What happened to Matthew Perry, the famous Chandler from “Friends”?

friends It was one of the most recognized series in the world. And once completed, its protagonists followed different paths. Today we are going to talk about Matthew Perryactor who brought Chandler to life.

Matthew Perry: his beginnings

The actor was born in Massachusetts (USA). Her mother is a Canadian journalist and former press secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada. Her father is an American actor and former model. Perry was raised by his mother in Ottawa, Canada, and educated at Rockcliffe Park Public School and Ashbury College.

His first characters were related to comedy. In 1987, he was offered a role in the series “Second Chance”, later renamed “Boys Will Be Boys”. After the finale, he stays in Los Angeles to play a role in “Growing Pains”.

Years later, in 1991, he appeared in “Beverly Hills.” This allowed him to play a role in Sidney, one of the most important series of 1990, and to participate in various films such as ‘Fools Rush In’, ‘Almost Heroes’, ‘Tango para tres’, among others.

Matthew Perry and “Friends”

In the mid 90’s, Matthew Perry waiting for a project. Seeing that it took a long time to come out, he took a role for the pilot of ‘Six of One’, which was retitled ‘Friends’.

The series first aired on September 22, 1994 and ended on May 6, 2004. With this sitcom, Perry gained worldwide fame. In fact, it earned him multiple 2022 Emmy nominations for Best Comedy Lead Actor and earned $1 million per episode over the past two seasons.

The show earned him nominations for the 2002 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, alongside Matt LeBlanc.

Launch of his biographical book

Currently, the actor is about to launch his biographical book where he will provide details about his life and confess other issues he has been involved in. Remember that Perry suffered an accident in jet ski which took him away from screens and triggered the addiction problem he had.

“A lot has been written about me in the past, I thought it was about time people heard my version of When I was Fine. I was very good and when I was bad I was very bad, but I lived to talk about it, even though sometimes it seemed like I wouldn’t. And everything is here. And I’m sorry, it’s not a book with leaflets,” he said. Matthew Perry at the launch of his book.

As for the love aspect, Matthew Perry is currently not known to have a partner. In 2018, the actor confessed that his relationship with Molly Hurwitz, a literary executive, had ended, this break was a week after the television special “Friends” aired.

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