Matthew Broderick 1962 63

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.

From New York City, New York, USA

4.21

Popularity

85

Credits

6.4

Rating

50.9M

Budget

196M

Revenue

Acting

Primarily

85 Credits

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The Lion King 1994
Simba (voice)
Bee Movie 2007
Adam Flayman (voice)
Godzilla 1998
Dr. Niko Tatopoulos
Tower Heist 2011
Mr. Fitzhugh
Trainwreck 2015
Matthew Broderick
New Year's Eve 2011
Mr. Buellerton (uncredited)
WarGames 1983
David Lightman
Glory 1989
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Inspector Gadget 1999
John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget

Credit 85

2025 The Gettysburg Address as Reader

2025 Pretend I'm Not Here

2025 The Best Is Yet To Come

2023 Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023 No Hard Feelings as Laird Becker

2022 Denzel Washington: A Model American as Self

2021 Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 as Self

2020 Lazy Susan as Doug

2019 Love Is Blind as Murray Krafft

2019 Wonder Park as June's Dad (voice)

2019 To Dust as Albert

2017 A Christmas Story Live! as Ralphie as an Adult

2017 Broadway: The Next Generation as Self

2017 Oh, Hello on Broadway as Himself (uncredited)

2016 Rules Don't Apply as Levar Mathis

2016 Manchester by the Sea as Jeffrey Garner

2016 Against the Odds: The Mike Piazza Story as Narrator

2016 The American Side as Borden Chase

2016 Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self

2015 Dirty Weekend as Les Moore

2015 Trainwreck as Matthew Broderick

2013 Skum Rocks! as Self

2013 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self

2012 John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast as Self

2011 New Year's Eve as Mr. Buellerton (uncredited)

2011 Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Self

2011 Tower Heist as Mr. Fitzhugh

2011 Pride of The Lion King as Himself

2011 Margaret as John Andrew van Tassel

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 Diminished Capacity as Cooper

2008 Finding Amanda as Taylor Peters

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 Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)

2006 The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories as Self

2006 Who Is Ferris Bueller? as Self

2005 The Producers as Leo Bloom

2004 The Lion King 1½ as Simba (voice)

2004 The Last Shot as Steven Schats

2004 The Stepford Wives as Walter Kresby

2004 Marie and Bruce as Bruce

2003 Good Boy! as Hubble (voice)

2003 The Music Man as Professor Harold Hill

2001 Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks as Self

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 Walking to the Waterline as Michael Woods

1998 Godzilla as Dr. Niko Tatopoulos

1997 Addicted to Love as Sam

1996 Infinity as Richard Feynman Director, Producer

1996 The Cable Guy as Steven

1994 Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker as Self - Commentator

1994 The Road to Wellville as William Lightbody

1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Charles MacArthur

1994 The Making of the Lion King as Self

1994 The Lion King as Simba (voice)

1993 A Life in the Theatre as John

1993 The Thief and the Cobbler as Tack the Cobbler (voice)

1993 The Night We Never Met as Sam

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 Torch Song Trilogy as Alan Simon

1988 Biloxi Blues as Eugene Morris Jerome

1988 She's Having a Baby as Ferris Bueller (uncredited)

1987 Project X as Jimmy Garrett

1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Ferris Bueller

1986 On Valentine's Day as Brother

1985 Cinderella as Prince Henry

1985 Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella as Prince Henry

1985 1918 as Brother

1985 Ladyhawke as Phillipe Gaston

1985 'Master Harold'... and the Boys as Hally

1983 WarGames as David Lightman

1983 Max Dugan Returns as Michael McPhae

Genres

7.47 History 1

7.34 Documentary 14

6.97 TV Movie 5

6.93 Fantasy 4

6.79 Animation 7

6.63 War 3

6.48 Adventure 7

6.37 Music 3

6.26 Family 12

6.09 Romance 15

6.00 Crime 2

5.98 Science Fiction 4

5.96 Drama 33

5.93 Comedy 44

5.84 Action 7

5.76 Thriller 5

5.69 Horror 1

4.74 Mystery 1