Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick is an American actor, who, for Disney, voiced Simba in The Lion King and its direct-to-video sequels. He also played the titular character and RoboGadget in the 1999 live-action adaptation of Inspector Gadget and Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man. He also played a fictionalized version of himself in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. For Touchstone Pictures, he played Steven Schats in The Last Shot.
Broderick was born in Manhattan, New York and attended grade school at City and Country School, as well as Walden School. He currently holds the record for the youngest person to ever receive the , at the age of 21, for his role as Eugene Jerome in . His other stage credits include , , , , , , , , , and .
Broderick began appearing in movies, such as and before appearing in other films, including , , (1998), , , , , , (2004), , , , as well as film versions of , , , and . He also lent his voice to animated features, such as ' as a bee character named Adam Flayman, as the titular mouse named Despereaux Tilling, and a 1995 reconstruction of entitled Arabian Knight as Tack the Cobbler.
==Roles==
Untitled-3.png|Simba(The Lion King franchise)
Inspector Gadget (MB).jpg|Inspector Gadget(Inspector Gadget)
Robo-Gadget.jpg|RoboGadget(Inspector Gadget)
HaroldHillPortrait.PNG|Professor Harold Hill(The Music Man)
Matthew Broderick (OMitB).jpg|Himself(Only Murders in the Building)
==Gallery==
Matthew Broderick behind the scenes of TLK.jpg|Broderick behind the scenes of The Lion King.
Matthew Broderick & Anika Noni Rose Tony Awards.jpg|Broderick and Anika Noni Rose during the 65th annual Tony Awards in June 2011.
Matthew Broderick Tribeca15.jpg|Broderick attending the 2015 Tribeca Film Fest.
Matthew Broderick 54th NYFF.jpg|Broderick attending the 54th annual New York Film Fest in September 2016.
MB & SJP.jpg|Broderick with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker at the premiere of in October 2016.
Matthew Broderick Late Show Stephen Colbert.jpg|Broderick visits in December 2016.
Matthew Broderick NYCC19.jpg|Broderick speaks at the 2019 New York Comic Con.
==Trivia==
*He was considered to voice Buzz Lightyear, Flik, and Mike Wazowski in Pixar's Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Monsters, Inc. (respectively), along with several other actors, before the roles were ultimately given to Tim Allen, Dave Foley, and Billy Crystal (respectively).
*He was also considered for the role of Chicken Little in Chicken Little, along with Michael J. Fox and David Spade. The role was eventually given to Zach Braff.
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