<p>Los Angeles: Actor Matthew Perry, who gained fame as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing in the hit US television comedy "Friends," was found dead on Saturday at a Los Angeles-area home, several news outlets reported.</p><p>The <em>Los Angeles Times</em> and <em>TMZ.com</em>, both citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reported that Perry, 54, was found dead in a hot tub or jacuzzi.</p><p><em>NBC News</em>, citing an unnamed representative for the American -Canadian actor and a law enforcement source, reported the actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.</p><p><em>Reuters</em> could not immediately confirm the reports independently.</p><p>Perry was best known for his longtime role as Chandler in the hugely successful <em>Friends</em>, which ran for 10 seasons on the NBC network from 1994 to 2004, co-starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow.</p><p>The series made international celebrities out of all six castmates. They played a close-knit group of young adults who shared space in one another's apartments and met for coffee at the <em>Central Perk</em>, a fictional Manhattan cafe.</p><p>One of the major story lines involved a clandestine romance between Chandler and Monica Geller, the character played by Cox, which the four other friends - Rachel, Joey, Phoebe and Ross - each discovered one by one.</p><p>The entire cast came back together 17 years after the series finale for a much-ballyhooed reunion special that aired on HBO Max in 2021.</p><p>In the midst of the show's original run, Perry was widely reported to have sought treatment for prescription drug and alcohol abuse in 1997 and 2001.</p> .RIP Matthew Perry: Indian film industry mourns death of 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' actor.<p>Following <em>Friends</em>, Perry went on to star in a least three more network television ventures that proved short-lived - <em>Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Mr. Sunshine </em>and<em> Go On.</em></p><p>He also logged guest appearances or recurring roles in other hit TV shows, including <em>The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Scrubs </em>and <em>Beverly Hills, 90210.</em> His motion picture credits included <em>Fools Rush In, The Whole Nine Yards, Almost Heroes and Three to Tango.</em></p><p>The Massachusetts-born actor grew up in Ottawa after his mother, a Canadian journalist who once served as press secretary to former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, divorced Perry's father and married a Canadian broadcast personality.</p><p>At the age of 15, Perry moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and improvisational comedy.</p>
<p>Los Angeles: Actor Matthew Perry, who gained fame as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing in the hit US television comedy "Friends," was found dead on Saturday at a Los Angeles-area home, several news outlets reported.</p><p>The <em>Los Angeles Times</em> and <em>TMZ.com</em>, both citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reported that Perry, 54, was found dead in a hot tub or jacuzzi.</p><p><em>NBC News</em>, citing an unnamed representative for the American -Canadian actor and a law enforcement source, reported the actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.</p><p><em>Reuters</em> could not immediately confirm the reports independently.</p><p>Perry was best known for his longtime role as Chandler in the hugely successful <em>Friends</em>, which ran for 10 seasons on the NBC network from 1994 to 2004, co-starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow.</p><p>The series made international celebrities out of all six castmates. They played a close-knit group of young adults who shared space in one another's apartments and met for coffee at the <em>Central Perk</em>, a fictional Manhattan cafe.</p><p>One of the major story lines involved a clandestine romance between Chandler and Monica Geller, the character played by Cox, which the four other friends - Rachel, Joey, Phoebe and Ross - each discovered one by one.</p><p>The entire cast came back together 17 years after the series finale for a much-ballyhooed reunion special that aired on HBO Max in 2021.</p><p>In the midst of the show's original run, Perry was widely reported to have sought treatment for prescription drug and alcohol abuse in 1997 and 2001.</p> .RIP Matthew Perry: Indian film industry mourns death of 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' actor.<p>Following <em>Friends</em>, Perry went on to star in a least three more network television ventures that proved short-lived - <em>Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Mr. Sunshine </em>and<em> Go On.</em></p><p>He also logged guest appearances or recurring roles in other hit TV shows, including <em>The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Scrubs </em>and <em>Beverly Hills, 90210.</em> His motion picture credits included <em>Fools Rush In, The Whole Nine Yards, Almost Heroes and Three to Tango.</em></p><p>The Massachusetts-born actor grew up in Ottawa after his mother, a Canadian journalist who once served as press secretary to former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, divorced Perry's father and married a Canadian broadcast personality.</p><p>At the age of 15, Perry moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and improvisational comedy.</p>