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.
Ferris 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
ElectionTracy 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
WarGamesAfter cracking the security of an Air Force supercomputer, young hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) moves his piece in a seemingly innocent video game and accidentally tells the computer to start preparing a preemptive nuclear strike. Driven by Cold War paranoia, director John Badham's... Read More
Inspector 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). But robotics expert Brenda Bradford (Joely Fisher) comes to his rescue and replaces his limbs with a cornucopia of gadgets. Transformed into... Read More
Tower Heist (2011) | PG-13 | |
Margaret (2011) | R | |
Wonderful World (2009) | R | |
NR | ||
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) | G | |
Finding Amanda (2008) | R | |
Then She Found Me (2007) | R | |
PG | ||
Deck the Halls (2006) | PG | |
The Producers (2005) | PG-13 | |
Strangers with Candy (2005) | R | |
The Stepford Wives (2004) | PG-13 | |
G | ||
The Last Shot (2004) | R | |
Marie and Bruce (2004) | R | |
Good Boy! (2003) | PG | |
The Music Man (2003) | TV-G | |
NR | ||
You Can Count on Me (2000) | R | |
Election (1999) | R | |
Inspector Gadget (1999) | PG | |
G | ||
Godzilla (1998) | PG-13 | |
Addicted to Love (1997) | R | |
The Cable Guy (1996) | PG-13 | |
Infinity (1996) | PG | |
G | ||
G | ||
The Road to Wellville (1994) | R | |
R | ||
Out on a Limb (1992) | PG | |
The Freshman (1990) | PG | |
R | ||
Family Business (1989) | R | |
Biloxi Blues (1988) | PG-13 | |
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) | R | |
Project X (1987) | PG | |
Courtship (1987) | NR | |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) | PG-13 | |
On Valentine's Day (1986) | PG | |
Ladyhawke (1985) | PG-13 | |
1918 (1985) | NR | |
Max Dugan Returns (1983) | PG | |
WarGames (1983) | PG | |
NR | ||
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