Birth

March 21, 1962

Broderick was born in New York City, the son of Patricia (née Biow), a playwright, actress and painter whose work was posthumously shown at the Tibor de Nagy gallery in New York, and James Broderick, an actor.

Torch Song Trilogy

October 1, 1981

Torch Song Trilogy first opened at the uptown Richard Allen Center in October 1981 [3]. On January 15, 1982 it transferred to the Actors' Playhouse in Greenwich Village, where it ran for 117 performances [4]. The cast included Fierstein as Arnold, Joel Crothers as Ed, Paul Joynt as Alan, Matthew Broderick as David, and Estelle Getty as Mrs. Beckoff.

Max Dugan Returns

March 25, 1983

Max Dugan, the long lost father of Nora McPhee (Marsha Mason), drops in on her as various trials and tribulations have befallen her. With him he brings some promises and the news of his impending death. He also meets his grandson Michael (Matthew Broderick) for the first time who is charmed by Dugan. Donald Sutherland plays the police officer who helps Nora after her car is stolen and becomes her boyfriend in the process.

Brighton Beach Memoirs

March 27, 1983

After seven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Gene Saks, opened on March 27, 1983 at the Alvin Theatre (renamed after Simon three months later), where it ran for nearly two years before transferring to the 46th Street Theatre to complete its 1299-performance run. The opening night cast included Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth Franz, Peter Michael Goetz, Željko Ivanek, and Joyce Van Patten. Jon Cryer, Fisher Stevens, Robert Sean Leonard, and Jonathan Silverman successively played Eugene following Broderick's departure. Replacements in other roles included David Margulies, Anita Gillette, Dick Latessa, and Elizabeth Perkins.

WarGames

June 3, 1983

David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is a bright but unmotivated high school student. He is also a computer hacker who uses his 1970s vintage IMSAI microcomputer and modem (connected to the telephone by an acoustic coupler) to perform automated searches for systems connected to the public phone system

Biloxi Blues

March 28, 1985 - June 28, 1986

The play opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre on March 28, 1985. The stage version starred Matthew Broderick as Jerome, William Sadler as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey, and Penelope Ann Miller as Daisy Hannigan. The original production also featured Matt Mulhern as Joseph Wykowski, Barry Miller as Arnold Epstein, and Alan Ruck as Don Carney. The story takes place during the early months of 1943.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

June 11, 1986

Ferris Bueller is an irreverent high school senior from the fictional northern Chicago suburb of Shermer, Illinois, who decides to skip school (Glenbrook North High School, additional scenes filmed at the then closed Maine North High School) for a day on the town by pretending to be sick.

Glory

December 15, 1989

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

The Lion King

June 15, 1994

Mathew voiced adult Simba

Married Sarah Jessica Parker

May 19, 1997 - Now

through her brother. The couple married on May 19, 1997 in a civil ceremony in a historic deconsecrated synagogue on the Lower East Side; and while Broderick considers himself Jewish, the ceremony was performed by his sister, the Reverend Janet Broderick Kraft, an Episcopal pries

Election

May 7, 1999

Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister is a teacher who truly enjoys educating. His passion is with his work and the study of ethics. He cares about his students, but has contempt for those whose ambition gets in the way of their humanity. In spite of his lofty moral ideals, his contempt for Tracy renders him unable to live by his own ethical standard.

The Producers

April 19, 2001 - April 22, 2007

The original Broadway production of The Producers opened at the St. James Theatre on April 19, 2001 and ran for 2,502 performances, closing on April 22, 2007. The director and choreographer was Susan Stroman. The show originally starred Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock (who reprised that role during the show's first few months on London's West End) and Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom. It won 12 Tony Awards, breaking the record held for 37 years by Hello, Dolly! which had won 10.