Matthew Broderick

Name: Matthew Broderick
Date of Birth: March 21, 1962
Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Biography: Broderick's first major acting role came in a role in an HB Studio workshop production of playwright Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day, playing opposite his father James, who was a friend of Foote's. ...( read more

)This was followed by a lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy; a good review by New York Times theater critic Mel Gussow brought him to the attention of Broadway. Broderick commented on the effects of that review in a 2004 60 Minutes II interview:

"Before I knew it, I was like this guy in a hot play. And suddenly all these doors opened. And it’s only because Mel Gussow happened to come by right before it closed and happened to like it. It’s just amazing. All these things have to line up that are out of your control."

He followed that with the role of Eugene Morris Jerome in two Neil Simon plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, both plays are part of what is known as the "Eugene Trilogy" . In between those plays he starred in WarGames, a summer hit in 1983. Broderick auditioned for the role of Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties and was offered the role, but he had to turn it down because of his movie schedule. Broderick then got the role as the charming, clever slacker in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Broderick, who in real life was in his mid 20's, played a high school student who, with his girlfriend and best friend, explores Chicago while avoiding the clutches of the dean of students, who is eager to catch Bueller in the act. The movie remains an 80's comedy favorite today. In 1989's Glory Broderick received good notices for his portrayal of — and uncanny resemblance to — the American Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw.

Broderick in the 1990's took two dark comedy roles. The first was that of a bachelor who attracts the friendship of a lonely cable guy played by Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy. The second was that of a Midwest teacher determined to stop the school overachiever from becoming class president in Alexander Payne's Election.

roderick returned to Broadway as a musical star in the 1990s, most notably his Tony Award winning performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and his Tony Award nominated performance in the Mel Brooks' stage version of The Producers in 2001. He also continues to make feature films, including the 2005 adaptation of The Producers. Broderick played the role of Leopold “Leo” Bloom, an accountant who co-produces a musical designed to fail, but which turns out to be successful. In “The Producers” Broderick sings several songs, both alone and with other characters.

Broderick reunited with his co-star from The Lion King and The Producers, Nathan Lane, in The Odd Couple, which opened on Broadway in October 2005. He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his featured role in the play Brighton Beach Memoirs, and one in 1995 for his leading role in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He was also nominated for The Producers, but lost to co-star Nathan Lane.

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posted 49 days ago
EmoErnie

I loved him in the producers!!! It was really funny!

posted 158 days ago
helaman101

he was awsome in the movie "Lady Hawk"

posted 174 days ago
rebalcrazy

i love the movie yuo did called "Ferris Bulers Day off" that was the funniest movie that i have seen.

posted 192 days ago
HoosierBear28

I LOVE HIS MOVIES THEY ROCK! AMAZING ACTOR!

posted 234 days ago
DeborahFragoso

One amazing actor! I love his movies.

posted 268 days ago
xXxReagansLovexXx

gr8 actor

posted 305 days ago
jediweston

love his acting it is like the bomb :D

posted 305 days ago
jediweston

love his acting it is like the bomb :D

posted 305 days ago
fgchamp

Ferris, want a gummy bear? They're still warm from my pocket. 8D

posted 338 days ago