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I'd say that on 'Friends' my character was the guy bouncing around the room. I'm no longer that guy, necessarily, in my life. I used to be. But I'm not now.

Matthew Perry

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Matthew Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 19
Actor
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Film Director
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Television Actor
Writer
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Matthew Langford Perry
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