Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick is an American actor best known for playing the titular role in *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), a performance that defined 1980s teenage irreverence.

He won a Tony Award for *Brighton Beach Memoirs* and later voiced adult Simba in *The Lion King*.

He has been married to actress Sarah Jessica Parker since 1997.

filmography

WarGames

Inspector Gadget · Simba

Ferris Bueller

Bueller

parade · museum · hooky · truant · joyride · teenager · fourth wall · answering machine · economics teacher · twist and shout

Broadway

The Producers

Those financing entertainment projects

Nathan Lane · Hello Dolly · stage · playbill · curtain call · theater · performance · ensemble · choreography · marquee

personal

Sarah Jessica Parker

Upper West Side · family · marriage · twins · Marion · Tabitha

comedy

satire

Mockery exposing vice

  • humorAmusing quality
  • deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
  • witClever, inventive humor

timing · charm · everyman · likable · neurotic · self-deprecating · sheepish · boyish · comedic timing · straight man

Categories
Opposites
acting persona and genre association

Matthew BroderickDennis Hopper

Robert De Niro · Al Pacino · Jack Nicholson · Javier Bardem · Willem Dafoe

cultural impact and career trajectory

Matthew BroderickTom Cruise

Tom Hanks · Leonardo DiCaprio · Brad Pitt · Will Smith · Arnold Schwarzenegger

Family

Matthew, Broderick

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G