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Matthew Broderick is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 21 march 1962 at New York City (USA)

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick participated to 55 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 11 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

The Lion King, 1h29
Directed by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about families, Philosophie, Films about religion, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about lions, Films about apes, Musical films, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Suricate, Films about royalty
Actors Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Joseph Williams
Roles Simba (voice)
Rating82% 4.134154.134154.134154.134154.13415
In the Pride Lands of Africa, a lion rules over the animals as king. The birth of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi's son Simba creates envy and resentment in Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, who knows his nephew now replaces him as heir to the throne. After Simba has grown into a young cub, Mufasa gives him a tour of the Pride Lands, teaching him the responsibilities of being a king and the circle of life. Later that day, Scar tricks Simba and his best friend Nala into exploring a forbidden elephant graveyard, despite the protests of Mufasa's hornbill majordomo Zazu. At the graveyard, three spotted hyenas named Shenzi, Banzai and Ed attack the cubs before Mufasa, alerted by Zazu, rescues them and forgives Simba for his actions. That night, the hyenas, who are allied with Scar, plot with him to kill Mufasa and Simba.
Godzilla
Godzilla (1998)
, 2h20
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner
Roles Dr. Niko Tatopoulos
Rating54% 2.701922.701922.701922.701922.70192
Following a nuclear test in French Polynesia, the fallout irradiates a lizard's nest. Decades later, an enormous sea creature suddenly attacks a Japanese fishing vessel in the South Pacific, leaving only one fisherman alive. Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos, an NRC biologist, is sent to Tahiti and to Jamaica, where a wrecked village, footprints, and ship are found. Nick collects skin samples that lead him to believe the creature is an enormous mutant created by nuclear testing. It travels to New York City during the rainiest week of the season, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
Bee Movie
Bee Movie (2007)
, 1h27
Directed by Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about insects, Children's films
Actors Renée Zellweger, Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock
Roles Adam Flayman (voice)
Rating60% 3.049013.049013.049013.049013.04901
A bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) has recently graduated from college and is about to enter the hive's Honex Industries honey-making workforce alongside his best friend Adam Flayman (Matthew Broderick). Barry is initially excited to join the workforce, but his latent non-conformist attitude emerges upon discovering that his choice of job will never change once picked. Later, the two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks, bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive. The Jocks offer to take Barry outside the hive to a flower patch, and he accepts. While on his first pollen-gathering expedition, Barry gets caught in the rain, and ends up on the balcony of a human named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). Upon noticing Barry, Vanessa's boyfriend Ken (Patrick Warburton) attempts to swat him, but Vanessa instead safely catches and releases Barry outside the window, saving his life.
Inspector Gadget, 1h19
Directed by David Kellogg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Comedy science fiction films, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Superhero films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Robot films
Actors Matthew Broderick, Mike Myers, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Dabney Coleman
Roles Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget / John Brown
Rating42% 2.103232.103232.103232.103232.10323
John Brown is a humble, but clumsy security guard working at the Bradford robotics laboratory in Riverton, Ohio, run by Artemus Bradford and his daughter Brenda, whom Brown has a crush on. Brown wishes to become a police officer, with support from his niece Penny. Brenda and Artemus create a lifelike robotic foot as part of the Gadget Program, to create cybernetically augmented police officers. Tycoon Sanford Scolex attacks the lab, steals the foot, and has Artemus murdered before escaping in his limo. Brown goes chasing him down in his car, which leads to its being destroyed by Scolex's explosive cigar leaving brown for dead, but a bowling ball coming from the fiery blast of Brown’s destroyed car smashingly crushes Scolex's hand, forcing him to replace it with a mechanical claw.
WarGames
WarGames (1983)
, 1h54
Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Politique, Sécurité informatique, Films about video games, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Michael Madsen
Roles David Lightman
Rating70% 3.5497153.5497153.5497153.5497153.549715
During a surprise drill of a nuclear attack, many United States Air Force Strategic Missile Wing missileers prove unwilling to turn a required key to launch a missile strike. Such refusals convince John McKittrick (Dabney Coleman) and other systems engineers at NORAD that missile launch control centers must be automated, without human intervention. Control is given to a NORAD supercomputer, WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), programmed to continuously run military simulations and learn over time.
Wonder Park, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Ken Hudson Campbell, Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Kenan Thompson, Ken Jeong, Mila Kunis
Roles June's Dad (voice)
Rating58% 2.917382.917382.917382.917382.91738
June Bailey, une fille à l'imagination brillante, et sa mère racontent l'histoire de Wonderland, un parc d'attractions magique dirigé par un groupe d'animaux: Boomer, un gros ours bleu qui accueille les invités; Greta, un sanglier; Gus et Cooper, frères de castor; Steve, un porc-épic responsable de la sécurité du parc et amoureux de Greta; et Peanut, le chef du parc et un chimpanzé qui a la capacité de créer des manèges en écoutant la voix de la mère de June.
The Cable Guy, 1h36
Directed by Ben Stiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker
Roles Steven M. Kovacs
Rating60% 3.0493153.0493153.0493153.0493153.049315
After a failed marriage proposal to his girlfriend Robin Harris (Leslie Mann), Steven M. Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) moves into his own apartment after they agree to spend some time apart. Enthusiastic cable guy Ernie "Chip" Douglas (Jim Carrey), an eccentric man with a lisp, installs his cable. Taking advice from his friend Rick (Jack Black), Steven bribes Chip to give him free movie channels, to which Chip agrees. Before he leaves, Chip gets Steven to hang out with him the next day and makes him one of his "preferred customers".
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1h42
Directed by John Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about films, Films about education, L'action se déroule en une journée, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Charlie Sheen, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey
Roles Ferris Bueller
Rating77% 3.8987253.8987253.8987253.8987253.898725
High school senior Ferris Bueller skips school by fooling his parents into thinking he is sick. He then persuades his depressive best friend Cameron Frye to join him. Ferris coaxes Cameron into taking his father's prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder out for a spin. Sympathy spreads throughout his school and the community for Ferris' faked illness, inspiring a campaign to "Save Ferris." His absence is called into question by his sister Jeannie and the school's dean of students, Edward Rooney, who believes Ferris is truant, which Rooney believes jeopardizes his own ability to effectively govern the student body.
Glory
Glory (1990)
, 2h2
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Cliff De Young
Roles Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Rating77% 3.8982353.8982353.8982353.8982353.898235
During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw is injured in the Battle of Antietam and sent home to Boston on medical leave. He visits his family there, where he meets the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a former slave. Shaw is offered a promotion to the rank of Colonel to command the first all-black regiment in the Union Army, the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He accepts and asks his childhood friend, 2nd Lieutenant Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish free African American. Other recruits soon follow, including gravedigger John Rawlins, timid freeman Jupiter Sharts and Silas Trip, an escaped slave who does not trust Shaw. Trip instantly clashes with Searles and Rawlins must keep the peace.
Election
Election (1999)
, 1h43
Directed by Alexander Payne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan
Roles Jim McAllister
Rating72% 3.6480453.6480453.6480453.6480453.648045
Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a much-admired high school teacher in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska, who is actively involved in many after-school activities, one of which is overseeing the student government election process. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is an overachieving junior with an insufferable air of self-importance. Earlier in the year, another teacher, Jim's best friend Dave Novotny (Mark Harelik), had seduced Tracy and began carrying on an affair with her. When Tracy's mother learned of the affair and reported it to school authorities, Dave was fired from his job and divorced by his wife, Linda (Delaney Driscoll), while Tracy's reputation was unscathed.
You Can Count on Me, 1h51
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin, Kenneth Lonergan
Roles Brian Everett
Rating74% 3.746543.746543.746543.746543.74654
As children, Sammy and Terry Prescott lost their parents to a car accident. Years later, Sammy (Laura Linney), a single mother and lending officer at a bank, still lives in her childhood home in Scottsville, New York, while Terry (Mark Ruffalo) has drifted around the country, scraping by and getting in and out of trouble.