Matthew Broderick (New York, 21 March 1962) is an American actor. He won the Hollywood Film Festival in 2005 in the category best supporting actor of the year. For his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off , he was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Broderick is the son of James Broderick, who himself was active as an actor in films and television series from 1950 to 1982. In 1997, he married actress Sarah Jessica Parker. In 2002 she gave birth to their first child, son James Wilke Broderick. On June 22, 2009 gave birth to a surrogate mother of their twin girls, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge.
Filmography[Edit][]
| Filmography as an actor | ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Max Dugan Returns | Michael McPhee | ||
| 1983 | WarGames | David Lightman | ||
| 1985 | 1918 | Brother | ||
| 1985 | ' Master Harold ' ... and the Boys | Hally ' Master Harold ' | television film | |
| 1985 | Ladyhawke | Phillipe Gaston | ||
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Ferris Bueller | ||
| 1986 | On Valentine's Day | Brother | ||
| 1987 | Project X (film) | Jimmy Garrett | ||
| 1988 | Biloxi Blues | Eugene Morris Jerome | ||
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Alan | ||
| 1989 | Family Business | Adam McMullen | ||
| 1989 | Glory | Col. Robert Gould Shaw | ||
| 1990 | The Freshman | Clark Kellogg/Narrator | ||
| 1992 | Out on a Limb | Bill Campbell | ||
| 1993 | The Night We Never Met | Sam Lester | ||
| 1993 | A Life in the Theater | John | television film | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Adult Simba | voice | |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Charles MacArthur | ||
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville | William Lightbody | ||
| 1995 | Arabian Knight | Tack the Cobbler (re-edited version) | voice | |
| 1996 | The Cable Guy | Steven M. Kovacs | ||
| 1996 | Infinity (film) | Richard Feynman | ||
| 1997 | Addicted to Love | Sam | ||
| 1998 | Godzilla | Dr. Niko Tatopoulos | ||
| 1998 | Walking to the Waterline | Michael Woods | ||
| 1998 | The Lion King II | Simba | voice | |
| 1999 | Election | Jim McAllister | ||
| 1999 | Inspector Gadget | Officer John Brown/Inspector Gadget/Robo Gadget | ||
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me | Brian Everett | ||
| 2002 | Broadway Legends | Host | television film | |
| 2003 | The Music Man | Professor Harold Hill | television film | |
| 2003 | Good Boy! | Hubble | voice | |
| 2004 | The Lion King III | Simba | voice | |
| 2004 | Marie and Bruce | Bruce | ||
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Walter Kresby | ||
| 2004 | The Last Shot | Steven S | ||
| 2005 | Strangers with Candy | Dr. Roger Beekman, Science Teacher | ||
| 2005 | The Producers | Leo Bloom | ||
| 2006 | Deck the Halls | Steve Finch | ||
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Adam | voice | |
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Am | ||
| 2008 | The Tale of Desperaux | Desperaux Tilling (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity | Cooper | ||
| 2008 | Finding Amanda | Taylor Mendon | ||
| 2009 | Wonderful World | Ben Singer | ||
| 2009 | Margaret | John Anderew Van Tassel | ||
| 2011 | New year's Eve | Joel Robben | ||
| 2011 | Tower Heist | Mr. Fitzhugh | ||