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Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American film and stage actor who is perhaps most widely known for his role as the protagonist in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Broderick's first break came in role in an HB Studio workshop production of
Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day, playing opposite his father
James Broderick, who was a friend of Foote's. This was followed by a lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy
; a good review by New York Times theater critic Mel Gussow brought him to the attention of Broadway. Broderick commented on the effects of that review in a 2004 60 Minutes II interview::Before I knew it, I was like this guy in a hot play. And suddenly all these doors opened. And it’s only because Mel Gussow happened to come by right before it closed and happened to like it. It’s just amazing. All these things have to line up that are out of your control.
He followed that with the role of Eugene Morris Jerome in two
Neil Simon plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs
and Biloxi Blues
. In between those plays he starred in WarGames, the summer hit of 1983.
He returned to Broadway as a musical star in the 1990s, most notably in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and
Mel Brooks' stage version of The Producers in 2001, and continues to make films.
He has won two Tony Awards, in 1983 for his featured role in the play
Brighton Beach Memoirs, and in 1995 for his leading role in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying!
; he was also nominated for The Producers, with the award going to co-star
Nathan Lane.
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