1969–2023

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Who Was Matthew Perry?

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Childhood and Parents

Early Roles

Friends Fame

Addiction

Movies

Later TV Shows: Studio 60 and The Odd Couple

Girlfriends

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Death

Who Was Matthew Perry?

Matthew Perry began acting as a teenager. Following an early career marked by bit parts and failed pilots, Perry rocketed to fame in the mid-1990s with the Emmy-nominated role of Chandler Bing on the smash sitcom Friends . He went on to star in movies like Fools Rush In and The Whole Nine Yards . Off-screen, the actor struggled with addiction for many years. Perry later attempted to replicate his sitcom success with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Go On , eventually finding a ratings hit with a revival of The Odd Couple . Never married nor a father, he died from a drug overdose at age 54 in October 2023.…