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Matthew Broderick Biography
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Broderick at the 2009 premiere of Wonderful World |
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| Born | March 21, 1962 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Jessica Parker (1997–present) |
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American film and stage actor who played the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Nick Tatopoulos in Godzilla and David Lightman in WarGames. He voiced the characters of the adult Simba in The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. He voiced Tack the Cobbler in The Thief and the Cobbler and voiced Adam Flaymen in Bee Movie alongside Jerry Seinfeld. He played Leo Bloom in the film and Broadway productions of The Producers, and Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in the Civil War drama Glory.
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Early life
Broderick was born in New York City, the son of Patricia (née Biow), a playwright, actress, and painter; and James Wilke Broderick, an actor.12 Broderick's mother was Jewish, and his father a Catholic of Irish descent.345 Broderick attended grade school at the City & Country School (a progressive K–8 school in Manhattan) and attended high school at Walden School (a defunct private school in Manhattan with a strong drama program). After the death of his mother, her paintings were exhibited at the Tibor de Nagy gallery in New York.
Career
Broderick's first major acting role came in an HB Studio workshop production of playwright Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day, playing opposite his father, who was a friend of Foote's. This was followed by a lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy; then, 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 the Neil Simon Eugene Trilogy including the plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. His first movie role was also written by Neil Simon. Broderick debuted in Max Dugan Returns (1983). His first big hit film was WarGames, a summer hit in 1983. This was followed by the role of Philippe Gaston in Ladyhawke, in 1985.
Broderick then got the role as the charming, clever slacker in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. At age 23, Broderick played a high-school student who, with his girlfriend and best friend, plays hooky and explores Chicago. The movie remains a 1980s comedy favorite today and is one of Broderick's best-known roles (particularly with teenage audiences). In the 1989 Glory, Broderick received good notices for his portrayal of the American Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw.
In the 1990s, Broderick took on the role as the adult lion, Simba, in the successful animated film, The Lion King, and also voiced Tack the Cobbler in The Thief and the Cobbler. He won recognition for two dark-comedy roles. The first was that of a bachelor in The Cable Guy. The second was that of a high-school teacher in Alexander Payne's Election.
Broderick returned to Broadway as a musical star in the 1990s, most notably with 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 continued 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.
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 appeared on Broadway as a college professor in The Philanthropist, running April 10 through June 28, 2009.6
Awards
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 Tony Award, Best Actor in a Musical, for the The Producers but lost to Lane. To date, Matthew Broderick is the youngest winner of the Tony Award, Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Personal life
Broderick met actress Jennifer Grey on the set of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and in 1986 was briefly engaged to her. Broderick met actress Sarah Jessica Parker through her brother. The couple married on May 19, 1997 in a civil ceremony in an historic deconsecrated synagogue on the Lower East Side; and although Broderick considers himself culturally Jewish,78 the ceremony was performed by his sister, Janet Broderick Kraft, an Episcopal priest.9 Parker and Broderick have a son, James Wilke Broderick, born on October 28, 2002. On April 28, 2009, it was confirmed that Broderick and Parker were expecting twin girls through surrogacy.10 Broderick and Parker's surrogate delivered their twin daughters, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, on June 22, 2009.11 Marion Loretta Elwell weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces, while Tabitha Hodge was 6 pounds.12
Although they live in New York City, they spend a considerable amount of time at their holiday home in County Donegal, Ireland, where Broderick spent his summers as a child. He is left-handed, a fact made evident in his first movie, Max Dugan Returns, in which he plays baseball. Broderick is an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the New York Mets. He narrated the DVD "Shea Goodbye: 45 Years of Amazin", which chronicled the life of Shea Stadium. Broderick is good friends with his The Producers co-star, Nathan Lane. Fellow '80s teen actor Jon Cryer is often said to look like Broderick;13 their striking resemblance has been portrayed in two episodes of Cryer's TV show, Two and a Half Men. They also have a house in The Hamptons. Sarah and their son James are also left-handed. 14
Auto accident
On August 5, 1987, Broderick was in Northern Ireland, vacationing with Grey, when his rented BMW veered into the wrong lane on a country road in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and smashed head-on into a car driven by Anna Gallagher, 30. She and her mother, Margaret Doherty, 63, died instantly.
Broderick spent four weeks in a Belfast hospital with a fractured leg and ribs, collapsed lung and concussion. Grey suffered minor injuries.
Broderick told authorities he had no recollection of the crash and did not know why he was in the wrong lane. "I don't remember the day. I don't remember even getting up in the morning. I don't remember making my bed. What I first remember is waking up in the hospital, with a very strange feeling going on in my leg," he said at the time.15
Broderick was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and faced a prison term of up to five years. He was later convicted of the lesser charge of careless driving and fined $175. The victims' family called the case "a travesty of justice."15
Broderick agreed to meet with the family of the two women in the spring of 2003 so that the family could gain some sense of closure on the accident.15
Work
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1983 | Max Dugan Returns | Michael McPhee | Debut role |
| WarGames | David Lightman | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
| 1985 | 1918 | Brother | |
| Master Harold...and the Boys | Harold "Hally" | Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special | |
| Ladyhawke | Phillipe Gaston | ||
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Ferris Bueller | |
| On Valentine's Day | Brother | ||
| 1987 | Project X | James "Jimmy" Garrett | |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | cameo "Ferris Bueller" | |
| Biloxi Blues | Eugene Morris Jerome | ||
| Torch Song Trilogy | Alan Simon | ||
| 1989 | Family Business | Adam McMullen | |
| Glory | Colonel Robert Gould Shaw | ||
| 1990 | The Freshman | Clark Kellogg / The Narrator | |
| 1992 | Out on a Limb | William "Bill" Campbell | |
| 1993 | The Night We Never Met | Samuel "Sam" Lester | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Simba the Lion (adult) | (voice only) |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Charles MacArthur | ||
| The Road to Wellville | William "Will" Lightbody | ||
| 1995 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Tack the Cobbler | (voice only) |
| 1996 | The Cable Guy | Steven M. Kovacs | Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Fight with Jim Carrey |
| Infinity | Richard Feynman | ||
| 1997 | Addicted to Love | Sam | |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos | |
| The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Simba the Lion | (voice only) | |
| Walking to the Waterline | Michael Woods | ||
| 1999 | Election | James "Jim" McAllister | Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor |
| Inspector Gadget | Inspector Gadget / Robo-Gadget / Jonathan "John" Brown | ||
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me | Brian Everett | |
| 2003 | The Music Man | Professor Harold Hill | Made for television movie |
| Good Boy! | Canid 3492 the Dog ("Hubble") | (voice only) | |
| 2004 | The Lion King 1½ | Simba the Lion (teenager and adult) | (voice only) |
| Marie and Bruce | Bruce | ||
| The Stepford Wives | Walter Kresby | ||
| The Last Shot | Steven Schats | ||
| 2005 | The Producers | Leopold Bloom | |
| 2006 | Strangers with Candy | Roger Beekman | |
| Deck the Halls | Steven "Steve" Finch | ||
| 2007 | Then She Found Me | Benjamin "Ben" Green | |
| Bee Movie | Adam Flayman | (voice only) | |
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity | Cooper | |
| Finding Amanda | Taylor Peters Mendon | Nominated — Prism Award for Performance in a Feature Film | |
| The Tale of Despereaux | Despereaux | (voice only) | |
| 2009 | Wonderful World | Benjamin "Ben" Singer | |
| 2010 | Margaret | Andrew "Andy" Van Tassel | awaiting release |
| Ghost Stadium | Phillip "Phil" Waltersen | awaiting release |
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References
- ^ "Matthew Broderick". Genealogy.com. 2008. http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/brodrick/index.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Biography: Patricia Broderick". Tibor de Nagy. 2008. http://www.tibordenagy.com/artists/broderick.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Tom Tugend (16 December 2005). "Bialystock and Bloom Tell the Truth". JewishJournal. http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15137. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Celia McGee (18 April 2001). "Broderick's Set to Bloom in 'Producers'". The New York Daily News. http://www.matthewbroderick.net/article/nydaily01.html. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ^ Mark Seal (1 January 2006). "Magical Mystery Tour". American Way. http://www.matthewbroderick.net/interview/americanway060101.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth.Broadway's Philanthropist, Starring Broderick, Goes On Sale",playbill.com, February 20, 2009
- ^ Rachelle Unreich (1996). "Matthew Broderick: one of the guys". Detour Magazine: pp. 38–42. http://www.matthewbroderick.net/article/detour96.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Nate Bloom (2005-12-16). "Celebrity Jews". Jewish News Weekly. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27905/format/html/displaystory.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Serena Kappes (2000-11-10). "Friend Finds He Can Count on Broderick". People. http://www.matthewbroderick.net/article/people00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick to Have Twins!". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20275425,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286959,00.html
- ^ "Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Welcome Twin Girls". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Parker-Broderick-twins-1007199.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022334/bio
- ^ http://hookedonhouses.net/2009/04/29/sarah-jessica-parker-matthew-brodericks-hamptons-house/
- ^ a b c Bill Hoffmann (September 2, 2002). "Broderick's Guilt". New York Post. http://www.matthewbroderick.net/article/nypost02.html. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
External links
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- Matthew Broderick - Downstage Center 2004 interview at American Theatre Wing.org
- TonyAwards.com Interview with Matthew Broderick
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