Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor and singer. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), the voice of Simba in Disney's "The Lion King" (1994), and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical "The Producers" and its 2005 film adaptation. Other films he had starring credits in include "WarGames" (1983), "Glory" (1989), "The Freshman" (1990), "The Cable Guy" (1996), "Godzilla" (1998), "Election" (1999), "Inspector Gadget" (1999), and "You Can Count on Me" (2000). Broderick also directed himself in "Infinity" (1996) and provided voice work in "Good Boy!" (2003), "Bee Movie" (2007), and "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008).