| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matthew_broderick.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."]]'']] |
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| 4 | Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962 in Manhattan, New York) is an American actor famous for such characters as [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller]], [[Film/{{Glory}} Colonel Robert Gould Shaw]], [[Film/WarGames David Lightman]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 adult Simba]]. He started off as a teen heartthrob as part of the Creator/BratPack, but later moved on to more serious roles in TheNineties, and has had some success on Broadway as well. He is married to Creator/SarahJessicaParker, with whom he has three children. |
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| 6 | !!Films and TV shows starred or voice acted in: |
| 7 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'' (2008, 2012) |
| 8 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (2012) |
| 9 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' (2007) |
| 10 | * ''Series/BetterThings'' (2019) |
| 11 | * ''Film/BiloxiBlues'' (1988) |
| 12 | * ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' (2017) |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheCableGuy'', alongside Creator/JimCarrey (1996) |
| 14 | * ''Film/AChristmasStory Live'' (2017) |
| 15 | * ''Series/{{Daybreak|2019}}'' (2019) |
| 16 | * ''Film/DeckTheHalls'', alongside Creator/DannyDeVito (2006) |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Election}}'', alongside Creator/ReeseWitherspoon (1999) |
| 18 | * ''Film/FamilyBusiness'' (1989) |
| 19 | * ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' (1986) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{The Freshman|1990}}'' (1990) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Glory}}'' (1989) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'' (1998) |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Inspector Gadget|1999}}'' (1999) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' (1985) |
| 25 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' (1994) |
| 26 | * ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea'' (2016) |
| 27 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'' (2012) |
| 28 | * ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' (the ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' remake) (2003) |
| 29 | * ''Film/NoHardFeelings'' (2023) |
| 30 | * ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' (2023, AsHimself) |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Out On A Limb|1992}}'' (1992) |
| 32 | * ''Painkiller'' (2023) |
| 33 | * ''[[Film/ProjectX1987 Project X]]'' (1987) ([[Film/ProjectX2012 Not this one]]) |
| 34 | * ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' (2019) |
| 35 | * ''Film/TheRoadToWellville'' (1994) |
| 36 | * ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' remake (2004) |
| 37 | * ''Series/StrangersWithCandy'' (1999) |
| 38 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheTaleOfDespereaux'' (2008) |
| 39 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' (1994) |
| 40 | * ''Film/TorchSongTrilogy'' (1988) |
| 41 | * ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}'' (2015, As Himself) |
| 42 | * ''Film/WarGames'' (1983) |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/WonderPark'' (2019) |
| 44 | * ''Film/YouCanCountOnMe'' (2000) |
| 45 | |
| 46 | !!Broadway performances: |
| 47 | * ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' |
| 48 | * ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' |
| 49 | * ''Night Must Fall'' |
| 50 | * ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' |
| 51 | * ''Theatre/TheProducers'' |
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| 54 | !!Tropes: |
| 55 | * AdamWesting: A car commercial broadcast during the 2012 Super Bowl featured Broderick parodying his Ferris role as a grown man. |
| 56 | * IAmNotSpock: He will forever be Ferris Bueller to the world, but Broderick himself has ruled out reappearing as the character and is rumored to be annoyed when people bring it up to him. However, he seems to have softened his stance towards the role; see AdamWesting. |
| 57 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In a variety of his roles, but especially Phillipe the Mouse and Ferris Bueller, he does asides directly to the camera. |
| 58 | * PlayingAgainstType: He's absolutely ''chilling'' as Joseph Sugarman in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman''. Also an example of PlayingWithCharacterType, as Joseph is just as friendly and charismatic as his other characters...which just shows that his horrific actions [[spoiler: such as having his wife lobotomized]] was [[DeliberateValuesDissonance socially acceptable]] at the time. |
| 59 | * OldShame: |
| 60 | ** He has admitted he was miscast in ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}''. |
| 61 | ** His stance towards the 2004 remake of ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' that he appeared in. |
| 62 | * StarMakingRole: ''Film/WarGames'', followed by ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''. |
| 63 | * ThoseTwoActors: Has teamed up with Creator/NathanLane on Broadway multiple times (''Theatre/TheProducers'', ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', ''It's Only a Play'') after initially teaming up with him for ''The Lion King'' (Lane voiced Timon). |
| 64 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 65 | ** He was the first choice to star as Alex P. Keaton on ''Series/FamilyTies'' before Creator/MichaelJFox got cast. In turn, ironically, Fox was the first choice to play Ferris Bueller. |
| 66 | ** He was approached by AMC to take the lead role of ''Series/BreakingBad'' as Walter White, but declined, leaving the role to Creator/BryanCranston (series creator Creator/VinceGilligan wanted Cranston from the start but ExecutiveMeddling forced Broderick on him, until Broderick himself turned it down). |
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