What is Matthew Perry?
{{For|the commodore|Matthew C. Perry}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Perry | image = Matthew Perry in support of Awareness on Drug Courts and Reduced Substance Abuse.jpg | caption = Perry in 2013 | birth_name = Matthew Langford Perry | birth_date = {{Birth date|1969|8|19}} | birth_place = [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death_date and age|2023|10|28|1969|8|19}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Drowning]] caused by accidental [[ketamine]] [[overdose]] | citizenship = {{hlist|United States|Canada}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|producer}} | years_active = 1979–2022 | father = [[John Bennett Perry]] | website = {{URL|matthewperrybook.com}} | signature = Matthew Perry signature.svg }} '''Matthew Langford Perry''' (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title='Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning |url=https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/ |website=TMZ |accessdate=29 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> was a [[Golden Globe]] and [[Emmy]] [[wikt:nominate|nominated]] [[Americans|American]] and [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[movie]] and [[television]] [[actor]]. He was best known for his work as [[Chandler Bing]] in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Friends]]''. == Early life and education == Matthew Perry was born in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]] on August 19, 1969. His mother, Suzanne Jane Louise Morrison ([[married and maiden names|née]] Langford), is a Canadian [[journalist]]. She was a [[press secretary]] to [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]]. Perry's father, [[John Bennett Perry]], is an American actor and [[Model (person)|model]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/perry.htm |title=Matthew Langford Perry|access-date=2009-02-27 |archive-date=2008-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.arch