What is Matthew Broderick?
{{Infobox person |name = Matthew Broderick |image = Matthew Broderick portrait 2009.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|21}} |birth_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City, New York|New York]], [[USA]] |occupation = Actor |ethnicity = |religion = |spouse = [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] |children = [[James Broderick]]<br>[[Marion Broderick]]<br>[[Tabitha Broderick]] }} '''Matthew Broderick''' (born March 21, 1962) is an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matthew-broderick/165326/ |title=Matthew Broderick |author= |website= |publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> He was born and raised in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/matthew_broderick/biography |title=Matthew Broderick Biography |author= |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Flixster |accessdate=20 February 2016 |archive-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102124413/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/matthew_broderick/biography |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is partly of [[Jewish]] descent (his mother was Jewish),<ref>{{Cite web |title=www.jewishjournal.com |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15137 |access-date=2017-11-17 |archive-date=2008-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228213158/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15137 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and considers himself Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.matthewbroderick.net/article/detour96.html |title=www.matthewbroderick.net |access-date=2017-11-17 |archive-date=2006-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116143929/http://matthewbroderick.net/article/detour96.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He starred in many movies, including ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'', ''[[Godzilla (1998 movie)|Godzilla]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/matthew-broderick-9226942 |title=Matthew Broderick Biography |author= |website= |publisher=Bio/A&E Television Networ