Today marks what would have been Matthew Perry’s 57th birthday.
Long before he became a household name, Perry was just another actor chasing his big break in Hollywood. But everything changed in 1994, when he stepped into the role of Chandler Bing on NBC’s Friends, as a cast member alongside Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, and David Schwimmer.
With his razor-sharp wit and impeccable comedic timing, Perry turned Chandler into the heart of the show’s humor, delivering one-liners that fans still quote decades later. In celebration of his birthday, there’s no better time to look back at four moments that made the character unforgettable.
4. ‘The One with All the Kissing’ (Season 5)
In Season 5’s “The One with All the Kissing,” Chandler and Monica (Cox) are still keeping their relationship under wraps when he accidentally kisses her in front of the whole group on his way out the door. Panicking, Chandler tries to play it off as a friendly goodbye habit he picked up abroad — and doubles down by kissing everyone else in the room too.
It’s one of Chandler’s most delightfully chaotic moments, and a perfect example of how far he’d go to keep their relationship secret safe. Of course, the cover-up only made things more obvious and hilarious.
3. ‘The One with the Blackout’ (Season 1)
In Season 1, Friends gave fans their first real taste of the self-deprecating humor that would become Chandler Bing’s trademark for the next decade. In “The One With the Blackout,” he gets trapped in an ATM vestibule with Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre when a citywide blackout hits New York.
Starstruck and nervous, he fumbles his way through their time together, unsure whether to call the outside of the bank a vestibule or an atrium. It’s one of Chandler’s most delightfully chaotic moments, and a perfect example of how far he’d go to keep his cool under pressure. Of course, keeping his cool never quite worked out.
This episode was Perry’s favorite, per PEOPLE Magazine. “The interesting thing about that episode was I didn’t speak much; it was mostly in voiceover,” Perry told Entertainment Weekly in 2004, as reported by PEOPLE. “We prerecorded what I said, and I had to react.”
2. ‘The One with All the Rugby’ (Season 4)
In Season 4, Chandler reunited with his on-again, off-again ex Janice (Maggie Wheeler) and, desperate to avoid getting pulled back into their relationship, tells her he’s being transferred to Yemen for work. The lie backfires spectacularly when Janice insists on helping him pack and refuses to leave his side until he’s actually boarded the plane.
Few running bits are as hilarious as Chandler’s increasingly absurd attempts to dodge Janice, and this one remains the gold standard. The bit ends with him boarding the plane and asking an older woman if he could stay with her when he arrives in the country.
1. “The One with the Proposal, Part 2 (Season 6)
Chandler spends the second part of “The One With The Proposal” pretending he’s not ready for marriage. However, in the Season 6 episode, he’s been secretly planning to ask Monica to marry him. It backfires beautifully. However, convinced he’s not serious about their future, Monica decides to propose to him first.
She gets down on one knee, but the moment overwhelms her, and she can’t get the words out, so Chandler gently takes over and finishes. Through tears, he tells her she makes him happier than he ever thought he could be, and it remains one of the most quietly devastating, tender moments the show has ever given fans.
Today, on what would have been Matthew Perry’s 57th birthday, the best way to celebrate is the way Friends fans do best: firing up a rerun, laughing at the one-liners, and remembering just how much joy he brought into our living rooms.
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