Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry

Matthew Langford Perry is an American-Canadian actor, comedian, executive producer, screenwriter, and playwright. He gained worldwide recognition for his role as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends, which ran from 1994 to 2004. Perry co-developed and starred in the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple portraying Oscar Madison from 2015 to 2017. In August 2012, Perry began starring as Ryan King, a sportscaster, on theNBC sitcom Go On.

About Matthew Perry in brief

Summary Matthew PerryMatthew Langford Perry is an American-Canadian actor, comedian, executive producer, screenwriter, and playwright. He gained worldwide recognition for his role as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends, which ran from 1994 to 2004. Perry has also appeared in a number of films, including Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, The Whole Nine Yards, and 17 Again. In 2010, he expanded his resume to include both video games and voice-over work when he voiced Benny in the video game Fallout: New Vegas. Perry co-developed and starred in the CBS sitcom The Odd Couple portraying Oscar Madison from 2015 to 2017. In August 2012, Perry began starring as Ryan King, a sportscaster, on theNBC sitcom Go On. The series was canceled on May 10, 2013. Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1969. His mother, Suzanne Marie Morrison, is a Canadian journalist and former press secretary to former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His father, John Bennett Perry, is an U.S. actor and former model. His parents divorced before his first birthday and his mother subsequently married broadcast journalist Keith Morrison.

He was raised by his mother in Ottawa, Ontario, and was enrolled at Ashbury College. When he was 15, Perry moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to pursue acting and attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, graduating in 1987. Perry is referred to in the show prior to his appearance as Donna – Donna Moss seeks him out in the episode 20 Hours – LA. He also appeared as attorney Todd McBeal in two episodes near the end of Ally Merrick’s run, including a 5-hour special to revive the legal-drama The Ron Clark Story, which premiered August 13, 2006. He is also known as Murray Clark in the movie The Triumph of the 13th, which he also guest-starred in in the season 4th episode of American comedy Scrubs, in which he played an airport traffic control team operator of a small airport. He appeared in the short-lived television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which aired only 11 episodes in the spring of 1993.