Matthew Broderick Biography

(1962–)

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  • Films
  • 1983 War Games
  • 1984 Ladyhawke 1918
  • 1984 Master Harold and the Boys
  • 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • 1987 Project X
  • 1988 Biloxi Blues
  • 1988 Torch Song Trilogy
  • 1989 Family Business
  • 1990 The Freshman
  • 1992 Out On A Limb
  • 1993 The Night We Never Met
  • 1994 The Road to Wellville
  • 1995 Bullets Over Broadway
  • 1996 The Cable Guy
  • 1996 Infinity (also director)
  • 1997 Addicted to Love
  • 1998 Godzilla
  • 1999 Election
  • 1999 Inspector Gadget
  • 2000 You Can Count On Me
  • 2004 The Stepford Wives
  • 2005 Strangers with Candy
  • 2005 The Producers
  • 2006 Deck the Halls
  • Theatre
  • 1980 On Valentine's Day
  • 1981–82 Torch Song Trilogy
  • 1982 Widows and Children First!
  • 1982–83 Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • 1984–85 Biloxi Blues
  • 1986–87 The Widow Clare
  • 1990 Love Letters
  • 1995 How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • 2001 The Producers
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Actor and director, born in New York City, USA. He starred as the computer hacker who nearly starts World War 3 in War Games (1983), and gained commercial success in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He earned a Tony award for the Broadway production of the Neil Simon comedy hit Brighton Beach Memoirs (1982–3), and another for the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995). Later films include Godzilla (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count On Me (2000), The Stepford Wives (2004), and Deck the Halls (2006). He made his directorial debut with Infinity (1996). He returned to the stage in a musical adaptation of the Mel Brook's cult film The Producers (2001).

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