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American-Canadian actor and screenwriter Matthew Langford Perry was born on August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends.
Childhood
Born to actor John Perry and journalist Susan Marie. Shortly after the birth of the child, the couple divorced, and the mother moved to Canada with the baby, where she married a second time to a journalist named Kate Morrison. In this family, Matthew Perry had four sisters and one brother. The boy studied at a prestigious school and private Ashbury College. During his studies, he was fond of tennis and theatrical activities. Both hobbies were given very well and bore fruit.
First steps in career
Realizing that he was good at acting, Matthew Perry went to Los Angeles at the age of 15. At that time, his father lived there. This allowed the guy to start studying at the art school. After graduating from high school, Perry categorically resisted going to college, prioritizing filming. The father did not like this, but he compromised, saying that his son had a year to find a decent job. ATotherwise, he had to enter the university at the end of the year. This ultimatum became the starting point in the acting biography of Matthew Perry.
The aspiring artist paved the first steps to fame through theatrical productions, in which the game was liked by the famous actress Patty Duke. At the same time, Matthew participated in various television series and programs, securing a reputation as a comedic performer. So, after working in different places for a while, Perry thought about continuing his studies at the University of Southern California, but it was then that he was offered a major role in the television series Second Chance. Symbolically. The actor played one of the main roles, sharing screen time with Kyle Martin, and after a while the creators changed the format and the name to "Boys are boys", leaving Matthew the only character.
Career advancement
When the young promising actor was eighteen, he starred in the film "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon". It happened by accident - the producer just noticed him in a cafe.
Since the beginning of the nineties, Matthew has not left the screens. Regular roles in sitcoms changed one by one until he got into the series, which later became a cult. It is worth saying that he might not have entered the cast, since at the time of the audition he participated in other filming. But by the will of fate, M. Perry nevertheless became Chandler Bing in the legendary "Friends".
TV series and films with Matthew Perry
Being widely known, Perry starred in many films likecomedy and drama, but still television roles and filming remained closer to him.
| Year | Genre | Name | Role |
| 1985 | TV series | "It doesn't matter to the news" | Bob |
| 1987 | TV series | "Second Chance" | Chazz Russell |
| 1988 | TV series | "10 of us" | Ed |
| 1988 | comedy | "Dance until dawn" | Roger |
| 1989 | TV series | "Empty Nest" | young Bill |
| 1990 | comedy series | "Who's the Boss here?" | Benjamin Dawson |
| 1991 | youth series | "Beverly Hills 90210" | Roger Azarian |
| 1994 | drama | "Parallel Lives" | Willy Morrison |
| 1994-2004 | comedy series | "Friends" | Chandler Bing |
| 1997 | romantic comedy | "Hurry up and make people laugh" | Alex Whitman |
| 1997 | comedy | "Almost a hero" | Leslie Edwards |
| 1999 | romantic comedy | "Tango three" | Oscar Novak |
| 2000 | comedy | "Nine yards" | NikolasOzeranski |
| 2002 | comedy | "Scammers" | Joe Tyler |
| 2002 | comedy-drama series | "Ellie McBeal" | Todd Merrick |
| 2003 | TV series | "West Wing" | Joe Quincy |
| 2003 | comedy | "Nine Yards 2" | Nicholas Ozeransky |
| 2004 | comedy-drama series | "Clinic" | Murray Mark |
| 2006 | drama | "The Ron Clark Story" | Ron Clark |
| 2006-2007 | comedy-drama series | "Studio 60 Sunset Strip" | Matt Albee |
| 2007 | drama | "Helpless" | Hudson Milbank |
| 2008 | drama, comedy | "Birds of America" | Morrie Teneger |
| 2009 | comedy | "Dad is 17 again" | Mike at 37 |
| 2011 | sitcom | "Mr. Sunshine" | Ben Donovan |
| 2012-2013 | TV series | "Good wife" | Mike Kristiva |
| 2012-2013 | comedy series | "Get Started!" | Ryan King |
| 2014 | TV series | "Cougar City" | Sam |
| 2015 | sitcom | "Web Therapy" | Tyler Bishop |
| 2015-2017 | sitcom | "Odd couple" |
Oscar Maddison |
Since 2009, the actor has been acting only in serials. In 2016 he took part in a theatrical production in London.
In addition to acting career, Perry is trying to prove himself in other directions. So he became a producer and screenwriter of the series "Mr. Sunshine", as well as a screenwriter of the series "The Odd Couple".
Matthew Perry's personal life
The actor tries not to expose his private life to the public. Basically, you can talk about his girls only by rumors. So, it is believed that Perry was in an affair with Julia Roberts and Lizzy Caplan. However, Matthew is still single and has no children.
Back in the nineties, the artist began to have serious problems with drugs and alcohol. Looking at some photos of Matthew Perry, you can simply not recognize him. It is known that addictions haunted him for thirty years, but he managed to recover. After that, he organized a rehabilitation center to help drug addicts and alcoholics in the same situation.
Surprisingly, despite the addictions, Perry got into the lists of the most beautiful and influential people according to the versions of famous publishers, and also received many awards and nominations for his work. Of course, his bad habits did not go away without a trace -Now the actor looks much older than his years. And in the summer of 2018, Matthew underwent surgery related to the gastrointestinal tract.
Facts
Among musical hobbies are Tori Amos, Sean Colvin and the Indio Girls.
Matthew Perry's zodiac sign is Leo.
Height 183 cm.
A distinctive feature of the actor, which is not immediately noticeable, is the absence of the last phalanx of the middle finger of the right hand.