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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-03-21 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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

Acting

2025

2024

Elsbeth as Lawrence Grey

2023

No Hard Feelings as Laird Becker
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Painkiller as Richard Sackler

2022

2021

2020

Lazy Susan as Doug

2019

Love Is Blind as Murray Krafft
Wonder Park as June's Dad (voice)
To Dust as Albert
Daybreak as Michael Burr

2018

The Conners as Peter

2017

Oh, Hello on Broadway as Himself (uncredited)
A Christmas Story Live! as Ralphie as an Adult

2016

2015

Dirty Weekend as Les Moore
Trainwreck as Matthew Broderick

2014

2013

Skum Rocks! as Self
Rick and Morty as Talking Cat (voice)

2012

2011

Margaret as John Andrew van Tassel
Tower Heist as Mr. Fitzhugh
New Year's Eve as Mr. Buellerton (uncredited)

2010

The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
Louie as Matthew Broderick
Adventure Time as Dream Warrior
Conan as Self

2009

2008

2007

Bee Movie as Adam Flayman (voice)
Then She Found Me as Ben Green

2006

2005

The Producers as Leo Bloom
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

2004

The Lion King 1½ as Simba (voice)
The Last Shot as Steven Schats
The Stepford Wives as Walter Kresby

2003

Good Boy! as Hubble (voice)
The Music Man as Professor Harold Hill

2002

Cyberchase as Max

2001

2000

You Can Count on Me as Brian Everett

1999

Election as Jim McAllister
Inspector Gadget as John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget

1998

Godzilla as Dr. Niko Tatopoulos
Walking to the Waterline as Michael Woods

1997

1996

Infinity as Richard Feynman
The Cable Guy as Steven M. Kovacs
The West as Self - William Swain
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

1995

MADtv as Self

1994

1993

1992

1990

The Freshman as Clark Kellogg

1989

Family Business as Adam McMullen
Glory as Col. Robert Gould Shaw

1988

Torch Song Trilogy as Alan Simon
Biloxi Blues as Eugene Morris Jerome
She's Having a Baby as Ferris Bueller (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
American Experience as Jack Binns (voice)

1987

Project X as Jimmy Garrett

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Ferris Bueller

1985

Ladyhawke as Phillipe Gaston
1918 as Brother
Cinderella as Prince Henry

1983

WarGames as David Lightman
Max Dugan Returns as Michael McPhae
Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre as Prince Henry

1977

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1971

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards as Self - Host

1952

Today as Self

Production

1996

Infinity as Producer

Directing

1996

Infinity as Director