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Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick in 1986.
Birth name	Matthew Broderick
Born	March 21, 1962 (age 45) New York City, New York,  United States
Spouse(s)	Sarah Jessica Parker (19 May 1997 - present) 1 child
Notable roles	Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off Voice of Adult Simba in The Lion King Leopold Bloom in The Producers Niko "Nick" Tatapolous in Godzilla (1998 film)
Tony Awards
Leading Actor in a Musical 1995 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Featured Actor in a Play 1983 Brighton Beach Memoirs

Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and as the adult voice of Simba in The Lion King. He is also acclaimed for his role as Leo Bloom in The Producers.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 1.3.1 Home life 2 Filmography 3 Television work 4 Stage appearances 5 Footnotes 6 External links

Broderick was born in New York City, the son of actor James Broderick and Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright, actress and painter whose work was recently posthumously shown at the Tibor de Nagy gallery in New York[1]. Broderick's mother was culturally Jewish; his father was Catholic^[1] and of Irish descent [2]. Broderick attended grade school at the City & Country School, a progressive K–8 school in Manhattan; and high school at Walden School, a private school in Manhattan with a strong drama program.

Broderick's first major acting role came in a role in an HB Studio workshop production of playwright Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day, playing opposite his father James, who was a friend of Foote's. This was followed by a lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy; a good review by New York Times theater critic Mel Gussow brought him to the attention of Broadway. Broderick commented on the effects of that review in a 2004 60 Minutes II interview:

"Before I knew it, I was like this guy in a hot play. And suddenly all these doors opened. And it’s only because Mel Gussow happened to come by right before it closed and happened to like it. It’s just amazing. All these things have to line up that are out of your control."

He followed that with the role of Eugene Morris Jerome in two Neil Simon plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, both plays are part of what is known as the "Eugene Trilogy" . In between those plays he starred in WarGames, a summer hit in 1983. Broderick auditioned for the role of Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties and was offered the role, but he had to turn it down because of his movie schedule. Broderick then got the role as the charming, clever slacker in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Broderick, who in real life was in his mid 20's, played a high school student who, with his girlfriend and best friend, explores Chicago while avoiding the clutches of the dean of students, who is eager to catch Bueller in the act. The movie remains an 80's comedy favorite today. In 1989's Glory Broderick received good notices for his portrayal of — and uncanny resemblance to — the American Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw in a script largely written by his mother.

Broderick in the 1990s took two dark comedy roles. The first was that of a bachelor who attracts the friendship of an insane, yet lonely cable repairman (played by Jim Carrey) in The Cable Guy. The second was that of an Omaha high school teacher determined to stop an overachieving student (played by Reese Witherspoon) from becoming class president in Alexander Payne's Election.

Broderick returned to Broadway as a musical star in the 1990s, most notably his Tony Award winning performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and his Tony Award nominated performance in the Mel Brooks' stage version of The Producers in 2001. He also continues to make feature films, including the 2005 adaptation of The Producers. Broderick played the role of Leopold “Leo” Bloom, an accountant who co-produces a musical designed to fail, but which turns out to be successful. In “The Producers” Broderick sings several songs, both alone and with other characters.

Broderick reunited with his co-star from The Lion King and The Producers, Nathan Lane, in The Odd Couple, which opened on Broadway in October 2005. He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his featured role in the play Brighton Beach Memoirs, and one in 1995 for his leading role in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He was also nominated for The Producers, but lost to co-star Nathan Lane.

Broderick met actress Jennifer Grey on the set of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1987, Broderick was involved in a controversial car accident while driving in Ireland with Grey (his fiancé at the time). The accident killed a woman and her daughter. Broderick (who fractured his leg and a rib) was cleared of all charges but paid a fee of $175 to the victims' family. No drink was involved in the crash. Martin Doherty, the elder victim's son, was quoted by Bill Hoffman in 2002 saying "I would like to reassure him that there are no bad feelings from us." The car crash occurred close to when Ferris Bueller's Day Off was being released in the US[3].

Broderick met actress Sarah Jessica Parker via her brother. The couple were married on May 19th, 1997 in a civil ceremony in a historic deconsecrated synagogue on the lower east side; Broderick is culturally Jewish.[4] The ceremony was performed by his sister, the Reverend Janet Broderick, who currently serves as the rector of Grace Church Van Vorst in Jersey City, NJ. [5]

Parker and Broderick's first child, James Wilkie Broderick (born on October 28, 2002), is named after his grandfather. His middle name is that of author Wilkie Collins, an author Broderick and Parker greatly admire. They spend a considerable amount of time at their holiday home in County Donegal, Ireland where Broderick spent his summers as a child.

He is left-handed, a fact made evident during the movie The Producers when he is drawing in his ledger. Broderick is an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the New York Mets.

• Max Dugan Returns (1983)
• WarGames (1983)
• 1918 (1985)
• Ladyhawke (1985)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• On Valentine's Day (1986)
• Courtship (1987)
• Project X (1987)
• She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
• Biloxi Blues (1988)
• Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
• Family Business (1989)
• Glory (1989)
• The Freshman (1990)
• Out on a Limb (1992)
• The Night We Never Met (1993)
• The Lion King (1994) (speaking voice of Adult Simba)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
• The Road to Wellville (1994)
• The Thief and the Cobbler (1995) (voice) (Miramax version)
• The Cable Guy (1996)
• Infinity (1996) (also director and producer)
• Addicted to Love (1997)
• Godzilla (1998)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) (voice of Adult Simba)
• Walking to the Waterline (1998)
• Election (1999)
• Inspector Gadget (1999)
• You Can Count on Me (2000)
• Good Boy! (2003) (voice)
• Marie and Bruce (2004)
• The Stepford Wives (2004)
• The Last Shot (2004)
• The Producers (2005)
• Strangers with Candy (2006)
• Deck the Halls (2006)

Upcoming:

• Margaret (film) (2006)
• Bee Movie (2007) (voice)

• Cinderella (1985)
• Master Harold...and the Boys (1985)
• A Life in the Theater (1993)
• The Music Man (2003)

• Torch Song Trilogy (1981)
• Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983)
• Biloxi Blues (1985)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995) (revival)
• Night Must Fall (1999) (revival)
• Taller Than a Dwarf (2000)
• The Producers (2001-2002) (returned briefly in 2003)
• Short Talks on the Universe (2002)
• The Odd Couple (2005) (revival)

Preceded by Boyd Gaines for She Loves Me

Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical 1995 for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Succeeded by Nathan Lane for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

• Matthew Broderick at the Internet Movie Database
• Matthew Broderick at the Internet Broadway Database
• Matthew Broderick at the Notable Names Database
• 2004 Story from 60 Minutes II
• Matthew Broderick - Downstage Center 2004 interview at American Theatre Wing.org