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Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts
August 19, 1969
Perry was born in Williamstown, MA. His mother, Suzanne Jane Louise Morrison (née Langford), is a Canadian journalist and former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and his father, John Bennett Perry, is an American actor and former model. Perry holds dual US/Canadian citizenship. His parents divorced before his first birthday and his mother is re-married to Keith Morrison, a broadcast journalist. 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.
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
July 28, 1988
Perry got his professional break at age 18. On being cast in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon with River Phoenix, Perry withdrew from Elephant Man and ended his high school acting career.
Friends
September 22, 1994
In the early 1990s he attempted to secure an audition for the pilot Six of One, later to be known as Friends, by Marta Kauffman and David Crane, both of whom he had worked with on Dream On. However, due to previous commitments to the pilot LAX 2194, he was not initially considered for an audition. When he did eventually get a reading, he landed the part he is best known for, the role of Chandler Bing.
The program was hugely successful and Perry, along with his co-stars, gained wide renown among television viewers.
Dates Julia Roberts
January 28, 1996
Roberts appeared on an episode of Friends. A few weeks before the show airs, Perry is spotted in L.A. with Roberts, whom hedates briefly.
Fools Rush In
Feburary 14, 1997
Three months after a one night stand in Las Vegas, Alex and Isabel decide to get married because she is pregnant with their child. Problems soon arise as they meet each others families, deal with work colleagues, and most importantly, get to know each other.
The major crisis in the movie is the couple learning to adapt to the culture of their new partner. Isabel is from a Catholic Latino family, while Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type.
Almost Heroes
May 29, 1998
The story focuses on two explorers, a well-off dandy (Perry) and a boorish wilderness guide (Farley), in the 19th century American frontier who try to beat Lewis and Clark as the first expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Three to Tango
October 22, 1999
Oscar Novak (Perry), an aspiring architect and his business partner, Peter Steinberg (Platt), have just landed a career-making opportunity with a Chicago tycoon Charles Newman (McDermott) who has chosen them to compete for the design of a multi-million dollar cultural center. In a ploy for publicity, Newman has pitched Oscar and Peter in a neck-and-neck competition with their archrivals and former colleagues, the hugely successful (and equally ruthless) Decker and Strauss. Though in a comic twist Oscar is mistaken for a gay man when meeting with Charles Newman. Under the mistaken impression that Oscar is homosexual, and therefore a safe companion for his girlfriend Amy (Campbell), he asks Oscar to keep an eye on her for him. Naturally, Oscar falls for Amy virtually on sight, but she thinks he's gay and thus he is forced to maintain the charade of being gay to avoid getting into trouble with Newman, and losing the commission.
The Whole Nine Yards
Feburary 18, 2000
Nicholas 'Oz' Oseransky (Perry) is a depressed, slightly neurotic American dentist working and living in Montreal, Quebec. His wife and mother-in-law hate him, and his father-in-law has saddled him with a lot of debt. At work, Oz has made friends with his receptionist, Jill (Peet), who urges him to get away from his wife who she believes is "not a good person".
Enters Rehab
Feburary 27, 2001
Perry entered a rehabilitation clinic for treatment of an undisclosed condition.
Serving Sara
August 20, 2002
Joe Tyler (Perry) is a process server who is given the assignment to serve Sara Moore (Hurley) with divorce papers.
The movie opens with Joe, a week late, serving a Mafia kingpin known as Fat Charlie with a summons to appear as a witness in court, and his abrasive boss Ray (Cedric the Entertainer) ridiculing him for such while complementing his rival server Tony (Vincent Pastore) for serving multiple targets in record time. Willing to give him one last shot, Ray gives Joe the assignment to serve Sara with divorce papers from her husband Gordon (Bruce Campbell), who is at his ranch in Texas with a mistress (played by Amy Adams) while Sara vacations in upstate New York.
Dating Rachael Dunn
June 5, 2003 - June 5, 2005
The 35-year old actor broke up with his girlfriend of two years, Rachel Dunn, even though there were no major problems. “There was no drama involved (in the breakup), just a commitment by Matthew to stay focused on his sobriety," said a source close to the couple.
The Whole Ten Yards
April 9, 2004
The Whole Ten Yards is a sequel to the movie The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Like the original it stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet and Natasha Henstridge. It was a box office bomb.
The Ron Clark Story
August 13, 2006
Perry starred in the TNT movie, The Ron Clark Story, which premiered on August 13, 2006. Perry played Ron Clark, a small town teacher who relocates to the toughest class in the country. He received a Golden Globe nomination as well as an Emmy nomination for the performance.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
September 18, 2006
In 2006–2007, Perry appeared in Aaron Sorkin's hour-long drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Perry played Matt Albie alongside Bradley Whitford's Danny Tripp, a writer-director duo brought in to help save a failing sketch show. Perry's character was considered to be substantially based on Sorkin's own personal experiences, particularly in television.
Numb
May 13, 2008
In 2006 he began filming Numb, a comedy drama about a chronically depressed writer. The film's tentative release date has been pushed back several times, and is currently scheduled to be released direct-to-DVD.
