Matthew Perry is an American-Canadian actor and screenwriter who is very popular for his comedic role in the famous sitcom ‘Friends’. The actor is quite active in the entertainment industry with various professions as he also works as an executive producer, broadcaster, and screenwriter. Perry as an actor has worked in several television shows and movies such as 17 Again, The Whole Nine Yards, Almost Heroes, and Fools Rush In. However, he is very popular as ‘Chandler Bing’ on the NBC sitcom ‘Friends’. Perry worked on the sitcom for 10 years from 1994 to 2004. The sitcom was so popular that he, along with his fellow sitcom lead characters, were paid $1 million per episode in 2002.
Similarly, Perry also worked as a voice artist for a video game ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ as Benny in 2010. As an executive producer, actor and writer, he worked on the ABC sitcom ‘Mr. Sunshine’. Also, his appearances on sitcoms like Go On for NBC and The Odd Couple for CBS are very popular.
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Matthew Perry: early life, education and family
Perry was born Matthew Langford Perry to his parents Suzanne Marie Morrison and Pierre Trudeau on August 19, 1969, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. During his childhood, he spent much of his time with his mother in Ottawa, as his parents divorced before he was a year old. Speaking of his parents, his father, ‘Pierre Trudeau’ was a Canadian journalist and former Canadian Prime Minister. Also, his mother was an actress and model. Perry has a total of 5 siblings: Willy Morrison, Mia Perry, Emily Morrison, Caitlin Morrison and Madeleine Morrison. Similarly speaking of his educational qualification, McCain attended Ashbury College for his education. Before that, he attended The Buckley School at the age of 15 to learn acting.
Matthew Perry: career and achievements
The actor began his acting career in 1987 with the sitcom ‘Second Chance’, which would later become ‘Boys Will Be Boys’. Two years later he did three episodes of the American sitcom “Growing Pains.” After that, he tried to audition for the American TV sitcom ‘The Pilot’ which later became ‘Friends’. However, he was already committed to work as one of the main characters in the 1994 television sitcom ‘LAX 2194’. Therefore, he was initially unable to audition for ‘the pilot’ (Friends). After some time when he met the directors and producers of the pilot, he got a reading. Hence, he is chosen to play the character of ‘Chandler Bing’. Eventually the sitcom changed to ‘Friends’ and became a huge hit.
Speaking of his achievement, Perry earned an Emmy nomination in 2002 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He then made several movies like ‘Fools Rush In’ ‘Almost Heroes’, ‘Serving Sara’, ‘Three to Tango’ and ‘The Whole Nine Yards’. Finally, in 2004, ‘Friends’ ended, and Perry first directed it with a Season 4 episode of the American comedy-drama ‘Scrubs.’ Since then, Perry actively worked in the field of entertainment and was not in the spotlight for some time. until 2017. In 2017, Perry played the character of ‘Mike Kristeva’, on the CBS drama show ‘The Good Fight’, a sequel to ‘The Good Wife’. The same year he acted in ‘The Kennedys: After Camelotthe’ as ‘Ted Kennedy’.
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Matthew Perry: personal life and girlfriend
Perry is currently single at the time of splitting from his fiancée ‘Molly Hurwitz’. The reason for their separation is not available at this time. Perry once had a very romantic relationship with the beautiful American actress ‘Lizzy Caplan’. the former couple dated for 6 years from 2006 to 2012. Similarly, some of the girls the actor dated in the past are ‘Yasmine Bleeth’ and ‘Julia Roberts’.
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Matthew Perry: Net Worth and Social Media
According to Business Insider, the actor has a total net worth of $80 million dollars for the year 2018. His main source of income is his profession as an actor, executive producer, and screenwriter. Similarly, speaking of his availability on social media, he is available on Instagram as mattyperry4 . Likewise, Perry can also be accessed on Twitter as MatthewPerry . Perry has 7.3 million followers on Instagram and more than 1.5 million followers on Twitter.
