The year is 1997, Friends is in its third season and it’s really hit its stride, Matthew Perry got his first starring role in a movie. Alongside Salma Hayek, Perry starred in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In.
The critically acclaimed medical comedy series Scrubs featured a lot of interesting guest stars, including Matthew Perry. Perry played Murray, the son of one of J.D.’s patients who needed a kidney transplant.
Cougar Town is a 2009 sitcom starring Courtney Cox, aka Monica from Friends, as Jules Cobb – a recently divorced woman in her 40s. The show ran for six seasons and guest-starred three of Cox’s Friends co-stars: Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, and Matthew Perry.
In 2012, Matthew Perry returned to television in Go On, a sitcom created by Scott Silveri, who worked as a writer and executive producer on Friends.
Matthew Perry is a funny guy. Most of his roles have been in comedy – either TV or film. Which is why his role on The Good Wife, and its spinoff series The Good Fight, is so refreshing and surprising.
The first TV show Matthew Perry starred on after Friends was Aaron Sorkin’s comedy-drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip – the short-run behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy television series a la Saturday Night Live.
The award-winning political drama The West Wing, created by Aaron Sorkin, is widely regarded as one of the best and most influential television series ever made. Matthew Perry made three guest appearances on The West Wing as Joe Quincy.
In 2006, Matthew Perry starred in the television film The Ron Clark Story, which is based on the real-life educator Ron Clark. The Ron Clark Story stars Matthew Perry as the titular teacher who leaves his small hometown to teach at a New York City public school.