Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an actor, most famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the American television sitcom Friends. Perry has also guest starred in Ally McBeal and The West Wing, and lent his voice to The Simpsons.

While born in Wilmington, Massachusetts,United States, Perry was raised in Ottawa, Canada. He is the son of character actor John Bennett Perry (b. January 4, 1941) by John's wife at the time Suzanne Perry Morrison (who had been a press secretary for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau), and got into the same field himself at the age of 15. He maintains dual Canadian and U.S. citizenships. Recently he has been moving into films.

Perry is missing part of his right middle finger due to a door shutting accident.

Major film roles

• The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
• Serving Sara (2002)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
• Three to Tango (1999)
• Fools Rush In (1997)

External links

• IMDb profile for Matthew Perry http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001612/
• IMDb profile for John Bennett Perry http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675134/