44 Facts About Matthew Perry

Matthew Langford Perry was born on August 19,1969 and is an American-Canadian actor, comedian and producer.

Matthew Perry gained international recognition as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends.

Matthew Perry was co-creator, co-writer, executive producer, and star of the ABC sitcom Mr Sunshine, which ran from February to April 2011.

Matthew Perry co-developed and starred in the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple portraying Oscar Madison from 2015 to 2017.

Matthew Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on August 19,1969.

Matthew Perry's parents divorced before his first birthday and his mother married Canadian-born broadcast journalist Keith Morrison.

Matthew Perry was raised by his mother in Ottawa, Ontario, and was educated at both the Rockcliffe Park Public School, alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and at Ashbury College.

When he was 15, Matthew Perry moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to pursue acting and attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, graduating in 1987.

Matthew Perry pursued improvisational comedy at the LA Connection in Sherman Oaks while still in high school.

In 1989, Matthew Perry had a three-episode arc on the series Growing Pains, in which he portrayed Carol Seaver's boyfriend Sandy who dies in the hospital after a drunk-driving crash.

Matthew Perry landed his next TV starring role on the ABC sitcom Home Free, which aired only 11 episodes in the spring of 1993, followed by a sitcom pilot titled LAX 2194.

Matthew Perry attempted to secure an audition for the pilot Six of One, later to be known as Friends, by Marta Kauffman and David Crane, both of whom he had worked with on Dream On.

Matthew Perry was the youngest of the main cast at age 24.

Matthew Perry appeared in films such as Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, Three to Tango, The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards, and Serving Sara.

Matthew Perry appeared as attorney Todd Merrick in two episodes near the end of Ally McBeal's five-season run, including a two-hour special intended to revive the legal comedy-drama.

Matthew Perry starred in the TNT movie The Ron Clark Story, known as "The Triumph," which premiered August 13,2006.

Matthew Perry played small-town teacher Ron Clark, who relocates to the toughest class in the country.

Matthew Perry received a Golden Globe nomination as well as an Emmy nomination for his performance.

From 2006 to 2007, Matthew Perry appeared in Aaron Sorkin's drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Matthew Perry played Matt Albie alongside Bradley Whitford's Danny Tripp, a writer-director duo brought in to help save a failing sketch show.

Matthew Perry's character was considered to be substantially based on Sorkin's own personal experiences, particularly in television.

In 2008, Matthew Perry starred in the offbeat film Birds of America as Morrie Tanager, an uptight man who has to deal with his siblings.

Matthew Perry was set to portray a middle-aged man with an identity crisis.

Matthew Perry portrayed Ryan King, a sportscaster who tries to move on after the death of his wife through the help of mandatory therapy sessions.

In 2012, Matthew Perry guest-starred on the CBS drama The Good Wife, as attorney Mike Kresteva.

In 2014, Matthew Perry made his British TV debut in the one-off comedy program The Dog Thrower, which aired on May 1 as part of Sky Arts' Playhouse Presents.

Matthew Perry portrayed "a charismatic man" who enchanted onlookers by throwing his dog in the air.

From 2015 to 2017, Matthew Perry starred in, co-wrote, and served as executive producer of a revival of the sitcom The Odd Couple on CBS.

Matthew Perry played Oscar Madison opposite Thomas Lennon as Felix Unger.

Matthew Perry played the lead role in a new production of his play The End of Longing, which premiered on February 11,2016, at the Playhouse Theatre in London.

In March 2017, Matthew Perry again reprised his role as attorney Mike Kresteva, in The Good Fight, a sequel show to the CBS drama The Good Wife.

In October 2022, Matthew Perry published a memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.

Matthew Perry later dated Lizzy Caplan from 2006 to 2012.

Matthew Perry became engaged to Molly Hurwitz, a literary manager, in November 2020.

Matthew Perry has described his politics as "left of center".

Matthew Perry became addicted to Vicodin after a jet-ski accident in 1997, and completed a 28-day rehab program later that year.

Matthew Perry's weight fluctuated drastically over the next few years and once dropped to 145 pounds.

Matthew Perry lost 20 pounds in 2000 due to pancreatitis.

Matthew Perry again entered rehab in February 2001 for addiction to Vicodin, methadone, amphetamines, and alcohol.

Matthew Perry was filming Serving Sara in Texas when he suffered severe stomach pains, and flew to Los Angeles to check into Marina del Rey's Daniel Freeman Hospital.

Matthew Perry says he has spent around $9 million to get sober.

In 2011, as a celebrity spokesperson for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Matthew Perry went to Capitol Hill to lobby members of Congress in support of funding for drug courts.

Matthew Perry received a Champion of Recovery award in May 2013 from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for opening Matthew Perry House, a sober living home situated in his former mansion in Malibu, California.

Matthew Perry later sold the home and shuttered the rehab center in 2015.