Matthew Broderick Biography

Fast Facts

• Played football as a teenager, but turned to acting after being sidelined by a knee injury
• Made his stage debut in 1980 opposite his father, James Broderick, in a production of On Valentine's Day in New York City
• Turned down the role of Alex P
• Keaton on Family Ties to spend time with his ailing father
• Pleaded guilty to the charge of careless driving after a 1987 car accident in Northern Ireland that killed two women
• Appeared alongside future wife Sarah Jessica Parker on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 1996
• Received rave reviews, and a Tony nomination, for his performance in the Broadway musical The Producers, which opened in 2001; reprised his role in the 2005 film adaptation