Matthew Broderick, an American stage and film actor, was charged tonight with causing death by reckless driving in an automobile accident last month in which two people were killed.

Mr. Broderick, who is 25 years old, was traveling in Ireland on Aug. 5 with his girlfriend, Jennifer Grey, when his car collided with a vehicle carrying two women. The crash occurred about 80 miles southwest of Belfast, near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.

The actor has been in the Royal Victoria Hospital since the accident, in which he suffered a broken leg and minor injuries. Mr. Broderick appeared on crutches in a temporary court set up in a private room of the hospital. He was charged with causing the death of Anne Gallagher, 28.

Mrs. Gallagher's mother, Margaret Doherty, 63, was also killed in the crash. Police could not immediately say why the charge concerned only the younger woman's death.