Matthew Broderick Bio, Parents, Married, Wife, Children, House, & Net Worth

Golden Globe nominee actor Matthew Broderick is popular for playing the title character in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Broderick is an American actor, comedian, and singer who has more than dozens of films and television credits. He was the voice of the adult Simba, in Disney’s The Lion King trilogy from 1994-2004.

Not just that, he provided the voice work in Good Boy, Bee Movie, and The Tale of Despereaux. From his long term profession. Matthew won two Tony Awards. Apart, he is happily living with his wife and three children. Who is Matthew married to? Let’s read the whole article to find out more about Broderick.

Born in New York

Matthew Broderick was born as Matthew John Broderick on March 21, 1962, in Manhattan, New York, the United States of America. He is the son of Patricia, a actress, playwright and painter and James Broderick, an actor.  Broderick holds an American nationality, and he has mixed Jewish, Catholic Irish, and English descent.

While growing up, Matthew enrolled at grade school at City and Country School in Manhattan and later he attended Walden School in Manhattan. He gained acting training at HB Studio.

Movies & TV shows

The 58 years old, Matthew made his acting debut in Valentine’s Day, playing opposite his father who was a friend of Foote’s. His biggest breakthrough came after he portrayed the role of Eugene Morris Jerome in the film Eugene Trilogy. In addition, he won Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his work in Brighton Beach Memoirs.

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He appeared as Narrator in the 2017 tv series A Christmas Story, featuring Fred Armisen, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, and Andy Walken. He is also credited for the tv series like Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman, and Adventure Time.

What’s His Net Worth?

Matthew Broderick is one of the renowned actor and voice over in the Hollywood industry. The considered amount of Matthews’ net worth is $150 million as of 2020. He earned such great fortunes from his long term professional career as an actor. In addition, Broderick is an award-winning actor who has done commercially and critically successful in both stage and films.

More than that, the actor has worked in so many blockbuster films which must have paid him a high salary, fees, and wages. In addition, he has a $18.995 million worth house in New York City. The house was listed for sale for $24.99 million in 2012. However, he sold the house for $18.25. Along with his wife, Matthew spent $34.5 million for two side-by-side NYC townhouses in 2016. The mansion has 14000 square feet of living space, 50 feet street frontage, and 2100 square feet of outdoor space.

Also, the Brodricks bought a West Village townhouse for $3 million in 2000. They has two modest homes in the Hamptons neighborhood of Amagansett that were bought for $6 million in 2006.

Married Man

Moving onto Matthew’s personal life, he is a married man. The Tony award-winning actor is happily married to his long time girlfriend turned wife Sarah Jessica Parker. The duo was first introduced by one of Sarah’s brothers at the Naked Angels theater company where both of them performed. Shortly after dating some years, the pair got hitched on May 19, 1997, in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where Matthews’s sister, Janet Broderick Kraft officiated the ceremony.

The couple walked down the aisle in a civil ceremony in a historic synagogue on the Lower East in Matthew’s hometown. From then onwards, the couple has been living happily without any signs of separation and divorce. The two resides in Greenwich Village since 2009. Besides, the is no past history of Broderick, but his wife was in a multiple relationship before marrying him.

Well, Parker had a long time affair with one of the popular actor Robert Downey Jr from 1984 to 1991. Their chemistry made their fans wonder that they would surely marry each other in the future. However, Robert’s addiction of drug-affected their relationship and they broke up. She was also in a relationship with John F.Kennedy Jr.

Father of three Children

Matthew and Sarah share three children from their long marriage span. The couple became parents of a son James Broderick on October 28, 2001. In the same way, the two welcomed their twin daughters Marion Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick on June 22, 2009, via surrogacy. Their middle names are from Sarah’s mother’s family, which she found after researching her ancestry for the episode of Who Do You Think You Are?.

Currently, the family lives in Greenwich Village and they are also found spending time at their second house near Kilcar, a village in County Donegal, Ireland. Apart, Matthew also spends most of his childhood there.