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Matt LeBlanc: Summary

Recent Role:: Himself on The Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals

Birthday:: 7-25-1967

Birthplace:: Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name:: Matthew Steven LeBlanc

AKA:: Matt Le Blanc, Matthew LeBlanc

Born in July 25, 1967, Matt LeBlanc is very well known for his character Joey Tribbiani, in the series Friends and Joey.

Matt was born to an Italian mother and a father who is a mix of Irish, Dutch, English and French. That's why, his last name, LeBlanc, is French, and means, "The White", while his character Joey, has an Italian last name. When he was a kid, he was interested in motorcycling, more than in acting. At the age of 8 he got his first motorcycle, and stated to participate in competitions. But his mother didn't like the idea and forced him to find a better career. He learned carpentry.

He graduated from his local high - Newton North High School, in the year 1985. That's when he wanted to make himself a life in New York. Starting 1987, he began appearing on many commercials, making him famous. He managed to advertise many companies, and one commercial was even won the Gold Lion Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

In the year 1988 he started learning formal acting. Less than a year later, a got his first starring role as Chuck Bender in the TV series TV 101. By then, he moved to Los Angeles. He guest-starred on Red Shoe Diaries.

He also appeared on several movies, not being a real success comparing his Television career. Some of them were: The Killing Box (1993), Ed (1996), Lookin' Italian (1998), and All The Queen's Men (1999).

In the year 1994 he jumped into the knowledge on millions around the world in the award-winning comedy Friends. He starred there for 10 years, as Joey Tribbiani, the woman-chaser friend, who cares about his 5 friends as no-one else in the world.
Friends ended in 2004, and from there he continued to Joey, the only Friends's daughter series so far. He is again Joey Tribbiani, who went to Hollywood to succeed in the entertainment world. Joey currently airs its 2nd season.

He was nominated for innumerable awards for his roles in Friends and in Joey, and won 3 of them: Favorite Male Television Star in People's Choice Award (2005), TV - Choice Actor, Comedy in Teen Choice Awards (2002), and Editor's Choice (as part of Friends) in TV Guide Awards (2000).

Matt has married Melissa McKnight on May 3, 2003, after being engaged for 5 years. They have a shared daughter, Marina Pearl LeBlanc, who was born on February 8th, 2004. They also have two kids, Tyler and Jacquelyne, from Melissa's previous marriage. Born in July 25, 1967, Matt LeBlanc is very well known for his character Joey Tribbiani, in the series Friends and Joey.

Matt was born to an Italian mother and a father who is a mix of Irish, Dutch, English and French. That's why, his...

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harryathouse
member since: Feb 27, 2007
The Bottom Line: "Underrated"
"JOEY" was his only downfall... ...Continue »
Born in July 25, 1967, Matt LeBlanc is very well known for his character Joey Tribbiani, in the series Friends and Joey. Matt was born to an Italian mother and a father who is a mix of Irish, Dutch, English and French. That's why, his last name, LeBlanc, is French, and means, "The White", while his character Joey, has an Italian last name. When he was a kid, he was interested in motorcycling, more than in acting. At the age of 8 he got his first motorcycle, and stated to participate in competitions. But his mother didn't like the idea and forced him to find a better career. He learned carpentry. He graduated from his local high - Newton North High School, in the year 1985. That's when he wanted to make himself a life in New York. Starting 1987, he began appearing on many commercials, making him famous. He managed to advertise many companies, and one commercial was even won the Gold Lion Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
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Sarah_Is_Lost
member since: Aug 31, 2007
The Bottom Line: "Should have been a bigger star"
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What can I say about this man? I have only ever seen Matt LeBlanc in the US, TV jit show and his own show, Joey. I loved him in Friends, hee was so funny. I miss him in that show, I wish it was still on, I miss laughing at him and Chandler. Those two where great together. I never laughed so hard when they are together! I also watched his show Joey, it wasn't like Friends, it didn't feel right just seeing him on his own. I was abit sad to see his show axed, but I'm glad in a way too. All in all Matt is an awesome actor and he should have been a bigger star.
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iamthelexx
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Contrary to his looks, he is not Italian, but a various concoction of almost every other nationality. He played numerous Italian style characters in his career (which I hope is over soon enough) as a character called Vinnie in Married... With Children, and Joey Tribianni in Friends, and later the abysmal Joey, a spin off of friends. HIs film Lost In Space bombed, and maybe he should have taken note but went onto star in the two Charlies Angels movies. He piled on the pounds in Friends, yet still somehow charmed his way into some of the women's beds. Nasty.
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tonightless41
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Matt LeBlanc plays Joey on the hit-show Friends! ...Continue »
Matt LeBlanc playes Joey Tribbioni on the hit-show friends. Joey is a very funny man and i think that Matt captures his personality very well. He makes everything about Friends even more hilarious. He is terrific actor and a funny one at that. He does a very good job protreying his character on Friends. He is definatly one of my favorite actors. He is a person that you could definatly look up to.
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immortalpayne
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Joey Tribbiani .. Matt LeBlanc lives forever! ...Continue »
Friends happens to be my all time favorite sitcom, rather, it's the best thing that happened to television. And out of the six lead characters in the show, Joey Tribbiani, played by Matt LeBlanc, is my favorite. The way he talked, his jokes, the innocence in what he said, his catchphrase 'How You Doin?', his acting, and everything he did in the show was just awesome.

He did justice to the role of Joey, and probably no one else would have better suited than Matt LeBlanc to play Joey. He bought a feeling of being different and originality to the character. In a nutshell, his performance in the show was outstanding.

But things after Friends didn't turn out to be good for the guy. The spin-off to Friends, 'Joey', was a total downer. Even though I'd say Matt LeBlanc was really good, he could have done a lot better. But the show didn't have what was expected. It never had what Friends was all about.

After Friends, I haven't really seen much of Matt LeBlanc and it'd be great to see him working in a decent show yet again. The guy has talent, no doubt. He'll do good for sure.
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