats
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Marie and Bruce
Marie and Bruce as Bruce
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The Lion King 1½
The Lion King 1½ as Simba (voice)
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The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives as Walter Kresby
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2003
The Music Man
The Music Man as Professor Harold Hill
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Good Boy
Good Boy as Hubble (voice)
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2000
You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me as Brian Everett
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1999
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget as Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget / John Brown
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Election
Election as Jim McAllister
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1998
Godzilla
Godzilla as Dr. Niko Tatopoulos
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Simba (voice)
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1997
Addicted to Love
Addicted to Love as Sam
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1996
Infinity
Infinity as Richard Feynman
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The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy as Steven M. Kovacs
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1995
Frasier
Frasier as Mark (voice)
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1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Charles MacArthur
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The Lion King
The Lion King as Simba (voice)
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The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville as William Lightbody
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1993
The Night We Never Met
The Night We Never Met as Sam
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A Life in the Theatre
A Life in the Theatre as John
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The Thief and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler as Tack the Cobbler (voice)
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1992
Out on a Limb
Out on a Limb as Bill Campbell
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1990
The Freshman
The Freshman as Clark Kellogg
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1989
Glory
Glory as Col. Robert Gould Shaw
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Family Business
Family Business as Adam McMullen
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1988
Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy as Alan Simon
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Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues as Eugene Morris Jerome
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1987
Project X
Project X as Jimmy Garrett
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1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Ferris Bueller
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On Valentine's Day
On Valentine's Day as Brother
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1985
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke as Phillipe Gaston
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1918
1918 as Brother
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Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre as Prince Henry
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Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre as Prince Henry
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1983
WarGames
WarGames as David Lightman
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Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns as Michael McPhae
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2021
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2019
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2017
Oh, Hello on Broadway
2016
TruInside
TruInside
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2013
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Skum Rocks!
Skum Rocks!
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2012
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2011
Conan
Conan
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2008
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Inside Norad: Cold War Fortress
2006
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2001
Great Performances
1996
The West
The West
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1996
Infinity
Infinity as Director
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