Cast & creator
Matthew Broderick
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American stage and screen actor. Broderick began acting in off-Broadway productions in the early 1980s, soon after landing a role in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, for which he won a Tony Award. His first screen role was in Max Dugan Returns (1983), also penned by Neil Simon. His breakout role came the same year for his role as a young hacker in WarGames. Later Broderick starred in the hit film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), making him a household name. Subsequent notable films include Glory (1989), The Lion King (1994), The Cable Guy (1996), Godzilla (1998), and Election (1999). Broderick also continued acting on Broadway, including several musicals. He won a second Tony Award in 1995 for his performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and a third nomination in 2001 for The Producers. In 1985 while on vacation in Ireland with his then-girlfriend Jennifer Grey, Broderick was involved in a head on collision that killed two locals. He was deemed at fault and faced up to five years in prison on the charge of causing death by dangerous driving, but was convicted of a lesser charge and fined £100. Broderick has been married to actress Sarah Jessica Parker since 1997, and the couple have three children.
Also known as: متیو برودریک
92
film credits
53
television credits
143
1952–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (145)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Modern Family
Dave
2009
Rick and Morty
Talking Cat (voice)
2013
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Frasier
Mark (voice)
1993
Adventure Time
Dream Warrior (voice)
2010
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
30 Rock
Cooter Burger
2006
BoJack Horseman
Joseph Sugarman (voice)
2014
American Experience
Jack Binns (voice)
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Only Murders in the Building
Matthew Broderick
2021
Elsbeth
Lawrence Grey
2024
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Spirit Dream Warrior (voice)
2023
The Lion King
Simba (voice)
1994
Lou Grant
1977The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
The Conners
Peter
2018Film '72
Self
1971
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Today
Self
1952
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012
Cyberchase
Max
2002
Bee Movie
Adam Flayman (voice)
2007
Louie
Matthew Broderick
2010
Better Things
Dr. David Miller
2016
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
No Hard Feelings
Laird Becker
2023
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Simba (voice)
1998
The Lion King 1½
Simba (voice)
2004
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Ferris Bueller (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Manchester by the Sea
Jeffrey Garner
2016
Faerie Tale Theatre
Prince Henry
1982
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller
1986
Glory
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
1989
Wonder Park
June's Dad (voice)
2019The Marriage Ref
Self - Panelist
2010
Godzilla
Dr. Niko Tatopoulos
1998
The Cable Guy
Steven
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Himself
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
New Year's Eve
Mr. Buellerton (uncredited)
2011
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Tower Heist
Mr. Fitzhugh
2011
Painkiller
Richard Sackler
2023
WarGames
David Lightman
1983
Trainwreck
Matthew Broderick
2015
The Tale of Despereaux
Despereaux (voice)
2008
The Stepford Wives
Walter Kresby
2004
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Self - Actor
2026
Deck the Halls
Steve Finch
2006
Daybreak
Michael Burr
2019
The West
Self - William Swain
1996
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget / Robogadget / John Brown
1999
Ladyhawke
Phillipe Gaston
1985
Rules Don't Apply
Levar Mathis
2016
The Producers
Leo Bloom
2005
9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
Self
2026
Election
Jim McAllister
1999
The Freshman
Clark Kellogg
1990
You Can Count on Me
Brian
2000
MADtv
Self
1995
The Road to Wellville
William Lightbody
1994
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Addicted to Love
Sam
1997
The Thief and the Cobbler
Tack the Cobbler (voice)
1993
Then She Found Me
Ben Green
2007
Wonderful World
Ben Singer
2009
Family Business
Adam McMullen
1989
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
John Ordway (voice)
1997
Project X
Jimmy
1987
Biloxi Blues
Eugene Morris Jerome
1988
Good Boy!
Hubble (voice)
2003
The Last Shot
Steven Schats
2004
She's Having a Baby
Ferris Bueller (uncredited)
1988
Infinity
Richard Feynman
1996Infinity
Producer
1996Infinity
Director
1996
Out on a Limb
Bill Campbell
1992
Margaret
John
2011
Strangers with Candy
Roger Beekman
2006
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Charles MacArthur
1994
Finding Amanda
Taylor Peters
2008
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Self
2008
Torch Song Trilogy
Alan Simon
1988
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Self
2021
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
The Night We Never Met
Sam
1993
A Christmas Story Live!
Ralphie as an Adult
2017
Diminished Capacity
Cooper
2008
The Gettysburg Address
Reader
2025
Oh, Hello on Broadway
Self (uncredited)
2017
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
2013
The Making of the Lion King
Self
1994
Denzel Washington: A Model American
Self
2022
Dirty Weekend
Les Moore
2015
Cinderella
Prince Henry
1985
Max Dugan Returns
Michael McPhae
1983Tomorrow Is a Drag
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
Self
2006
Lazy Susan
Doug
2020
Pride of The Lion King
Self
2011
The Music Man
Professor Harold Hill
2003Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
Self - Commentator
1994
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
Self
2006
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
Self
2001Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
Self
A Life in the Theatre
John
1993
Marie and Bruce
Bruce
2004
Love Is Blind
Murray Krafft
2019Pretend I'm Not Here
Nico
On Valentine's Day
Brother
1986The Best Is Yet to Come
Walking to the Waterline
Michael Woods
1998
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Hally
1985
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Self
2012
To Dust
Albert
2019
Skum Rocks!
Self
2013
The American Side
Borden Chase
2016
Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Self
2011
1918
Brother
1985
Raoul's, a New York Story
Self
2025
Shea Goodbye: 45 Years of Amazin' Mets
Narrator
2008Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2006
Against the Odds: The Mike Piazza Story
Narrator
2016