FULL NAME:  Matthew Broderick
DATE OF BIRTH :  21 March 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH : New York, USA
HEIGHT: 5' 8"
SPOUSE: Sarah Jessica Parker
(1997 - present)    

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FACT FILE :
* Matthew is left handed. He is the son of actor James Broderick & Patricia Broderick

* Broderick gave up athletics & took up acting after he received a knee injury. He studied at New York's Walden School.

* Broderick's stage debut was at age 17, in a play called "On Valentine's Day".

* Small parts followed in two Neil Simon productions, the play "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1982), for which he won a Tony Award & the film "Max Dugan Returns" (1983).

*  In 1983 Matthew had his first big screen success as a computer hacker in the suspense comedy "War Games", starring alongside veteran actor Dabney Coleman.

* In 1985 Broderick co-starred with Rutger Hauer in the sword & sandal fantasy "Ladyhawke".
* In 1986 Matthew starred in the film he is probably best remembered for, the popular John Hughes teen classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". Who can forget Matthew standing on a float in a passing street parade singing "The Beatles" classic "Twist & Shout".

* Just before the release of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Matthew & his fiance Jennifer Grey were involved in a car accident while holidaying in Ireland. A woman & her daughter were killed in the crash. Matthew was cleared of all charges.

* Matthew had a tendency to fall inlove with his co-stars. He was once engaged to Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) & Helen Hunt (Project X).  He also dated Penelope Ann Miller who co-starred with him in "Biloxi Blues" (1988).

* Big screen roles continued in "Project X" (1987), "Biloxi Blues" (1988), "Out on a Limb" (1992), "The Night We Never Met" (1993), "The Road to Wellville" (1994) & "The Cable Guy" (1996) alongside funnyman Jim Carrey.

* In 1994 he dated Lili Taylor & in May 1997 he married Sarah Jessica Parker.
* Matthew starred opposite Meg Ryan in the romantic comedy "Addicted to Love" (1997).

* In 1998 Matthew starred in the special effects blockbuster "Godzilla" & in 1999 he put on a trenchcoat to star in Walt Disney's "Inspector Gadget".

* In 1999 Matthew went back to school, this time as a teacher in the critically acclaimed teen comedy "Election" opposite Reese Witherspoon.

* 1992 - Out on a Limb
* 1990 - The Freshman
* 1989 - Family Business
* 1989 - Glory
* 1988 - She's Having a Baby (cameo)
* 1988 - Torch Song Trilogy
* 1988 - Biloxi Blues (1988)
* 1987 - Courtship
* 1987 - Project X
* 1986 - On Valentine's Day
* 1986 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* 1985 - 1918  
* 1985 - Master Harold and the Boys (TV)
* 1985 - Ladyhawke
* 1984 - Cinderella (TV)
* 1983 - Max Dugan Returns
* 1983 - WarGames  
* 1982 - Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)