How old is Matthew Perry, what’s he said about drug addiction, what’s the Friends star’s net worth and is he married?

FOR TV fans, Matthew Perry is a man who needs no introduction.

The Friends actor has hit the headlines after being  "rushed to hospital for emergency surgery on ruptured bowel". Here's what we know about him.

Who is Matthew Perry and where is he from?

Matthew Langford Perry, 48, is a Canadian-American actor born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1969.

His father is American actor, singer and former model John Bennett Perry (born 4 January 1941).

His mother is Canadian Suzanne Marie Morrison – former press secretary to the Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

After Matthew’s parents divorced, he moved to Ottowa, Ontario, in Canada where he grew up – along with current Canadian President Justin Trudeau (who ).

Matthew moved to Los Angeles aged 15 and enrolled in The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, graduating in 1987 and soon after starting his career as an actor.

He is worth a massive £54million.

Who did Matthew Perry play in Friends?

Matthew Perry played Chandler Bing in the long-running sitcom Friends between 1994 and 2004.

His character was noted for being sarcastic – with his romance with Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) forming a major storyline for the second half of the series run.

Joined by co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer, the cast of Friends were some of the highest paid TV stars on screens – pocketing over $1million (£780,000) per episode in the final seasons.

What other stand out TV roles has Matthew Perry had?

Matthew’s first major TV role was in US sitcom Second Chance in which he played a character named Chazz Russell over 21 episodes between 1987 and 1988.

He played Chandler Bing in one episode of Caroline in the City in 1995 during a crossover episode, and had minor recurring roles on Ally McBeal and The West Wing in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

Following the end of Friends, he created a comedy called Mr Sunshine in 2011, but it was cancelled after 13 episodes.

He plays the character Mike Kresteva in The Good Wife and its spin-off The Good Fight – and also held the role of Oscar Madison in the negatively received comedy The Odd Couple (cancelled after three seasons).

What films has Matthew Perry starred in?

Matthew Perry made his film debut in the 1988 coming-of-age drama A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (starring River Phoenix in the title role).

Film highlights include playing Nicholas “Oz” Oseransky in The Whole Nine Yards and it’s sequel The Whole Ten Yards in 2000 and 2004 respectively.

The most recent film credit for the actor is the 2009 film 17 Again – which sees him attempt to salvage his marriage when he is turned back into his teenage self (in the form of Zac Efron).

What addiction problems has Matthew Perry struggled with?

Matthew Perry has struggled with addiction issues since the 1990s.

In 1997 he entered a rehab programme for Vicodin addiction, and faced rehab again in 2001 for addiction to opioids, amphetamines and alcohol.

His struggles have led to the star becoming a spokesperson for drugs charities – and he even lobbied in Congress in 2011 to gain support for sufferers.

In 2016 he admitted he had forgotten "three years" of Friends due to his addiction.

In November 2017 a porn star claimed the Friends actor pleaded with her to get him 40 or 50 prescription painkillers.