Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American actor who played Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom Friends for ten years between 1994 and 2004, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in The Ron Clark Story.
Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. His mother, Suzanne Jane Louise Morrison (née Langford), is a Canadian journalist and former press secretary ...
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Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American actor who played Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom Friends for ten years between 1994 and 2004, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in The Ron Clark Story.
Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. 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 re-married to Keith Morrison, a broadcast journalist. Perry was raised by his mother in Ottawa, Ontario and was enrolled at Rockcliffe Park Public School, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and Ashbury College. While growing up, he also took a keen interest in tennis and soon became a top-ranked junior player.
Perry grew dependent...
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