1962-03-21 New York City, New York, USA
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.
No Hard Feelings | Laird Becker | 2023-06-15 | |
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-10-18 | |
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain | Self | 2022-10-15 | |
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 | Self | 2021-09-11 | |
Lazy Susan | Doug | 2020-04-03 | |
Wonder Park | June's Dad (voice) | 2019-03-13 | |
Love Is Blind | Murray Krafft | 2019-03-25 | |
To Dust | Albert | 2019-02-08 | |
Oh, Hello on Broadway | Himself (uncredited) | 2017-06-13 | |
A Christmas Story Live! | Ralphie as an Adult | 2017-12-17 | |
Against the Odds: The Mike Piazza Story | Narrator | 2016-07-13 | |
The American Side | Borden Chase | 2016-04-14 | |
Manchester by the Sea | Jeffrey Garner | 2016-11-18 | |
Mike Nichols: An American Master | Self | 2016-01-29 | |
Rules Don't Apply | Levar Mathis | 2016-11-23 | |
Dirty Weekend | Les Moore | 2015-09-04 | |
The Gettysburg Address | Reader | 2015-01-01 | |
Trainwreck | Matthew Broderick | 2015-07-17 | |
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self | 2013-05-20 | |
Skum Rocks! | Self | 2013-09-26 | |
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast | Self | 2012-11-06 | |
Margaret | John Andrew van Tassel | 2011-09-30 | |
Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Self | 2011-11-15 | |
New Year's Eve | Mr. Buellerton (uncredited) | 2011-12-08 | |
Pride of The Lion King | Himself | 2011-11-01 | |
Tower Heist | Mr. Fitzhugh | 2011-11-02 | |
Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 | |
Wonderful World | Ben Singer | 2009-01-08 | |
The Tale of Despereaux | Despereaux (voice) | 2008-12-18 | |
Valentino: The Last Emperor | Self | 2008-09-07 | |
Finding Amanda | Taylor Peters | 2008-06-27 | |
Shea Goodbye: 45 Years of Amazin' Mets | Narrator | 2008-06-10 | |
Diminished Capacity | Cooper | 2008-07-04 | |
Then She Found Me | Ben Green | 2007-09-07 | |
Bee Movie | Adam Flayman (voice) | 2007-10-28 | |
Strangers with Candy | Roger Beekman | 2006-06-28 | |
Who Is Ferris Bueller? | Self | 2006-01-10 | |
Deck the Halls | Steve Finch | 2006-11-22 | |
The Producers | Leo Bloom | 2005-12-25 | |
Marie and Bruce | Bruce | 2004-01-19 | |
The Last Shot | Steven Schats | 2004-09-24 | |
The Lion King 1½ | Simba (voice) | 2004-02-06 | |
The Stepford Wives | Walter Kresby | 2004-06-10 | |
The Music Man | Professor Harold Hill | 2003-02-16 | |
Good Boy! | Hubble (voice) | 2003-10-10 | |
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks | Self | 2001-10-01 | |
You Can Count on Me | Brian Everett | 2000-11-17 | |
Election | Jim McAllister | 1999-04-23 | |
Inspector Gadget | John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget | 1999-07-23 | |
Walking to the Waterline | Michael Woods | 1998-06-13 | |
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Simba (voice) | 1998-10-24 | |
Godzilla | Dr. Niko Tatopoulos | 1998-05-20 | |
Addicted to Love | Sam | 1997-05-23 | |
The Cable Guy | Steven M. Kovacs | 1996-06-10 | |
Infinity | Richard Feynman | 1996-10-04 | |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Charles MacArthur | 1994-09-07 | |
The Road to Wellville | William Lightbody | 1994-10-28 | |
The Making of the Lion King | Self | 1994-06-24 | |
The Lion King | Simba (voice) | 1994-06-24 | |
Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker | Commentator | 1994-01-01 | |
A Life in the Theatre | John | 1993-10-09 | |
The Thief and the Cobbler | Tack the Cobbler (voice) | 1993-09-23 | |
The Night We Never Met | Sam | 1993-04-30 | |
Out on a Limb | Bill Campbell | 1992-09-04 | |
The Freshman | Clark Kellogg | 1990-07-20 | |
Glory | Col. Robert Gould Shaw | 1989-12-15 | |
Family Business | Adam McMullen | 1989-12-06 | |
She's Having a Baby | Ferris Bueller (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 | |
Biloxi Blues | Eugene Morris Jerome | 1988-03-25 | |
Torch Song Trilogy | Alan Simon | 1988-12-14 | |
Project X | Jimmy Garrett | 1987-04-17 | |
On Valentine's Day | Brother | 1986-04-11 | |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Ferris Bueller | 1986-06-11 | |
Cinderella | Prince Henry | 1985-08-14 | |
'Master Harold'... and the Boys | Hally | 1985-01-01 | |
Ladyhawke | Phillipe Gaston | 1985-03-27 | |
1918 | Brother | 1985-04-26 | |
WarGames | David Lightman | 1983-06-03 | |
Max Dugan Returns | Michael McPhae | 1983-03-25 | |
Broadway: The Next Generation |