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Matthew Broderick
2 FOLLOWERS • 57 CREDITS • MAR 21, 1962 • 62
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.
Known For
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Graham Norton Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Tony Awards
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Frasier
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Today
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BoJack Horseman
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Modern Family
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30 Rock
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MADtv
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Rick and Morty
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Only Murders in the Building
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m03ZVjhCnkS6KakipWjQ9xGtS65.jpg)
Lou Grant
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l8WzbOr7vg3WDlB3hoy32wZDxwj.jpg)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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Louie
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
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The Daily Show
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Adventure Time
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Better Things
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The Marriage Ref
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/crwTatZuf6Yz8ERwEuPz1PbD6Kl.jpg)
Who Do You Think You Are?
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yayDiN42WOG8cYTNZlPKqh3c9bV.jpg)
Crash Canyon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xUXN3E67qVyTiftGptfhcmfDasW.jpg)
The Conners
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hywGLq5tMOuKwXfOhYUzoqNNAnU.jpg)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
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The Lego Ninjago Movie
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She's Having a Baby
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Trainwreck
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Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hPx4aELIbpf6ZRdHPmBH5h5Qs95.jpg)
Strangers with Candy
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8KomINZhIuJeB4oB7k7tkq8tmE.jpg)
Wonder Park
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e8daDzP0vFOnGyKmve95Yv0D0io.jpg)
Manchester by the Sea
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r0o7OBPCmRXJypYG8l6iFYUGD99.jpg)
Daybreak
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/du010f2eoKOXqZ8Uo1h5zlke6Sf.jpg)
A Christmas Story Live!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4K7gQjD19CDEPd7A9KZwr2D9Nco.jpg)
No Hard Feelings
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1HcOyMODYZXnncMikfhYkw3x2ss.jpg)
Tower Heist
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sVJME5R1NmTXtbdnAxYPx7Xa7kr.jpg)
The Lion King 1½
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7mGFmij1FZD5eUnNwvUjmpqrDl6.jpg)
You Can Count on Me
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5pKkikAvKfyiAmxwkw1HHb2z2Za.jpg)
Faerie Tale Theatre
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Bee Movie
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Deck the Halls
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Painkiller
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ygr0Wlmm1KmE16TUefNitIscVBG.jpg)
The Stepford Wives
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/15KI95LbQBwOtQ4MMETkBuOWu3d.jpg)
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eKpK8FaQDpkgp3HHm3YrIDqUjWh.jpg)
Inspector Gadget
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zZ1rN4LoPxKNfAp67Xl300WxVeD.jpg)
WarGames
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sWR1x6UCMCGN9xEf8RGhPS934X0.jpg)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9LTQNCvoLsKXP0LtaKAaYVtRaQL.jpg)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fbo0IYzBc32dD5SjFzKIgfp4O4F.jpg)
Election
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tubPIJJah9iJ9eDHXxaxjLdOcQd.jpg)
Glory
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sKCr78MXSLixwmZ8DyJLrpMsd15.jpg)
The Lion King
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xJVl1I95StraYAwaNbBkVoWE2qA.jpg)
Godzilla
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/odUw1Th64wqGF8hQLyNJoKWbAXX.jpg)
Project X
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