Biography

Matt LeBlanc

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Born
July 25, 1967 · Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Birth name
Matthew Steven LeBlanc
Nickname
- Matty
Height
5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)

Mini bio

Matt LeBlanc was born on 25 July 1967 in Newton, Massachussetts. His mother, Patricia, is of Italian origin, and worked as an office manager, and his father, Paul LeBlanc, who was from a French-Canadian family, was a mechanic. After graduating from high school, he spent some time as a photo model in Florida before moving to New York where he took drama classes. After a few small roles on stage and on TV, he became famous for his role as Joey in Friends (1994), and in a less successful spin-off, Joey (2004), which only aired for two seasons. After the show got canceled he took a break and didn't return until 2011 where he stars as a fictional version of himself on Episodes (2011).

From 2003 to 2006, he was married to Missy McKnight, with whom he had one child, Marina Pearl (born 2004).
- IMDb mini biography by: M Kristen Hirte

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Trademarks

Deep baritone voice.

Trivia

His character, Joey, in Friends (1994 - 2004) once attempted to learn French and was extremely bad at it. In real life, he is fluent in the language.
Daughter, Marina LeBlanc, was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder that affects her motor skills. Matt and Melissa were concerned when their 11 month old started having seizures. At age two, Marina's condition had largely improved.
He is of French-Canadian (father) and Italian (mother) descent. Is fluent in French.
Also works as a model. Is a trained carpenter. Interested in parachute jumping, car racing and landscape photography.
For eight years was in a relationship with former Joey (2004) co-star Andrea Anders until 2014.

Quotes

I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time. And I don't want to be one of those families. I want to sleep in my own bed every night. I want to, you know, help the kids with homework. And I like that. That's fun.
(On his film, Ed) I know, I know. Everyone told me, 'Don't do the monkey movie, don't do it.'
(1996) The most amazing thing about getting famous is this: When I was broke and couldn't afford anything, nobody gave a shit. Now that I have some money, Ray Ban sends me dozens of pairs of glasses. They even put my prescription in. Isn't that the craziest thing?
(1996, on getting into acting) One weekend I went down to New York City and I met this really cute girl and she said, 'I have an audition, want to go with me?' And I went with her, and her manager had me read some commercials and signed me. So I moved to New York and got a commercial right away. I thought, hey, this shit's easy, I'm gonna be huge! Of course, that didn't happen, and I lived in a transient hotel for a couple of years.
(1996, on his family) We're blue collar from Newton, Mass. My mom's from Italy, and my father wasn't around. I knew he had gone to Vietnam, but I didn't know if he was dead or MIA, and I knew it would make my mom sad to talk about it, so I never asked. On Christmas morning, the year I was eight, I come running downstairs, and on the couch is this guy wearing Army fatigues with long hair. He looked like Jesus Christ. I see his name on his shirt, LeBlanc. All I could think was, he's alive, he's come back, he's going to live with us, and I'm going to have a dad! So of course I ran to him. flung myself on him.. .and if there's one moment in my life I could replay, that would be it. Because what I really should have said was. 'Hey, man, where the fuck have you been?' He never came to live with us. My mother remarried a few years later.