Matthew Broome

Broome was born in Bedford and grew up in Northampton.^[3][4] He attended Caroline Chisholm School.^[5] He was a member of the Northampton Musical Theatre Company's (NMTC) Youth Society and went on to join the National Youth Theatre. Broome is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting.^[6]

In his third and final year at Guildhall, Broome signed with United Agents^[7] and made his professional stage debut as Jack Virtue in Scandaltown at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.^[8] The following year, after graduating, he featured in the Shakespeare's Globe productions of The Comedy of Errors^[9] as Antipholus of Ephesus and Twelfth Night as Sebastian.^[10] For his performance in the former, Broome received praise alongside Michael Elcock, who played Antipholus of Syracuse.^[11][12]

Broome made his television debut when he was cast as Guy Thwarte in the 2023 Apple TV+ period drama The Buccaneers, based on Edith Wharton's novel of the same title.^[13][14] Broome had not yet finished drama school when he first auditioned for the series.^[15]

In 2025, he starred opposite Asha Banks in the Amazon Prime film My Fault: London, an English-language version of Culpa mía.^[16][17]