Matthew Broderick  Matthew John Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), the voice of the adult Simba in Disney's The Lion King (1994), and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical "The Producers" and its 2005 film adaptation. Other films he had starring credits in include "WarGames" (1983), "Glory" (1989), "The Freshman" (1990), "The Cable Guy" (1996), "Godzilla" (1998), "Election" (1999), "Inspector Gadget" (1999) and "You Can Count on Me" (2000). Broderick also directed himself in "Infinity" (1996) and provided voice work in "Good Boy!" (2003), "Bee Movie" (2007), and "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008). Broderick has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1983), and one for Best Actor in a Musical for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1995). , Broderick remains the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2006, for his contributions to the film industry, Matthew Broderick was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Eleven years later, Broderick earned induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Broderick starred as Michael Burr in the Netflix comedy series "Daybreak" (2019). Broderick was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Patricia (née Biow), a playwright, actress, and painter, and James Broderick, an actor and a World War II veteran. His mother was Jewish, a descendant of Jewish immigrants from Germany and Poland. His father was a Catholic of Irish, and some English, descent. Broderick attended grade school at City and Country School in Manhattan and high school at the private Walden School, also in Manhattan. He received acting training at HB Studio. Broderick's first major acting role came in an HB Studio workshop production of playwright Horton Foote's "On Valentine's Day", playing opposite his father, who was a friend of Foote's. This was followed by a supporting role as Harvey Fierstein's gay adopted son, David, in the Off-Broadway production of Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy"; then, a good review by "The New York Times" theater critic Mel Gussow brought him to the attention of Broadway.