Matthew Broderick

"That's a lot of fish!"

—A memetic line from Matthew's character in the American Godzilla remake.

Matthew Broderick is an American actor famous for movies such as Ferris Buellers Day Off, Godzilla (the American remake) and was the voice of the adult Simba in The Lion King. He started off as a teen heartthrob as part of the Brat Pack, but later moved on to more serious roles in The Nineties, and has had some success on Broadway as well. He is married to Sarah Jessica Parker with whom he has three children.

Provides examples of:

• Adam Westing: A car commercial broadcast during the 2012 Super Bowl featured Broderick parodying his Ferris role as a grown man.
• Breakout Role: In Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Brat Pack: a member during The Eighties.
• Mr. Fanservice: During his Brat Pack days.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Was the voice of adult Simba in both The Lion King and its sequel Simba's Pride.
• I Am Not Spock: He will forever be Ferris Bueller to the world, but Broderick himself has ruled out reappearing as the character and is rumored to be annoyed when people bring it up to him. However, he may be softening his stance towards the role; see Adam Westing.
• What Could Have Been: He, not Michael J. Fox, was the first choice to star as Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties.

Films starred in or voice acted:

• Bee Movie
• Biloxi Blues
• The Cable Guy
• Election, alongside Reese Witherspoon.
• Ferris Buellers Day Off
• Glory
• Godzilla
• Inspector Gadget
• Ladyhawke
• The Lion King
• The Music Man (the ABC remake)
• Project X
• The Stepford Wives remake
• Strangers with Candy
• The Tale of Despereaux
• The Thief and the Cobbler
• WarGames

Broadway Performances:

• How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
• Night Must Fall
• The Odd Couple
• The Producers