Matthew Broderick

American actor (born 1962)

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Matthew Broderick is an American actor born in 1962 who has appeared in films and television throughout his career. He is known for his work in entertainment, though specific details about his most notable roles and achievements would require additional information to discuss fully.

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New York City, New York, USA

Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American stage and screen actor. Broderick began acting in off-Broadway productions in the early 1980s, soon after landing a role in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, for which he won a Tony Award. His first screen role was in Max Dugan Returns (1983), also penned by Neil Simon. His breakout role came the same year for his role as a young hacker in…

Known for

9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later — Self2026
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Actor2026
The Gettysburg Address — Reader2025
Raoul's, a New York Story — Self2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
Elsbeth — Lawrence Grey2024
No Hard Feelings — Laird Becker2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Ferris Bueller (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
Painkiller — Richard Sackler2023

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Matthew
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Manhattan
Spouse: Sarah Jessica Parker
Father: James Broderick
Mother: Patricia Broderick
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Hollywood Film Awards
Notable work: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Student of: Uta Hagen
Instrument: ukulele
Image: Matthew Broderick.jpg
Residence: The Hamptons

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notable role: Simba
member of: SAG-AFTRA
Commons category: Matthew Broderick
date of birth: 1962-03-21
nominated for: Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
start of work period: 1981-00-00
related category: Category:Films directed by Matthew Broderick

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Encyclopedic overview

Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen he has received two Tony Awards as well nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Broderick was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star in 2006 and the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2017.

Broderick took early roles in WarGames (1983) and Ladyhawke (1985) before playing the title role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He then acted in Project X (1987), Biloxi Blues (1988), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Glory (1989), The Freshman (1990), The Cable Guy (1996), Election (1999), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count on Me (2000), The Producers (2005), Deck the Halls (2006), and Tower Heist (2011). He also directed himself in Infinity (1996) and voiced Simba in The Lion King (1994) and a Bee in the Bee Movie (2007).

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