Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick
Background information
Born	March 21, 1962 (age 63) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Family information
Spouse	Sarah Jessica Parker (1997–present)
Children	James Marion Tabitha
Parents	Patricia Broderick † (mother) James Broderick † (father)

Matthew Broderick is an American actor, who, for Disney, voiced Simba in The Lion King and its direct-to-video sequels. He also played the titular character and RoboGadget in the 1999 live-action remake of Inspector Gadget and Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man. He also played a fictionalized version of himself in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. For Touchstone Pictures, he played Steven Schats in The Last Shot.

Broderick was born in Manhattan, New York and attended grade school at City and Country School, as well as Walden School. He currently holds the record for the youngest person to ever receive the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, at the age of 21, for his role as Eugene Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs. His other stage credits include Torch Song Trilogy, Biloxi Blues, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Night Must Fall, The Producers, The Odd Couple, Nice Work If You Can Get It, It's Only a Play, Sylvia, and Plaza Suite.

Broderick began appearing in movies, such as Max Dugan Returns and WarGames before appearing in other films, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Glory, Godzilla (1998), Wonderful World, The Cable Guy, Ladyhawke, Good Boy!, Infinity, The Stepford Wives (2004), Deck the Halls, Manchester by the Sea, To Dust, as well as film versions of On Valentine's Day, Biloxi Blues, Torch Sony Trilogy, and The Producers. He also lent his voice to animated features, such as DreamWorks' Bee Movie as a bee character named Adam Flayman, The Tale of Despereaux as the titular mouse named Despereaux Tilling, and a 1995 reconstruction of The Thief and the Cobbler entitled Arabian Knight as Tack the Cobbler.

Roles

Simba
(The Lion King franchise)

Inspector Gadget
(Inspector Gadget)

RoboGadget
(Inspector Gadget)

Professor Harold Hill
(The Music Man)

Himself
(Only Murders in the Building)

Gallery

Broderick behind the scenes of The Lion King.

Broderick and Anika Noni Rose during the 65th annual Tony Awards in June 2011.

Broderick attending the 2015 Tribeca Film Fest.

Broderick attending the 54th annual New York Film Fest in September 2016.

Broderick with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker at the premiere of Rules Don't Apply in October 2016.

Broderick visits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in December 2016.

Broderick speaks at the 2019 New York Comic Con.

Trivia

• He was considered to voice Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid before the role was given to Christopher Daniel Barnes.
• He was considered to voice Buzz Lightyear, Flik, and Mike Wazowski in Pixar's Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Monsters, Inc. (respectively), along with several other actors, before the roles were ultimately given to Tim Allen, Dave Foley, and Billy Crystal (respectively).^{[citation needed]}
• He was also considered for the role of Chicken Little in Chicken Little, along with Michael J. Fox and David Spade. The role was eventually given to Zach Braff.

External links

• Matthew Broderick on Wikipedia
• Matthew Broderick on IMDb