Matthew Broderick

One of New York's premier celebrity couples, Matthew Broderick and his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, are interviewed as they arrive at the 57th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, June 8, 2003, in New York.

A stage-trained actor, Matthew Broderick made his mark on the big screen in 1983's "WarGames," playing a young computer wiz in the thriller.

Matthew Broderick is best known as the star of the wildly popular John Hughes 1986 teen movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

Matthew Broderick plays Clark Kellogg, a Vermonter who is starting his first year at film school in New York, in the 1990 movie "The Freshman." Also in this scene is actor Bruno Kirby.

In the Andrew Bergman movie, "The Freshman," Matthew Broderick has the opportunity to play opposite Marlon Brando, cast as a gangster who hires film students.

In the 1999 movie "Election, Matthew Broderick plays the part of a high school teacher out to sabotage the class-president campaign of student Tracy Flick, played by Reese Witherspoon.

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the Neil Simon Theatre for the premiere of the Broadway musical "Hairspray," Aug. 15, 2002, in New York.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick kiss while holding their new baby son as they leave Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, Nov. 1, 2002. The 6-pound, 8-ounce boy was given the name James Wilke Broderick in honor of his grandfather, the late actor James Broderick.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick pose for photographs as they leave Lenox Hill Hospital with their newborn baby James Wilke Broderick, Nov. 1, 2002, in New York.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick leave Lenox Hill Hospital with their newborn baby James Wilke Broderick, Nov. 1, 2002, in New York.

Matthew Broderick returned to the stage for a part in the smash hit production of Mel Brooks' "The Producers." Nathan Lane, left, and Broderick are shown in a scene from "The Producers," in this undated handout photo.

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband, actor Matthew Broderick, arrive at the 9th annual Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles, March 9, 2003.

Sarah Jessica Parker, nominated for best performance by an actress in a television series/musical or comedy for her work in "Sex and the City," arrives with her husband and actor Matthew Broderick for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 19, 2003.

Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman are photographed in a scene from a remake of "The Stepford Wives," due in movie theaters June 11, 2004.

Matthew Broderick, left, poses with fellow actors in the cast of "The Stepford Wives," a remake of the 1975 thriller in which men replace their wives with robots. With him, from left, are Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Faith Hill and Roger Bart.

Nathan Lane, left, and Matthew Broderick, stars of "The Producers," perform during the 55th annual Tony Awards June 3, 2001, at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth, stars of a TV version of "Meredith Willson's The Music Man," take questions from reporters during a news conference in Los Angeles Jan. 15, 2003.

Matthew Broderick takes a turn in the batting cage during a visit to the New York Mets spring training facility, March 27, 2002 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Mets utility player Joe McEwing looks on at left.

Mary Catherine Garrison, Matthew Broderick, Kevin Cahoon and Frances Sternhagen in a scene from the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2004 production of "The Foreigner."

In 1999, Matthew Broderick took on the title role of Walt Disney Pictures' "Inspector Gadget."