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Matthew Broderick

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1962-03-21 (63 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 138

Movies 92

self 52

TV Shows 46

Voice 13

Narrator 2

Producer 1

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Matthew Broderick

Biography

Filmography

all 138

Movies 92

self 52

TV Shows 46

Voice 13

Narrator 2

Producer 1

The Gettysburg Address (2025)

Elsbeth (2024)

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023)

Painkiller (2023)

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Denzel Washington: A Model American (2022)

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 (2021)

Only Murders in the Building (2021)

Reunited Apart (2020)

Lazy Susan (2020)

Daybreak (2019)

Love Is Blind (2019)

Wonder Park (2019)

To Dust (2019)

The Conners (2018)

A Christmas Story Live! (2017)

Election - Reese Witherspoon (2017)

Broadway: The Next Generation (2017)

Oh, Hello on Broadway (2017)

Rules Don't Apply (2016)

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Better Things (2016)

Against the Odds: The Mike Piazza Story (2016)

The American Side (2016)

TruInside: Election (2016)

TruInside (2016)

Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)

Dirty Weekend (2015)

Trainwreck (2015)

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

Rick and Morty (2013)

Skum Rocks! (2013)

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013)

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast (2012)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)

Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez! (2012)

New Year's Eve (2011)

Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (2011)

Tower Heist (2011)

Pride of The Lion King (2011)

Margaret (2011)

Conan (2010)

Louie (2010)

Adventure Time (2010)

Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)

The Marriage Ref (2010)

Modern Family (2009)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)

Wonderful World (2009)

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Inside Norad: Cold War Fortress (2008)

Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)

Diminished Capacity (2008)

Finding Amanda (2008)

Shea Goodbye: 45 Years of Amazin' Mets (2008)

Bee Movie (2007)

Then She Found Me (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

Deck the Halls (2006)

30 Rock (2006)

The Megan Mullally Show (2006)

Strangers with Candy (2006)

Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes (2006)

The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories (2006)

Who Is Ferris Bueller? (2006)