Matthew Langford Perry, brother of Canadian-American actor and producer Matthew Perry, was born on August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Perry was born to Suzanne Marie Morrison Langford and John Bennett Perry. He has the same parents as his five siblings.

Before he was a year old, his parents divorced and his mother later married Canadian radio journalist Keith Morrison.

Although he lived temporarily in Toronto and Montreal, Quebec, he was raised by his mother in Ottawa, Ontario and educated there and at Ashbury College.

He attended Rockcliffe Park public school with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Perry developed a passion for tennis in his youth and rose to the top of the junior rankings.

Matthew Perry’s career

To pursue his acting career, 15-year-old Perry left Ottawa for Los Angeles, where he attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks and graduated in 1987.

While still in high school, he did improvisational comedy at the LA Connection in Sherman Oaks.

After graduating, he played Chazz Russell in the television series Second Chance. After 13 episodes, “Second Chance” became “Boys Will Be Boys,” with stories revolving around the escapades of Chazz and his friends.

In a three-part arc of the 1989 TV show Growing Pains, Perry played Carol Seaver’s boyfriend Sandy, who died in hospital after a drunken accident.

In his many television appearances, Perry was cast as the younger brother of Valerie Bertinelli’s title character in the 1990 CBS comedy “Sydney.”

He played Roger Azarian in a guest appearance on “Beverly Hills, 90210” in 1991. After a sitcom pilot called “LAX 2194,” Perry landed his next leading television role in the ABC sitcom “Home Free,” which aired on spring 1993. for eleven episodes.

When he finally got a reading, his role was Chandler Bing. At 24, he was the youngest member of the ensemble.

Perry also built a career as a playwright, most notably with his portrayal of Joe Quincy, deputy White House counsel in Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing,” although he is best known for his comedic roles.

For his three appearances on this series (twice during the fourth season and once during the fifth season), he received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2003 and 2004.

He starred in The Ron Clark Story, commonly known as The Triumph, which aired on TNT on August 13, 2006. Perry portrayed Ron Clark, a small-town teacher who moved into the toughest classroom in the country .

For his performance, Perry was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. Perry appeared in “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” a drama directed by Aaron Sorkin, from 2006 to 2007.

Writer-director team Matt Albie and Danny Tripp, played by Perry and Bradley Whitford, were hired to revive a struggling sketch show.

On March 1, 2012, it was announced that Perry had agreed to star in Scott Silveri’s NBC comedy pilot Go On. Scott Silveri is a former writer and producer of Friends.

NBC ordered a full 22-episode season on October 2, 2012. Go On was canceled by NBC in May 2013, shortly after the end of the first season.

Perry appeared in a guest role as attorney Mike Kresteva on the 2012 season of CBS’s The Good Wife. He returned to the series in the fourth season in 2013.

Perry reprized his role as attorney Mike Kresteva in the CBS drama The Good Fight, a sequel to The Good Wife, in March 2017.

He played Ted Kennedy in the miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot, released later in 2017. Perry’s net worth was estimated by Business Insider to be around $80 million in 2018.

Perry released his memoir “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing” in October 2022. It topped the bestseller lists on Amazon and the New York Times.

Does Matthew Perry have siblings?

Matthew Perry and his five siblings have the same parents; Willy Morrison, Madeleine Morrison, Caitlin Morrison, Mia Perry and Emily Morrison.