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