Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister in Election

Biography

Born 03/21/1962

Stage and screen actor Matthew Broderick was already a Tony Award-winning Broadway actor when film audiences fell in love with his 1986 performance as a highly evolved high school truant in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Apart from his onscreen successes, Broderick was one of the most respected...
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Awards

  • In 1995, received Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
  • In 1995, received Tony Award for Actor in a Musical
  • In 1983, received Theatre World Award

Highlights

  • In 2008, Featured in Helen Hunt's directorial debut, "Then She Found Me"
  • In 2008, Played the lead in the comedy, "Finding Amanda"
  • In 2006, Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (January)

Family & Companions

  • Jennifer Grey: Companion (Met on the set of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986); were briefly engaged in 1987; Grey was a passenger in the car Broderick was driving, which caused a fatal collision, while they were vacationing in Northern Ireland)
  • Sarah Jessica Parker: wife (Best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO series "Sex and the City"; met through Parker's brother, Timothy Britten Parker in 1992; married May 19, 1997 in a civil ceremony performed by Broderick's sister)
  • Helen Hunt: met during the filming of "Project X" (1987); no longer together

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