“I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.”

Canadian and American actor

Matthew Perry was a Canadian and American actor, best known for comedy work and for his 1994 to 2004 role as Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom Friends. He was born in 1969 and died in 2023. He became internationally known through Friends and received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for the role. He also appeared in Ally McBeal, The West Wing and The Ron Clark Story, earning Emmy nominations for the last two, and starred in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. His film roles included Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, Three to Tango, The Whole Nine Yards, Serving Sara, The Whole Ten Yards and 17 Again.