Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry is an American-Canadian actor and writer. Perry is known for his role as Chandler Bing on the long-running NBC television sitcom Friends, as well as his portrayal of Ron Clark in the 2006 television movie The Ron Clark Story. Along with starring in the short-lived television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Perry has appeared in a number of films, including Fools Rush In, The Whole Nine Yards, and 17 Again. In 2010, he expanded his...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth19 August 1969
CityWilliamstown, MA
needs remember
I don't need to be reminded that I was on 'Friends.' I remember - some of it, anyway.
hair scary facts
I am fine with the fact that some of my hair is gray. If it was all gray overnight, that would be a scary thing.
couple school kids
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
trying gone whole-life
If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.
character guy rooms
I'd say that on 'Friends' my character was the guy bouncing around the room. I'm no longer that guy, necessarily, in my life. I used to be. But I'm not now.
school kids joking-around
I would always be the kid that got in trouble in school, that's for sure, for joking around.
character people broken
I gravitate towards sort of broken characters who try to be better people.
player tennis ottawa
I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.
hockey law canada
I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey.
trouble intimacy wells
I have a well-documented history of trouble with intimacy.
would-be boring week
I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.
people smoking battle
When people try to take [smoking] away from me I say, 'hey, I stopped everything else.' But, I have to battle that one, too.
play guy actors
I play a guy who is 40. And I am a very good actor, because I'm 41.
auditions walks ifs
If I could walk into the 'Friends' audition again and go or not go, I have to say it's 50-50.