American actor Matthew Perry, famous for the TV series “Friends,” passed away at the age of 54. URA.RU talks about the biography of the artist.
Matthew Langford Perry was born in Massachusetts (USA) on August 19, 1969. The actor grew up in Ottawa, Canada. As a child, he was fond of tennis.
At the age of 15, Perry decided to pursue an acting career and moved to Los Angeles. In 1987, he starred in the TV series Second Chance. The artist played his first role in a feature film in the movie “One Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.”
Real fame came to Perry in 1994, when the TV series Friends aired. Thanks to the enormous popularity of the film, by 2022 the actor was earning one million dollars per episode. The sitcom was canceled in 2004.
Perry starred with Salma Hayek in the film “Hurry Up and Make People Make Fun.” He played in the films: “Almost Heroes”, “Tango for Three”, “The Fraudsters”, “The Whole Nine Yards”, “The Good Fight”, “The Kennedys: After Camelot”, “The Odd Couple”, “Dad Is 17 Again” and others.
In 2004, Matthew Perry made his debut as a director. He directed the eleventh episode of the fourth season of Scrubs and performed a guest role in the same episode.
Perry has been nominated three times for an Emmy Award. For his role as a teacher in the drama “The Ron Clark Story,” the actor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Matthew Perry died 28 of October. He is believed to have drowned in a jacuzzi after suffering a heart attack.
