EntertainmentMatthew Perry: Remember the beginning of his career, success in ‘Friends’ and last yearsMatthew Perry died this Saturday, 28, at the age of 54 today at 11:00 pm

Matthew PerryChandler Bing from Friends, died this Saturday, 28, at the age of 54. The information was confirmed by Rolling Stone USA. According to the TMZthe actor reportedly drowned in Los Angeles, where rescuers were called to a cardiac arrest victim.

Early career

Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in the United States, but grew up in Ottawa, Canada. Her mother, Suzanne Morrisonwas a journalist and press secretary of the former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The stepfather, Keith Morrisonis also a journalist and is married to Suzanne until today. Now the father of Matthew, John Bennett Perrywas an actor and model.

In adolescence, Perry moved to Los Angeles and, after doing several roles on television, played Chazz Russell in the sitcom Second Chancefrom 1987. It was only in 1994 that success knocked on the door, when the actor took on the role of Chandler Bing in Friends. The ten-season series is still revisited by fans today.

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc It is David Schwimmer completed the sextet. Among them, Matthew was the youngest, debuting in Friends to 24 years old.

Problems with addiction

Not everything went as expected. Perry He had to deal with addiction and, between 1997 and 2001, sought treatment. He doesn’t remember filming between the third and sixth seasons, he told BBC Radio 2 in 2016 (via People).

A Peoplethe artist opened up about his abuse of alcohol and Vicodin, a painkiller prescribed by a doctor after suffering a Jet Ski accident in 1997.

Years later, in 2015, he was awarded a defense award to the Phoenix House treatment center. He told the HollywoodReporter (via People): “You can’t have a drug problem for 30 years and then expect it to be resolved in 28 days.”

Performance

After the success of Friends, Matthew didn’t land roles as big as Chandler Bing’s. In 2006, he starred Studio 60 on the Sunset Stripa series that lasted just 22 episodes. Perry still tried to do Mr Sunshine work, but the sitcom he created did not go ahead.

Was at the theater with the play The End of Longingfrom 2016. In cinema, he starred in films such as And now, my love? (1997), The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and 17 again (2009).