2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
Talent cannot be one-sided, like a diamond it should sparkle with different facets. Direct confirmation of this is the work and life of theater and film actor Matthew Broderick. With enviable skill and equal success, he shines on stage and screens, voices cartoons and shoots his own films.
Matthew Broderick: biography
The American film and theater actor was born in 1962 (March 21) in a family of immigrants. Her mother is Jewish and her father is Irish. The son followed in the footsteps of his parents as a teenager. His successful career began with the theater stage, and, I must say, the rise was quick. At the age of twenty-three, the guy already had the prestigious Tony Award. In the future, his active and close collaboration with Neil Simon and Horton Foote helped to reveal a multifaceted and vibrant talent.
The actor is married to an equally famous person, the leading lady in the TV series "Sex and the City" - S. J. Parker. The couple is already togetherno less than almost 19 years. Their son James was born in 2002. And after another seven years, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick decided to become parents again, this time they resorted to the surrogacy procedure, and in June 2009 charming twin girls were born.
In order to better understand the versatility of talent and trace the development of Broderick as a film actor, we suggest that you start acquaintance with earlier works.
Lady Hawk
The plot of the fantasy drama is based on a legend that has come down to our time from the Middle Ages. It tells about a valiant brave knight and a brilliant beauty. The lovers are under a spell by the sorcerer-bishop. Young people can no longer meet, because at night he is now a fierce wolf, and during the day she is a beautiful hawk. The role played by Matthew Broderick (loyal squire) is one of the first in his acting career.
Infinity
The action of the biographical drama begins in 1924, with a walk of father and son in the park. The subject of their conversation is quite familiar phenomena from the point of view of science. Further, the viewer, along with the main character, is transferred to a higher school and becomes a witness of his romantic relationship. The girl is diagnosed with a disease of the lymph nodes, and joint happiness is already in jeopardy.
"Infinity" with Matthew Broderick is the story of one man's life. It is not always clear to the viewer, sometimes complex and tragic, sometimes routine andboring, but overall very interesting. Broderick also acts in this tape not only as an actor, but also as a director.
War Games
The fantastic thriller was released on wide screens in 1983 and for that time was a real breakthrough. Computer games and cyber technologies were not yet something ordinary and understandable. A teenager, having played, hacks into the Pentagon network and, having fun, starts a war. The command takes everything seriously and thinks that the Russians have opened military operations against them. They begin to prepare a retaliatory strike, and the guy understands how far he has gone, but it's not so easy to get out of the game. Matthew Broderick stars in the film.
Godzilla
Something terrible is coming to New York from the Pacific jungle. Citizens are witnessing tragedies and large-scale destruction: skyscrapers collapse like houses of cards and entire blocks fall into the ground. But this is not an earthquake or a typhoon - this is a terrible creature called Godzilla. The military with state-of-the-art weapons is standing up to protect civilians and the entire planet.
The film was coldly received by film critics (it has two Golden Raspberries in its piggy bank), but the audience was delighted with it. The spectacle and modern filming did the trick.
Datura love
A touching melodrama with an unexpected ending. Acting, which pleases us with Matthew Broderick, films of this kind only decorates. Despite the seeming lightness of the story, all the characters are thought out and fully disclosed. ByAccording to the plot, carried away by the starry sky and his beloved, astronomer Sam escorts the latter on a business trip. However, she does not return from there, but only writes a farewell letter. Determined to get her back, Sam puts the newly minted couple under surveillance and is suddenly joined by the ex-girlfriend of the guy who took Linda away from him.
How to Steal a Skyscraper
Matthew Broderick in the film made an excellent company of comedy stars such as B. Stiller and E. Murphy. Josh got into that mess, he became a victim of deceit by a vile financier. The money spent must be returned, and for this the poor fellow decides to put together a quick team of his friends. They cannot cope with a burglary alone, so it was decided to invite a more experienced, real criminal. As a result, a satisfied viewer received an interesting, exciting comedy.
Dirty Weekend
Comedy by Neil LaBute. Starring Alice Eve and Matthew Broderick. Movies of this genre are always nice to watch in order to relax and not think about anything. In the story, two colleagues get stuck at the Albuquerque airport. Restless and twitchy Les heads for the city, Natalie hurries after him. She soon begins to realize that her colleague's seemingly pointless wanderings around the city have a purpose.
In addition to theatrical roles and filming in films, Matthew Broderick is engaged in voice acting of cartoon characters. And if at home in Hollywood this fact is familiar to many, then we have itstays behind the scenes. Meanwhile, the voice of the actor speaks the most famous lion on the planet - Simba. True, the actor is already voicing an adult character in all parts of the franchise and related projects.
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