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Matthew Perry Biography
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is a Canadian/American Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years.
He currently portrays Matt Albie in the acclaimed NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Matthew Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts to an American father, actor John Bennett Perry, and a Canadian mother, Suzanne Perry Morrison (nee Suzanne Langford), a former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He holds dual US/Canada citizenship. His parents divorced before his first birthday. Perry was raised by his mother in Ottawa. While growing up in Ontario, Perry took a keen interest in tennis and soon became a top-ranked junior player.
He was enrolled at Rockcliffe Park Public School, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and Ashbury College, where he got his first acting role in a school production in the seventh grade.
Perry developed an addiction to alcohol and to ease this he then became addicted to Vicodin. He first started taking prescription drugs after a jet ski accident in 1997 and checked himself into Hazelden. In 2000 he was hospitalized with pancreatitis as a result of his addictions. During that summer he lost 20 pounds, appearing noticably thinner during the 7th season premiere of Friends, in a scene that continued directly from the 6th season finale, where he looked healthy.
During the filming of Serving Sara Perry checked into rehab. The last 13 days of filming were held up until he was well enough to return. The filming schedule on Friends was altered so scenes not featuring his character Chandler were shot first.[3] His recovery once again caused violent weight fluctuations, which are particularly noticeable in Serving Sara.
He was hospitalized again in 2005 for a reaction to prescription drugs, though few details were released.
He has dated actresses Yasmine Bleeth, Julia Roberts, and Lauren Graham.. He is now linked to Meg Ryan, and has been reported to have asked his Friends co-star Courteney Cox Arquette for advice on how to talk to her children. He is the stepson of Dateline NBC correspondent Keith Morrison. Perry maintains dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship.He is a hockey fan and often attends his favorite NHL team's, the Ottawa Senators, playoff games.
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