Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc)

Matt LeBlanc (aka Joey Tribbiani on "Friends"), at age 8, enjoyed a brief career as an amateur motorcycle racer with aspirations of becoming a pro. However, his mother put the kibosh on that and redirected his talents elsewhere. Matt was trained in carpentry and tried to do it with an artistic flair.

After high school graduation, Matt travelled to New York City to make his fortune. By 1987 he had appeared in several national TV commercials, including ones for Levi's 501s, Coca-Cola, and Doritos. He appeared in a Heinz catsup ad that won the1987 Cannes Film Festival's Gold Lion Award.

Matt began formal acting training in 1988 and within a year found work as one of the stars of the TV series "TV 101". He moved to L.A. and subsequently has appeared in several TV series ("Top of the Heap", "Vinnie & Bobby"), the TV movie "Anything to Survive" (with Robert Conrad), and a guest appearance on cable's "Red Shoe Diaries". Matt appeared in his first feature film in 1994, a movie entitled "Lookin' Italian" He is also scheduled to star in the last installment of "Rebel Highway", a series of remakes of famous 'teen angst' movies shown on cable.

Over the last 10 years, Matt has developed a passion for photographing landscapes which has taken him to various parts of the world including Amsterdam, Switzerland, Germany, & Vancouver, as well as to many places in the U.S.

Matt's birthday is July 25, 1967. He currently lives in L.A., with one of the first friends he made after arriving in Los Angeles: his dog Lady .

his role:

Joey lives with Chandler across from Rachel and Monica. He is an aspiring actor who continually gets rather pathetic roles. These include Pinocchio in a children's production as well as Sigmund Freud in a musical of Freud's life. He was also the poster boy for VD. His almost-breakthrough role (which he messed up) was as Al Pacino's butt-double in a movie. He finally got a break and appeared on Days of our Lives as a doctor, until the writers killed him off. He had a part in a movie with Charles Heston. Near the end of season 5, he got the lead in a movie called Shutter Speed. However, when he got on location in Las Vegas for filming, he found the film had been closed down due to lack of funds. So he got a job a Caesar's Palace. Joey's presence in Vegas is what leads to everyone else coming to Vegas for a weekend, which was were the final episodes of season 5 took place.

Joey is kinda slow intellectually. He is quite active with the females, but never has a lasting relationship.

In the 5th season, Joey is around 31 (28 as of "The OneWhere Joey Moves Out", a 2nd season episode).