Matthew Broderick

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Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, l962, in New York, New York. He comes by his immense talent naturally, as his father was the late actor James Broderick, and his mother was the playwright Patricia Broderick. Even though he was standing in the deep end of the gene pool, Matthew distinguished himself as an unique talent very early on. Actor and director who starred as the computer hacker who nearly starts World War 3 in War Games (1983), and gained commercial success in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He earned a Tony award for the Broadway production of the Neil Simon comedy hit Brighton Beach Memoirs (1982–3), and another for the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995). Later films include Godzilla (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count On Me (2000), and The Stepford Wives (2004). He made his directorial debut with Infinity (1996). He returned to the stage in a musical adaptation of the Mel Brook's cult film The Producers (2001).