Matthew Broderick Trivia
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Birth name: Matthew Broderick
Date of birth: 21 March 1962
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Nickname: Matt
Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Spouse: Sarah Jessica Parker (19 May 1997 – present) 1 child.
- Son of actor James Broderick and Patricia Broderick.
- Was implicated in a deadly car crash during vacation in Ireland with former girlfriend Jennifer Grey. Broderick himself had been hurt in the crash.
- Dated ‘Lili Taylor’ . [1994]
- Dated Penelope Ann Miller who he worked with while doing the play and film Biloxi Blues (1988). [1987]
- Has had dinner with his mother at her house every Sunday night since 1981, even after he got married.
- Denied a rumor, on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (1993), that he bought Cary Grant’s bathtub, though he did sit in it. [15 May 2001]
- Dated Daisy Foote, the daughter of writer Horton Foote, in 1986.
- Has two older sisters: Martha, a therapist and Janet, a minister.
- Loves to play ping-pong with his childhood best friend, Kenneth Lonergan.
- Was the first choice to play Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom “Family Ties” (1982), but he didn’t want to be committed to a long television run. (The role went to Michael J. Fox instead).
- Sister Janet performed at Matthew and Sarah Jessica Parker’s wedding ceremony.
- Son James Wilke Broderick born in Manhattan. [October 28, 2002]
- For his return to The Producers in December 2003-April 2004, he is being paid $100,000 a week.
- Made his feature film debut in Max Dugan Returns (1983). The film was also the film debut of Kiefer Sutherland.
- He is Polish on his mother’s side and Irish on his father’s side.
- Was dating Jennifer Grey during the filming of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). She plays his sister in the movie.
- Born on the same day as Rosie O’Donnell.
- Has won two Tony Awards: in 1983, as Best Actor (Featured Role – Play) for “Brighton Beach Memoirs”; and, in 1995, as Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying”. He was also nominated as Best Actor (Musical) in 2001 for “The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical”.
- Was introduced to wife Sarah Jessica Parker through her brother, Timothy Britten Parker.
- Matthew and his Broadway co-star, Nathan Lane, were awarded a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 9th 2006.
- Born on the same day as the current quarterback of the University of Nevada Wolf Pack Jeff Rowe.
- He and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker had movies opening on the same day in the US: 16th December 2005. His movie was The Producers (2005), hers was The Family Stone (2005).
- Studied with a famed ‘Reiki master’ in Brooklyn for many years. Reiki is a Japanese alternative healing technique in which a master channels the universe’s ‘Reiki’ energy through touch, strengthening the patients own supply.
- Sang “I can only give you love” for Sarah Jessica Parker at her 40th birthday.
