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Matthew Perry (disambiguation)

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Matthew Calbraith Perry was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. Oliver Hazard Perry was his elder brother.

See History of Japan


Matthew Perry (August 19, 1969- )is a American actor, most famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the American television sitcom Friends.

While born in the United States -- Wilmington, Massachusetts, to be precise -- Perry was raised in Ottawa, Canada. He is the son of character actor John Bennett Perry, and got into the same field himself at the age of 15. Recently he has been moving into films.

Major film roles

  • The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
  • Three to Tango (1999)
  • Fools Rush In (1997)