Which "Friends" star was born on August 19, 1969?

Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing on Friends, was born on August 19, 1969.

Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and spent much of his childhood in Ottawa, Canada, after his parents separated. His mother, Suzanne Morrison, worked as a journalist and served as press secretary to Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau; his father, John Bennett Perry, was an actor and former model.

Perry became internationally known as Chandler when Friends premiered on NBC in 1994. Chandler’s sarcastic humor, awkwardness, and fear of commitment made him one of the sitcom’s defining characters across its ten-season run, which ended in 2004.

The date is easy to confuse with other Perry milestones. August 19 was his birth date, while October 28, 2023, was the date of his death. Another common mix-up is assuming the entire Friends cast was born in the same decade: Jennifer Aniston was born in 1969 as well, while several of Perry’s co-stars were born earlier.