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My Take
Matthew Broderick interests me because he never let Ferris Bueller become a cage. The easy path was to coast on that eternal-teenager charm; instead he kept returning to the New York stage, winning two Tony Awards and proving the boyish lightness was technique, not luck. I love the range hidden in his resume — the hacker of WarGames, the voice of Simba, the musical-comedy leading man. He is a Manhattan theater craftsman who happened to become a movie icon, and I find that ordering of priorities quietly admirable. His later, wearier roles only deepen the picture for me.
Overview
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen he has received two Tony Awards as well nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Broderick was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star in 2006 and the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2017.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matthew Broderick
- Name (Japanese)
- マシュー・ブロデリック
- Reading
- ましゅー・ぶろでりっく
- Born
- March 21, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / singer / voice actor / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1983 Theatre World Award
- 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- 1995 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2005 Hollywood Film Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | — | |
| Notable work | WarGames | — | |
| Notable work | The Lion King | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.