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Matthew Perry's life in pictures

Author: Editors Desk Source: BBC News:
October 30, 2023 at 09:09
GETTY IMAGES | Matthew Perry in New York, 1988
GETTY IMAGES | Matthew Perry in New York, 1988
Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing in TV sitcom Friends, has died aged 54.
Matthew Perry
GETTY IMAGES, Matthew Perry in New York, 1988


Perry was born in Massachusetts in 1969 and then raised in Ottawa, Canada, where he attended elementary school with Justin Trudeau, who later became Canadian prime minister.

As a teenager, Perry moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actor. In the late 1980s, he starred as Chazz Russell in Boys Will Be Boys and as Roger alongside Christina Applegate in teen movie Dance 'Til Dawn.
 

Matthew Perry and Christina Applegate
GETTY IMAGES, Perry with Christina Applegate in 1988


But it was his role as Chandler Bing on Friends that catapulted him to global game.

The quick-witted Chandler was famous for his sarcastic one-liners, and the role earned Perry a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2002.
 

Perry with the cast of Friends in 1995
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Perry and his Friends co-stars at the People's Choice Awards in 1995


The comedy, also starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow, first aired in 1994 and went on to become one of the most successful shows of all times.
 

Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
GETTY IMAGES, Perry in 2000 Friends episode The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs


 
Cast of Friends with Jay Leno for a special Tonight Show in 2004
GETTY IMAGES, The cast of Friends on the set of Central Perk with Jay Leno for a Tonight Show special in 2004


 
Friends promo shot
GETTY IMAGES, A Friends promo shot, 1999


 
Perry, Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer
DAVID HUME KENNERLY, Perry and his co-stars in one of their last shows, 2003


 
Perry at the Golden Globes
GETTY IMAGES, Perry at the Golden Globes Awards, California, 2002
 

Perry also appeared in several films, including Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, the Whole Nine Yards and 17 Again.
 

Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek in a scene from the 1997 film Fools Rush In
ARCHIVE PHOTOS, Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek in a scene from the 1997 film Fools Rush In


 
Perry with actors Michelle Trachtenberg, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann at the premier of 17 again in 2009
LESTER COHEN, Perry with actors Michelle Trachtenberg, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann at the premier of 17 again in 2009


His most recent role was as Ted Kennedy, the former US senator and brother of assassinated president John F Kennedy, in the 2017 television mini-series The Kennedys: Decline and Fall.

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