American actor Matthew Steven LeBlanc, who was born on July 25, 1967, rose to fame for playing Joey Tribbiani in the hit NBC comedy Friends and its spinoff series Joey. He received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on Friends.
In addition, he played a fictionalized version of himself in the TV show Episodes (2011–2017), for which he garnered four further Emmy nominations in addition to a Golden Globe Award.
He co-hosted Top Gear from 2016 to 2019 and, from 2016 to 2020, he portrayed the show’s grandfather Adam Burns in the CBS comedy Man with a Plan.
LeBlanc was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, where he was born. His father, Paul LeBlanc, was a mechanic, while his mother, Patricia (née Di Cillo), worked as an office manager.
His mother is of Italian ethnicity, while his father is of French-Canadian ancestry. LeBlanc and future comic Louis C.K. both graduated from Newton North High School in the same year.
He enrolled in the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston after high school but left after just one semester.
Matt LeBlanc’s wife: Is Matt LeBlanc married?
Between 2003 and 2006, Matt LeBlanc was wed to Melissa McKnight. They first met in 1997, and in 2004 they gave birth to a daughter they called Marina. Right now, Matt LeBlanc is not wed.