Matthew Perry is an American and Canadian film star who shone on the skies of world cinema after appearing in the youth super-sitcom Friends and entrenched in the starry niche with the release of the comedy Nine Yards.
Biography
The darling of millions of viewers was born in August 1969 in the American state of Massachusetts, in the city of Williamstown, into an acting and journalistic family. Matthew's mother - Susan Marie - dreamed of a career in the modeling business. Father - John Bennett Perry - managed to gain a foothold in the film industry, but did not achieve star status.
Soon after the birth of their son, the couple separated. Susan returned to her native Ottawa, but never made her modeling career. The woman got a job as a clerk in the reception of the head of government Pierre Trudeau, but soon became the press secretary of the Prime Minister. Soon, both parents found their happiness in second marriages and Matthew had a brother and three sisters.
Matthew studied at the prestigious Rockcliff Park School in Ottawa, then at an elite private college. At school, Perry became interested in tennis and theater, and at first the guy was interested in sports more than acting: Matthew repeatedly won junior competitions and intended to make a sports career.
To this end, the 17-year-old boy moved to his father in America. But an unfortunate defeat in an important competition put an end to the string of tennis victories.
Matthew Perry focused on his second passion - theater. He attended the Sherman Oaks School of Art (Los Angeles area). Cinema success did not come to the actor immediately. It was very difficult. Father set a condition - you can live on acting money, then stay in this profession.
Career and creativity
In Los Angeles, aspiring actor Matthew Perry appeared on the stage, playing prominent roles in the performances Our City, The Sound of Music and The Miracle Worker. The young man's play was seen by the Hollywood diva Patty Duke, in whose piggy bank were Oscars, Golden Globes and Emmy. The star praised the potential of the young colleague, noting Perry's talent for improvisation.
Soon, critics and colleagues Matthew Perry unanimously praised the artist for his subtle acting and lightning-fast reaction, praising him as a brilliant comedian who knows how to balance on the fine line between buffoonery and wit. These qualities helped Matthew on television: the producers involved the actor in several television shows.
Matthew becomes a famous actor, and thanks to the leading role in the movie "Friends", where he played a loser and a muddler, makes him even more mega-popular. This role becomes the actor's calling card. 10 seasons of the series were released on the screen, starting in 2004.
Since the late 1990s and after the release of the comedy series, Hollywood directors have invited Matthew Perry to star in TV series and feature films. He starred in the comedies "In a hurry - make people laugh" with Salma Hayek, "Almost Heroes" with Chris Farley and "Tango Three". These are full-length films, where the directors exploited the image of Chandler, familiar to millions of Friends fans.
Another resounding success in the career of Matthew Perry - comedy by Jonathan Lynn "Nine Yards". The comedian got the image of the dentist Nicholas "Oz" Ozeranski, whose life went on as long as the former criminal and murderer Jimmy "Tulip" Tadeschi, in which Bruce Willis brilliantly reincarnated, settled nearby. The comedy was such a success that after 3 years a sequel to the film was released, where the audience again saw their beloved couple.
The following works of the actor turned out to be rated. In the fall of 2006, the comedy drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was released, and fans of Matthew Perry saw the idol in a dramatic role in the feature film Helpless.
Personal life
Millions of viewers around the world fell in love with the charismatic blue-eyed and stately (Matthew's height is 1.83 meters) handsome man with an excellent sense of humor, coming up with puns and witticisms on the go. It seems Perry's only drawback was the lack of a phalanx of the middle finger on his right hand.
Matthew Perry, who was ranked 7th in the TOP-50 of the most beautiful people on the planet in 1999 by the People magazine in 1999, and celebrity colleagues did not ignore. Rumor has it that the comedian had affairs with Julia Roberts, Lizzie Kaplan, Lauren Graham and Yasmine Blyth. But Matthew is a famous conspirator who knows how to keep his mouth shut. The nosy paparazzi rarely managed to find out at least some details of the star's personal life.
But the actor, despite such popularity, from the female side, remained a bachelor. None of his women gave birth to children to the actor.
In 2015, rumors leaked to the press that Matthew Perry was dating Courtney Cox, who played Chandler's lover Monica in Friends. But the allegedly loving couple dispelled this rumor. Moreover, the stars said that they are not yet ready for new novels.
Now the news about the life of the star 158 thousand subscribers will find out on the page of the actor's fan club on Instagram. In 2016, NBC aired a two-hour program in which the producers gathered the entire cast of the cult sitcom Friends. But the audience was disappointed not to see Matthew-Chandler in the project.
Later, Perry admitted that he refused to participate in the program and would never agree to continue the sitcom, because at 47 he sees himself in a dramatic role, and not in a comedy one. In addition, Perry is busy on the Broadway stage, where he plays the main role in the play based on his script "The End of the Long Wait." He also has a job on the set.
