2011 | Teamed with Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy in the ensemble comedy "Tower Heist" |
2010 | Guest starred as himself on "Louie" (FX) |
2009 | Co-starred with Catalina Sandino Moreno in The New Group's off-Broadway premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's "The Starry Messenger" |
2007 | Featured in Helen Hunt's directorial debut "Then She Found Me" |
2006 | Co-starred with Danny DeVito in the holiday comedy "Deck the Halls" |
2006 | Played an astronomy teacher in the Broadway play "The Starry Messenger"; second collaboration with director Kenneth Lonergan |
2006 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (January) |
2005 | Reprised his role as Leo Bloom opposite Nathan Lane in the feature adaptation of "The Producers" |
2005 | Re-united with Nathan Lane to play Oscar and Felix in the Broadway revival of "The Odd Couple" directed by Joe Mantello |
2004 | Starred as a movie director in "The Last Shot" with Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette and Tony Shalhoub |
2004 | Co-starred with Nicole Kidman in the Frank Oz remake of the 1975 cult classic "The Stepford Wives" |
2003 | Portrayed Professor Harold Hill in the ABC television remake of the "Music Man" |
2001 | With Nathan Lane, co-starred in the Mel Brooks' stage version of "The Producers"; received a Tony nomination |
2000 | Acted opposite Parker Posey in the ill-fated Broadway comedy "Taller Than a Dwarf" |
2000 | Played a bank manager in the Sundance hit "You Can Count on Me," directed by Kenneth Lonergan |
1999 | Starred in the National Actors Theater Broadway revival of "Night Must Fall" |
1999 | Had title role in the live-action film, "Inspector Gadget" |
1999 | Offered a winning performance as a teacher out to thwart an overachieving female student in in Alexander Payne's "Election" |
1998 | Played a scientist tracking the monster in the blockbuster "Godzilla" |
1996 | Played the customer in whose life comes Jim Carrey's "The Cable Guy" |
1996 | Co-produced (also directed and co-starred) the biopic "Infinty"; film scripted by his mother Patricia Broderick |
1995 | Returned to Broadway to star in the revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"; wife Sarah Jessica Parker co-starred in the final months of the show's run |
1994 | Voiced the adult Simba in Disney's animated blockbuster "The Lion King"; also sang |
1993 | Made rare TV acting appearance opposite Jack Lemmon in the TNT movie "A Life in the Theatre" |
1990 | Offered a comic turn opposite Marlon Brando in "The Freshman" |
1989 | Delivered a fine turn as Robert Gould Shaw, the white commander of a black infantry during the Civil War in "Glory" |
1988 | Recreated stage role of Eugene Jerome in Mike Nichols film adaption of "Biloxi Blues" |
1986 | Breakthrough film performance in title role of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" |
| Appeared in the off-Broadway production of Horton Foote's "The Widow Claire" |
1986 | Reprised his stage role of Brother Vaughn in the film "On Valentine's Day" |
1985 | Appeared in the Showtime production of Athol Fugard's "'Master Harold'... and the Boys" |
1984 | Reprised role of Eugene Jerome in Simon's "Biloxi Blues" on Broadway |
1983 | Broadway debut as Eugene Jerome in Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical play "Brighton Beach Memoirs" |
1983 | Had leading role in the summer hit "WarGames" |
1982 | TV acting debut in an episode of "Lou Grant" (CBS) |
1982 | Film acting debut in "Max Dugan Returns" |
1981 | Played lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy" |
1980 | Acting debut as Brother Vaughn in Horton Foote's play "Valentine's Day"; also starred his father James |
| Began acting after a knee injury |
2008 | Voiced the animated title character in "The Tale of Despereaux" |
