HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING Matthew Broderick as J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. MATTHEW BRODERICK Film, stage and television star Matthew Broderick made his Broadway debut at age 17 in Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day. Other theater credits include Torch Song Trilogy, The Widow Claire, Brighton Beach Memoirs (for which he won a Tony Award) and Biloxi Blues. His film credits include The Night We Never Met, War Games, The Freshman, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Family Business, Project X, Out On a Limb, Biloxi Blues, Torch Song Trilogy, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Glory. He has also appeared on television in A Life In The Theater and Athol Fugard's Master Harold and the Boys. Matthew won his second Tony Award in 1995 for his performance in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.