When a knee injury ended his athletic endeavors, Matthew Broderick followed his father, James, into the acting business. The young Broderick, born in New York City March 21, 1962, made his stage debut at age 17 and soon began appearing in Broadway plays such as "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (for which he took home a 1983 Tony Award).Broderick found big-screen success in the thriller War Games (1983), but his star-making turn didn't come until 1986 when he accepted the title role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Three years later, critics extolled his performance in the Civil War drama Glory, and in 1990 he was cast opposite Marlon Brando in The Freshman.
Broderick garnered an Emmy nod in 1993 for the made-for-cable movie A Life in the Theater and won plaudits playing against type in Election (1999). His subsequent films include You Can Count on Me (2000) and the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives.
AddGloryLoosely based on the letters of Boston-born Union commander Col. Robert G. Shaw (Matthew Broderick), this Academy Award-winning war film follows the first group of African-Americans to serve in combat during the Civil War. The heroics of Shaw's volunteer regiment of black soldiers -- including a... Read More
AddElectionTracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have the election for student council president sewn up until one of her teachers, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick), rounds up a worthy opponent: a popular and naïve varsity football player (Chris Klein) whose knee injury has him sidelined for the... Read More
AddFerris Bueller's Day OffHigh-schooler Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) knows everyone -- and every trick to faking an illness. So with the entire school convinced he's at death's door, Bueller grabs his girlfriend (Mia Sara) and best friend (Alan Ruck) and hits the streets of Chicago for a well-deserved day off. Fed-up... Read More
AddInspector GadgetNebbish rent-a-cop John Brown (Matthew Broderick) clings to life after he's mangled in an explosion perpetrated by the iniquitous Dr. Claw (Rupert Everett). Not to worry … robotics expert Brenda Bradford (Joely Fisher) to the rescue. She replaces John's limbs with a cornucopia of gadgets,... Read More
AddWarGamesAfter he cracks the security of an Air Force supercomputer, young hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) accidentally tells it to start preparing a preemptive nuclear strike. Combining Cold War paranoia with adolescent adventure, director John Badham's techno-thriller follows Lightman and... Read More
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