Matt LeBlanc
Joey Tribbiani on Friends and Joey, later Episodes, Top Gear and Man with a Plan.
Matthew Steven LeBlanc, born July 25, 1967, is an American actor who gained global recognition playing Joey Tribbiani on Friends from 1994 to 2004 and in its spin-off Joey from 2004 to 2006. He received three Primetime Emmy nominations for Friends, the only one of the six leads to carry his character into a second series.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Matthew Steven LeBlanc
- Born
- 25 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Known for
- Friends (1994–2004)
- Joey (2004–2006)
- Episodes (2011–2017)
- Man with a Plan (2016–2020)
- Top Gear (2016–2019)
- Partner
- Andrea Anders (2006–2014)
- Children
- 1
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Background
A carpenter before acting and a car enthusiast, LeBlanc went on to play a fictionalised version of himself in Episodes (2011-2017), created by Friends co-creator David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, winning a Golden Globe and four more Emmy nominations. He co-hosted Top Gear from 2016 to 2019 and played Adam Burns in the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan from 2016 to 2020. He married the model Melissa McKnight in 2003; their daughter was born in 2004 and they divorced in 2006. He was then in a relationship with his Joey co-star Andrea Anders until 2014. He took part in Friends: The Reunion in 2021.
LeBlanc started going grey around the second season of Friends and dyed his hair until Joey ended.
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