Name: Matthew Broderick

Birth Name: Matthew Broderick

Birthdate: Mar. 21, 1962

Birthplace: New York, N.Y.

His long-time relationship with Neil Simon and his roles in period movies and plays have lent an old-fashioned appeal to the perennially boyish Matthew Broderick. The son of late actor James Broderick and director/playwright Patricia, Broderick was practically born onstage, growing up on movie sets and studying acting in private school. His prolific background includes nearly 40 films, his most successful perhaps in the '80s (War Games, Ferris Bueller's Day Off), but he's happiest on Broadway in such plays as The Producers (reprising his role on film in 2005). In past years, Broderick dated many of his co-stars including Helen Hunt, Jennifer Grey, Penelope Ann Miller and Lili Taylor. He has been married to actress Sarah Jessica Parker since 1997.


1. In 1985, he and then fiancée Jennifer Grey were involved in a head-on car crash in Ireland that killed a woman and her daughter. He plead guilty to one charge of careless driving and was fined $175.
2. He has lived most of his life in Greenwich Village.
3. His dentist once sent him a stripper for his birthday.
4. He's Jewish.
5. He's admitted to smoking pot in high school.


"It's great to believe in yourself, but the downside is that you can, particularly in Hollywood, believe in your dreams so much that you end up lonely in a single occupancy hotel on Hollywood Boulevard."
— About.com, Sept. 13, 2004


Wife: Sarah Jessica Parker, actress; born March 25, 1965; met through her brother and dated for six years
Son: James Wilke Parker Broderick, born Oct. 28, 2002

1987: Golden Globe nominee, Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy), Ferris Bueller's Day Off

 

FILMS

Bee Movie - (2007) - Voice
Strangers With Candy - (2006) - Actor
Deck the Halls - (2006) - Actor
The Producers - (2005) - Actor
The Stepford Wives - (2004) - Actor
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride - (2004) - Actor
The Last Shot - (2004) - Actor
Good Boy! - (2003) - Voice
The Lion King 1 1/2 - (2003) - Actor
The Music Man - (2003) - Actor
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks - (2001) - Actor
You Can Count on Me - (2000) - Actor
Election - (1999) - Actor
Inspector Gadget - (1999) - Actor
Godzilla - (1998) - Actor
Addicted to Love - (1997) - Actor
The Thief And The Cobbler - (1996) - Voice
Infinity - (1996) - Director, Actor
The Cable Guy - (1996) - Actor
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle - (1995) - Actor
The Lion King - (1994) - Voice
The Road to Wellville - (1994) - Actor
A Life in the Theatre - (1994) - Actor
Out on a Limb - (1992) - Actor
The Night We Never Met - (1992) - Actor
The Freshman - (1990) - Actor
Family Business - (1989) - Actor
Glory - (1989) - Actor
Biloxi Blues - (1988) - Actor
She's Having a Baby - (1988) - Cameo
Torch Song Trilogy - (1988) - Actor
On Valentine's Day - (1987) - Actor
Project X - (1987) - Actor
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - (1986) - Actor
Master Harold and the Boys - (1986) - Actor
1918 - (1985) - Actor
Ladyhawke - (1985) - Actor
Faerie Tale Theatre - Cinderella - (1984) - Actor
Max Dugan Returns - (1983) - Actor
WarGames - (1983) - Actor