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Matthew Langford Perry was born to actor John Perry and Canadian journalist Suzanne Morrison and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Growing up in Canada Matthew started playing tennis at age 4. Perry was in the Junior Tennis Circuit and was ranked #2 in Ottawa at age 13. He still likes tennis and is regularly at the U.S. Open.
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Matthew's parents divorced before his first birthday and moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to live with his dad at age 15 and became interested in acting.
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In the late 80s Matthew worked steadily in television and got his first big break with a small role in the film A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.
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The television show Friends first aired with Matthew Perry playing a main character Chandler Bing.
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Matthew plays Alex in this film about a passionate night that leads him to propose marriage when he doesn't see the girl again for 3 months and learns she is pregnant.
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Perry is asked to keep tabs on a rich business man's wife because he thinks he is gay. He is not however, and falls for the wife.
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Matthew plays Dr. Ozeransky in this film about a contract killer he becomes friends with after he moves in next door.
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At age 32 Perry enters a rehabilitation clinic for alcohol and drug addiction vicodin, methadone and speed. He has had acute pancreas issues from his problems.
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Matthew returns in this film, the sequel to The Whole Nine Yards
