 Actor , who rose to stardom with his portrayal of Chandler Bing in the iconic sitcom 바카라˜Friends바카라™, breathed his last as he died at the age of 54 at his Los Angeles home. His portrayal broke new grounds, and over the years has become a mark of the 1990s.
One of the reasons Perry fits in so well as Chandler is his proximity to the character in some sense. Like Chandler, Perry바카라™s parents too separated when he was an infant.
He grew up in Ottawa, Ontario and stayed with his Canadian mother, who was a journalist and served as press secretary to former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the father of the current Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
As his mother later married Canadian-born broadcast journalist Keith Morrison, Matthew also lived briefly in Toronto and Montreal.
At the age of 15, Perry moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to live with his biological father, John Bennett Perry - an American actor and former model. Perry pursued acting in Los Angeles as he lived with his father. He also pursued improvisational comedy while still in high school.
After his graduation, he was selected to play Chazz Russell in the TV series 바카라˜Second Chance바카라™. The show ran for 13 episodes, after which it became 바카라˜Boys Will Be Boys바카라™. The new plots were now focused on the adventures of Chazz and his friends. This was followed by Perry바카라™s big screen debut in the 1988 film 바카라˜A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon바카라™. The following year, he had a three-episode arc on the series 바카라˜Growing Pains바카라™, where he portrayed Carol Seaver's boyfriend Sandy who dies in hospital after a drunk-driving crash.
In 1990, he was cast as a regular in the sitcom 바카라˜Sydney바카라™ in which he played the younger brother of Valerie Bertinelli's character. He then played the starring role in the ABC sitcom Home Free, which aired 11 episodes in the spring of 1993. His commitment to a pilot caused him not to be considered for a role in another pilot, 바카라˜Six of One바카라™ and it was the start of something great as 바카라˜Six of One바카라™ later got retitled as 바카라˜Friends바카라™. What followed next created history.
Perry quickly became the hot favourite of the show바카라™s audience, not just bringing in the comic relief but also giving birth to new story arcs, case in point the start of romance between Ross and Rachel. It was Chandler who accidentally broke the news to Jennifer Aniston바카라™s Rachel about David Schwimmer바카라™s Ross Geller being head over heels for her since their college days.
The change in the character of Chandler Bing from a young carefree guy, who weaponises his sarcasm to a more compassionate friend and the caring husband to Monica Geller remains a pivotal point in the show and only Matthew Perry could have pulled it off with a rock-solid conviction.
By 2002, Perry and the six-member main cast were making $1 million per episode. The show earned him an Emmy nomination in 2002 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
While his professional life was reaching new heights, on the personal front Perry struggled with alcohol and substance abuse. He sought treatment for substance abuse in 1997 and again in 2001. In an interview with Britain's BBC Radio 2 in 2016, Perry revealed that he had no recollection of filming seasons 3 through 6 of 'Friends'.
In a 2013 People cover story, he admitted to a history of alcohol and Vicodin abuse. However, he battled his demons and came out victorious at the other end as he established Perry House, a men's sober living facility, in his former Malibu beach residence
The actor also appeared in films such 바카라˜Fools Rush In바카라™, 바카라˜Almost Heroes바카라™, 바카라˜Three to Tango바카라™, 바카라˜The Whole Nine Yards바카라™ and its sequel 바카라˜The Whole Ten Yards바카라™, and 바카라˜Serving Sara바카라™ among many others.
