- Named Father of the Year by London's premier men's grooming company with the world's oldest barbershop, Truefitt & Hill. (2004)
- Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker will star in a feature film based on the Comedy Central series STRANGERS WITH CANDY. (March 16, 2004)
- Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will leave hit Broadway musical The Producers on April 4. (February 27, 2004)
- Will star in THE PRODUCERS, which is projected for a late 2005 release. (January 8, 2004)
- Together with Nathan Lane, Broderick will return to Broadway musical The Producers for 112 performances through April 4. (November 6, 2003)
- Sarah Jessica Parker is relocating to London for six months to support husband his stage career -- Broderick is bringing his family to the UK so he can reprise his role in Broadway smash The Producers on the West End stage. (August 26, 2003)
- Broderick is in talks to rejoin the Broadway production of The Producers for an encore run starting in January, the show's spokesman said on Wednesday. (August 7, 2003)
- Broderick tunes in with ABC's spectacular remake of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN -- Broderick stars as Professor Harold Hill, the skilled snake who sets his sights on River City, Iowa, a town known for its stubborn residents. (February 15, 2003)
- Matthew Broderick and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker managed to silence the paparazzi when they left hospital with their newborn son by threatening to leave if they woke the baby. (February 14, 2003)
- Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are suing the same cosmetics giant that upset Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman - the two are filing a $15 million lawsuit against Sephora claiming that their names and photograph have been used by the company to reap millions of dollars of free publicity. (January 22, 2003)
- The role of Alex P. Keaton in FAMILY TIES (1982) was to played by Broderick, but he decided against being committed to a weekly television series.
- His character in WARGAMES (1983) hacks into his high school's computer system and changes his grades. He performs this same function in FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986).
- The scene in WARGAMES where Broderick is picked up by the FBI was filmed at 7Eleven in Big Bear, CA.
- The studio of WARGAMES had a Galaga and a Galaxian machine delivered to his home, where he practiced for two months to prepare for the arcade scene.
- In a scene of FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) Mia Sara says that Matthew Broderick actually tickled her feet and knees to get her to laugh naturally in the taxicab scene.
- He is believed to be a distant relative of Shaw, the character he plays in GLORY (1989)
- He ab-libbed a lot of the scenes of FERRIS BUELLER including the clarient scene...
- His best friend Kenneth Longeran (from Walden Highschool) asked him to co-star in the movie YOU CAN COUNT ON ME that he wrote.
- He knows by heart the whole 2000 year old man routine that Mel Brooks wrote
- He is allegric to horses
- He's left handed
- Was nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight in 1997 for THE CABLE GUY and Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special in 1993 for A LIFE IN THE THEATER.
- Has had dinner with his mother at her house every Sunday night since 1981, even after he got married.
- Matthew Broderick is praying he won't be pelted with vegetables at the Tony Awards.
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1987)
Quotes- n Sarah-Jessica Parker's in-laws: "Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.
- I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.
- "I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff."
- "From the time I was 7 until 14m the last thing I wanted to be was an actor. But that was mostly out of fear. I got very frightened about being in front of an audience. I guess I loved it so much I was afraid I wouldn't be any good at it."
- "When I was like five, we had library cards in my school and I remember I wrote 'actor' under the space for profession."
- "I've been famous for almost more of my life than I haven't been. It's part of my nature. I enjoy a lot of it. "
- "I'm Jewish, but I've never been attracted to religion, and I don't know what the hell to make of anything."
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