How well do you know 'Joey' in real life? Let's check your knowledge about the dashing Matt LeBlanc!
Jaya Bhattacharya
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Matt Leblanc won a Golden Globe award for his work in Episodes, and was nominated for an Emmy three times for Friends and four times for Episodes.
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LeBlanc first appeared in the Heinz Tomato Ketchup commercial in the year 1987. At that time, he was known as "the Ketchup Boy".
Fun Fact
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Matt LeBlanc is the only cast member of Friends (1994) not to have appeared on Saturday Night Live (1975).
Did You Know?
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The 2006 made-for-TV movie, The Prince, was co-produced by Matt LeBlanc's production company, Fort Hill Productions.
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Out of all things Joey said over the course of Friends, "how you doin?", became the most famous. Almost from the beginning of the series, this was Joey's catchphrase.
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Joey, according to plot of FRIENDS, is from an Italian family of eight children. That would explain his accent, which had a touch of Italian in it. Also, Matt LeBlanc had an Italian mother.
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He is a motorcycle enthusiast and hosted his own TV show, The 5 Coolest Things (2003), based on the 5 coolest things in each motorcycle specialty (off-road, motocross, road racing, freestyle).
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Matt LeBlanc's role of "Maj. Don West" in Lost in Space was originally offered to his Friends co-star Matthew Perry.
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Quick Fact
Created by Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Joey was a Friends' spin-off. The American sitcom was aired in 2004 and ran two seasons.
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Matt LeBlanc appeared in two Jon Bon Jovi's music videos - "Miracle" in 1990 and “Say It Isn't So" in 2000.
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FUN FACT!
During Monica's 30th birthday party, Chandler sees that Joey has taken off his tie. Joey's hilarious explanation on this act is, "It hurts my Joey's apple."
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Trivia
Matt LeBlanc played the role of Jason Gibbons in the 2000 flic Charlie's Angels. He starred as an action-movie star who is in a romantic relationship with one of the Angels.
Hope you know the real 'Joey' quite well now. Let's see how well you've performed.