Matthew Perry's life in pictures

Publish date: 2024-06-25

Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing in TV sitcom Friends, has died aged 54.

Getty Images Matthew PerryGetty ImagesMatthew 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.

Getty Images Matthew Perry and Christina ApplegateGetty ImagesPerry 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.

Getty Images Perry with the cast of Friends in 1995Getty ImagesPerry 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.

Getty Images Matthew Perry as Chandler BingGetty ImagesPerry in 2000 Friends episode The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs

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Getty Images Cast of Friends with Jay Leno for a special Tonight Show in 2004Getty ImagesThe cast of Friends on the set of Central Perk with Jay Leno for a Tonight Show special in 2004Getty Images Friends promo shotGetty ImagesA Friends promo shot, 1999David Hume Kennerly Perry, Jennifer Aniston and David SchwimmerDavid Hume KennerlyPerry and his co-stars in one of their last shows, 2003Getty Images Perry at the Golden GlobesGetty ImagesPerry 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.

Archive Photos Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek in a scene from the 1997 film Fools Rush InArchive PhotosMatthew Perry and Salma Hayek in a scene from the 1997 film Fools Rush InLester Cohen Perry with actors Michelle Trachtenberg, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann at the premier of 17 again in 2009Lester CohenPerry 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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