Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received two Tony Awards as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Broderick was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star in 2006 and the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2017. Broderick took early roles in WarGames (1983) and Ladyhawke (1985) before playing the title role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He then acted in Project X (1987), Biloxi Blues (1988), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Glory (1989), The Freshman (1990), The Cable Guy (1996), Election (1999), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count on Me (2000), The Producers (2005), Deck the Halls (2006), and Tower Heist (2011). He also directed himself in Infinity (1996) and voiced Simba in The Lion King (1994) and Adam in Bee Movie (2007). On stage, he has won two Tony Awards, the first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Neil Simon play Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983) and the second for Best Actor in a Musical for the musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1995). He starred alongside Nathan Lane in the musical comedy The Producers (2001), the revival The Odd Couple (2005), and the showbiz comedy It's Only a Play (2014). He starred in the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2013) which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. On television, Broderick has guest starred in 30 Rock, Louie, Modern Family, The Conners, Better Things, and Only Murders in the Building, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He played Professor Harold Hill in the television film The Music Man (2003) and Richard Sackler in the Netflix miniseries Painkiller (2023).