Matthew Perry (actor)Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an actor, most famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the American television sitcom Friends. Perry has also guest starred in Ally McBeal and The West Wing, and lent his voice to The Simpsons. While born in Williamstown, Massachusetts,United States, Perry was raised in Ottawa, Canada. He is the son of character actor John Bennett Perry (b. January 4, 1941) by John's wife at the time Suzanne Perry Morrison (who had been a press secretary for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau), and got into the same field himself at the age of 15. He maintains dual Canadian and U.S. citizenships. Recently he has been moving into films. Perry is missing part of his right middle finger due to a door shutting accident. Major film roles
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Perry is missing part of his right middle finger due to a door shutting accident. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in Mystic River (2003). Recently he has been moving into films. In 2003 a 15th-anniversary celebration of Bull Durham at the National Baseball Hall of Fame was cancelled due to controversy over his and Sarandon's public anti-war stance. citizenships. Robbins lives in New York City with Sarandon and their three children. He is a prominent spokesperson for anti-globalization, and vocally opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He maintains dual Canadian and U.S. Robbins also continues to act in mainstream Hollywood thrillers like Arlington Road (1999) and Antitrust (2001), and to act in and direct Actors' Gang theater productions. January 4, 1941) by John's wife at the time Suzanne Perry Morrison (who had been a press secretary for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau), and got into the same field himself at the age of 15. Since that time he has written, produced, and directed several films with strong but subtle political content, such as the critically-acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking in 1995, which earned him a directorial Oscar nomination, and 1999's Depression-era musical Cradle Will Rock. He is the son of character actor John Bennett Perry (b. Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption based on Stephen King's short story. While born in Williamstown, Massachusetts,United States, Perry was raised in Ottawa, Canada. His directorial and screenwriting debut was 1992's Bob Roberts, a mockumentary about a populist right-wing presidential candidate. Perry has also guest starred in Ally McBeal and The West Wing, and lent his voice to The Simpsons. He received critical acclaim for his starring role as an amoral movie executive in the 1992 film The Player. Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an actor, most famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the American television sitcom Friends. On the set of that movie he began a relationship with fellow actor Sarandon that continues to the present day. Fools Rush In (1997). He also took small parts in films, with a breakthrough part as pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham. Three to Tango (1999). On graduation in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang in Los Angeles, an experimental theater group, with actor friends from his college softball team. The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Robbins spent two years at Plattsburgh State University, then returned to California to attend drama school at UCLA. Serving Sara (2002). Robbins joined Theater for a New City at age twelve, and participated in the drama club at Stuyvesant High School. The Whole Ten Yards (2004). Robbins was born in West Covina, California, but moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age while his father, Gil Robbins, pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. He is the longtime companion of actress Susan Sarandon, with whom he shares strong leftist political views. Tim Robbins (born October 16, 1958, also Timothy Robbins) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Mystic River (2003). Code 46 (2003). Human Nature (2001). Antitrust (2001). High Fidelity (2000). Cradle Will Rock writer, director (1999). Dead Man Walking writer, director (1995). The Shawshank Redemption (1994). The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). Bob Roberts writer, director (1992). The Player (1992). Jacob's Ladder (1990). Tapeheads (1988). Bull Durham (1988). |