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Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962Matthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in

Early life

Broderick was born in New York City, the son of the late Irish American Catholic actor James Broderick and his Jewish American wife, the late Patricia Biow, a playwright. Broderick attended the Walden School, a private school in Manhattan with a strong drama program.

Broderick's first major acting role came in a role in an HB Studio workshop production of playwright Horton Foote's , playing opposite his father James, who was a friend of Foote's. This was followed by a lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's theater critic Mel Gussow brought him to the attention of Broadway. Broderick commented on the effects of that review in a 2004 "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.", a summer hit in 1983.

Broderick returned to Broadway as a musical star in the 1990s, most notably in . On August 5, 1987, she was with him as he drove on a rain-slicked road on the outskirts of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. Broderick drove his rented BMW 316 head-on into another car carrying 63-year-old Margaret Doherty and her 30-year-old daughter Anna Gallagher; both women were killed. Broderick had to be cut out of the car; he suffered facial lacerations and a broken thigh. Grey escaped with minor injuries. Broderick had no memory of the event and Grey was distracted at the moment of the accident, changing audio tapes and seeing nothing. The lack of witnesses, skid marks, or other evidence led Broderick to plead guilty on February 15, 1988 to the lesser charge of careless driving. He was fined £100. [1]

Back in the United States, when asked about his trip to the North of Ireland, Broderick noted that he wanted to put the experience behind him. "My leg was broken", he says, "I was badly messed up. I have no desire to be more badly hurt. I don't feel that I need to have more misfortune or that anything bad has to happen to me to pay for this. I can say it's over, and I'm really glad it's over. I want to go on."

Marriage and family

He met actress Sarah Jessica Parker in 1992 and has been married to her since 1997. The couple has one child, James Wilke Broderick (born October 28, 2002), named after Broderick's father.