He could have become a great tennis player, and faced the best of his time, such as Michael Chang, Yannick Noah, Gustavo Kuerten or even Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras… But his early addiction to opiates was right of this vocation on which he had to draw a line at the age of 15… The American-Canadian actor Matthew Perry, known throughout the world thanks to the role of Chandler which he played in Friends from 1994 to 2004 then in the remake proposed two years ago, and which marked the reunion of all the cult actors of the humorous short-com including Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox, should have originally become a great sportsmanand had begun the appropriate studies to become a great Canadian tennis player…
After his parents separated, Matthew Perry chose to follow his mother to Ontario, Canada, where she rebuilds her life with Keith Morrison. He attended a private school in Ottawa, where he studied alongside Justin Trudeau, son of the Canadian Prime Minister at the time, and who himself would become Prime Minister. Passionate about tennis since his childhood, he went through junior amateur tournaments, but ended up catching the eye of sponsors and coaches, who suggested he turn professional. Then aged 15, he reached 17th place in the national singles rankings, and 3rd place in the national doubles ranking.
He gave up everything to become an actor in Hollywood
Unfortunately, at 15 years old, Matthew Perry already had demons, and drugs were already punctuating his daily life… After some poor performances and several reprimands from his coaches, the young man was forced to abandon this career which could have making him a great tennis champion. Wounded and bruised, he decides to leave everything behind to join his father in Los Angeles, where he will begin the acting career that we know him to be. This Saturday, October 28, 2024, after forty years of anguish and more than $9 million spent in group psychotherapy sessions at Alcoholics Anonymous and detoxification cures, Matthew Perry has left us, at the age of 54, in his jacuzzi. The trail of accidental drowning is favored by investigators, but nothing has yet been certified by the forensic doctors in charge of the autopsy.