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Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

Birthday: 1962-03-21 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Matthew Broderick 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
2020
Lazy Susan

as    Doug

2019
Wonder Park

as    June's Dad (voice)

2019
Daybreak

as    Michael Burr

2017
Oh, Hello on Broadway

as    Himself (uncredited)

2017
A Christmas Story Live!

as    Ralphie as an Adult

2016
The American Side

as    Borden Chase

2016
Manchester by the Sea

as    Jeffrey Garner

2016
Rules Don't Apply

as    Levar Mathis

2015
Dirty Weekend

as    Les Moore

2015
The Gettysburg Address

as    Reader

2011
Tower Heist

as    Mr. Fitzhugh

2009
Wonderful World

as    Ben Singer

2008
Diminished Capacity

as    Cooper

2008
The Tale of Despereaux

as    Despereaux (voice)

2008
2008
Finding Amanda

as    Taylor Peters

2007
Bee Movie

as    Adam Flayman (voice)

2007
Then She Found Me

as    Ben Green

2006
Deck the Halls

as    Steve Finch

2005
The Producers

as    Leo Bloom

2004
Marie and Bruce

as    Bruce

2004
The Lion King 1½

as    Simba (voice)

2004
The Last Shot

as    Steven Schats

2004
The Stepford Wives

as    Walter Kresby

2003
Good Boy!

as    Hubble (voice)

2003
The Music Man

as    Professor Harold Hill

2000
You Can Count on Me

as    Brian Everett

1999
Inspector Gadget

as    Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget / John Brown