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Matthew Steven LeBlanc (; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor. He garnered global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends and in its spin-off series, Joey. For his work on Friends, LeBlanc received three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in Episodes (2011–2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received four additional Emmy Award nominations. He co-hosted Top Gear from 2016 to 2019. From 2016 to 2020, he played patriarch Adam Burns in the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan. Early life LeBlanc was born at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts. His mother, Patricia (née Di Cillo), was an office manager; his father, Paul LeBlanc, was a mechanic and a veteran of the Vietnam War. His father is of French-Canadian descent and his mother is of Italian ancestry, the daughter of immigrants from Arce, Lazio. He attended Newton North High School, where he graduated in the same year as future comedian Louis C.K. After high school he attended college at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He dropped out shortly after starting his second semester.LeBlanc moved to New York at the age of 17 to pursue a career in modeling, but he was told he was too short to be in the industry. His acting career began after a woman invited him to accompany her to an audition, where he ended up getting signed by her manager. Although he had booked commercials and television and film roles before Friends, he was reportedly down to his last eleven dollars before landing the role of Joey Tribbiani. Career 1987–1994: Early career LeBlanc first appeared in a 1987 Heinz Tomato Ketchup commercial. In 1988, he starred in the television drama TV 101 for one season. In 1991, he had a recurring role on the hit Fox sitcom Married... with Children. He played Vinnie Verducci, a family friend of protagonist Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) who briefly dates his daughter, Kelly (Christina Applegate). He also guest-starred in the first season of Red Shoe Diaries. LeBlanc starred in two short-lived Married... with Children spin-offs: Top of the Heap (1991) and Vinnie & Bobby (1992). He appeared in two Bon Jovi music videos: "Miracle," from the Young Guns II soundtrack in 1990, and "Say It Isn't So" in 2000. He also appeared in videos for Alanis Morissette's single "Walk Away," Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers's "Into The Great Wide Open" and Bob Seger's "Night Moves". 1994–2006: Friends, Joey and film roles LeBlanc found success as the dimwitted but lovable Joey Tribbiani on Friends; he played this character for 12 years — 10 seasons of Friends and two seasons of Joey. Friends was wildly successful, and LeBlanc (along with co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer) gained wide recognition among viewers. This ensemble situation comedy became a major hit for NBC, airing on Thursday nights for ten years.For his performance, LeBlanc received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, three Golden Globe award nominations, and one Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. During this time he also appeared in the films Lookin' Italian (1994), Ed (1996), Lost in Space (1998), Charlie's Angels (2000), and its sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003). Following the cancellation of Joey, LeBlanc announced that he would be taking a one-year hiatus from acting on television, which eventually turned into five years. 2011–present: Career revival From 2011, LeBlanc appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in Episodes, a television series about an American remake of a fictional British television series. The series is written by Friends co-creator David Crane and his partner Jeffrey Klarik. At the 69th Golden Globe Awards in 2012, LeBlanc won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a television series, musical, or comedy, and was nominated for an additional four Primetime Emmy Awards.In February 2012, LeBlanc appeared in the second episode of the eighteenth series of Top Gear, where he set the fastest lap time in the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment in a Kia Cee'd. Lapping at 1:42.1, he beat the show's previous record-holder, Rowan Atkinson, by 0.1 seconds. He also appeared in the fourth episode of the nineteenth season to race the New Kia Cee'd, and beat his previous time. In February 2016, the BBC announced LeBlanc had signed on to become one of the new Top Gear hosts, signing a two-year deal later that year. In May 2018, he announced that he was leaving the series in order to spend more time with his family and friends in the US. He and Rory Reid were replaced by new co-hosts Paddy McGuinness and Andrew Flintoff in the twenty-seventh series in October 2018. LeBlanc played the lead role in the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan, which began airing in 2016 until it was cancelled in 2020. Personal life LeBlanc has an extensive interest in cars, and worked as a carpenter before acting. He married Melissa McKnight, a British-born American model and a divorced single mother of two children, in May 2003. In 1997, they were introduced to each other by McKnight's friend, Kelly Phillips (wife of actor Lou Diamond Phillips). LeBlanc proposed to her a year later. Their daughter, born in 2004, began suffering seizures at eight months old. By the time she was two years old, the condition, thought to be due to cortical dysplasia, had mostly subsided. LeBlanc and McKnight divorced in October 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.LeBlanc met actress Andrea Anders in 2004 while she was co-starring as his friend and eventual love interest on Joey and the pair eventually embarked on a relationship which was confirmed in 2006 following LeBlanc's split from his wife Melissa McKnight. After over eight years as a couple, LeBlanc announced at the start of 2015 that he and Anders had been broken up for several months.LeBlanc primarily resides in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Filmography Film Television Music videos Awards and nominations References External links Matt LeBlanc at IMDb  Matt LeBlanc at Rotten Tomatoes Matt LeBlanc at Emmys.com Matt LeBlanc at TV Guide Matt LeBlanc on Instagram . Discover the Leblanc popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Leblanc books.

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  • Delphi Collected Works of Maurice Leblanc synopsis, comments

    Delphi Collected Works of Maurice Leblanc

    Maurice Leblanc & Edgar Jepson

    The French mystery novelist Maurice Leblanc is remembered chiefly today as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French coun...

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    Complete Arsene Lupin Mystery Detective of Maurice Leblanc

    Maurice Leblanc

    Maurice Leblanc was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a ...

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    Savage Girls and Wild Boys

    Michael Newton

    Savage Girls and Wild Boys is a fascinating history of extraordinary childrenbrought up by animals, raised in the wilderness, or locked up for long years in solitary confinement.Wi...

  • Elric - Tome 03 synopsis, comments

    Elric - Tome 03

    Julien Blondel, Michael Moorcock, Jean-Luc Cano, Robin Recht, Julien Telo & Jean Bastide

    Une figure mythique de la fantasy adaptée en bande dessinée !Un an s’est écoulé depuis qu’Elric a quitté Imrryr, son palais et son trône, laissant derrière lui une Cymoril pro...

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    813, a novel

    Maurice Leblanc

    According to Wikipedia: "Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (11 November 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the f...

  • Just Like Us synopsis, comments

    Just Like Us

    Helen Thorpe

    In this eyeopening and poignant true story about the experiences of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denvertwo who have legal documentation, two who don’tHelen Thorpe “put...

  • Le livre blanc du neurofeedback synopsis, comments

    Le livre blanc du neurofeedback

    Joel lemaire & Patrick Bourque

    « Le neurofeedback basé sur l’ÉEGq est une méthode scientifique d’application des neurosciences qui repose sur l’évolution des sciences du cerveau depuis plus d’un siècle. Mie...

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    The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc

    Loraine Despres

    It's a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, wondering half seriously if she could kill herself with aspirins and CocaC...

  • 14 Mystery Novels by Maurice Leblanc synopsis, comments

    14 Mystery Novels by Maurice Leblanc

    Maurice Leblanc

    This file contains the full text of 14 novels by French mystery writer Mauricee Leblanc: 813, Arsene Lupin, The Blonde Lady, The Confessions of Arsene Lupin, The Crystal Stopper, T...

  • Arsene Lupin The Collection synopsis, comments

    Arsene Lupin The Collection

    Maurice Leblanc & Bluefire Books

    The collection, brings together the works that inspired the original NETFLIX series, directed by Louis Leterrier as well as the Hero, Assane Diop, performed by OMAR SY. Dive into ...

  • Falsche Austern synopsis, comments

    Falsche Austern

    Catherine Simon

    Honfleur, Normandie, an einem Sonntagmorgen im September: Albert Barat, Leiter des Kunstmuseums, verlässt sein Haus, um eine kleine Segeltour entlang der Küste zu unternehmen. Er b...

  • Ekistics Portfolio synopsis, comments

    Ekistics Portfolio

    Robert LeBlanc

    This book is a digital portfolio for Ekistics Planning & Design. In the booklet, readers will be introduced to the breadth and scope of our professional services which focus on...

  • Westwood Street Guide synopsis, comments

    Westwood Street Guide

    Xryxguyx

    This is a street guide used for locating addresses in the town of Westwood, MA. It is intended to be used by public safety to quickly find addresses and locations. This is not affi...

  • The Halifax Explosion synopsis, comments

    The Halifax Explosion

    Ken Cuthbertson

    On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian warrelief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That accident sparked a fire and a...

  • Water Witch synopsis, comments

    Water Witch

    Deborah LeBlanc

    Dunny knew from an early age what it meant to be an outsider. Her special abilities earned her many names, like freak and water witch. So she vowed to keep her powers a secret. But...

  • Le Blanc Et Le Noir synopsis, comments

    Le Blanc Et Le Noir

    Voltaire

    C'est un conte philosophique de Voltaire. Rustan, fis unique d'un mirza de la province de Candahar, n'est pas amoureux de la jeune princesse qu'il doit epouser, conformement aux vo...

  • Climbing Rocks synopsis, comments

    Climbing Rocks

    Sean LeBlanc

    Kali is a Golden Retriever who loves going for walks. One of the things she loves to do on walks is sniff rocks, but she's always wanted to climb them! In this short picture book s...

  • Needham Street Guide synopsis, comments

    Needham Street Guide

    Leblanc

    A street guide for the town of Needham in Massachusetts. This is designed to assist with public safety agencies to quickly find an address for an emergency. It is helpful to have a...

  • The Tomorrow Game synopsis, comments

    The Tomorrow Game

    Sudhir Venkatesh

    A New York Times bestselling author’s gripping account of a Chicago community coming together to save a group of teenagers from gun violence.In the tradition of works like Random F...

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    Le loup blanc

    Paul Féval père

    Nicolas Treml de La Tremlays, seigneur de BoüexisenForêt, voit, chaque jour qui passe, sa terre natale, La Bretagne, asservie sous l'impôt par le régent de France Philippe d'Orléan...

  • Toe to Toe synopsis, comments

    Toe to Toe

    Deborah LeBlanc

    Welcome to Clay Point, Louisiana, home to notsoaverage Joes, and Nonie Broussard, a feisty Cajun and trouble magnet. After losing her job when the Garmin factory shuts down, Nonie ...

  • Wasted synopsis, comments

    Wasted

    Suzy Spencer

    A drugfueled lesbian love triangle leads to murder in this New York Times–bestselling true crimeupdated with shocking revelations and a second trial!In 1995, Austin, Texas was rock...

  • Coozan Dudley Leblanc synopsis, comments

    Coozan Dudley Leblanc

    Floyd Clay

    "They were great days. [This] book brings them back to life."Kansas City Times"Floyd Clay has written perceptively of LeBlanc."Associated PressHe was the most extraordinary politic...

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    Cops and Robbers

    Ant Anstead

    TV presenter and allround car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared every...

  • Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet synopsis, comments

    Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet

    Molly Morris

    Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead…Wilson Moss entered the town’s topsecret contest in the hopes of resu...

  • Arsene Lupin The Collection synopsis, comments

    Arsene Lupin The Collection

    Maurice Leblanc & bookish

    The collection, brings together the works that inspired the original NETFLIX series, directed by Louis Leterrier as well as the Hero, Assane Diop, performed by OMAR SY. Dive into ...

  • Allons - Volume 3 synopsis, comments

    Allons - Volume 3

    Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission

    Allons is a quarterly interactive magazine that features food, music, events and more happening in Lafayette, Louisiana.

  • The Complete Father Brown Stories synopsis, comments

    The Complete Father Brown Stories

    G. K. Chesterton

    To celebrate the 100th anniversary of G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries, BBC One Daytime has commissioned a new 10part drama series for January 2013 to bring the priestturn...

  • White Hot synopsis, comments

    White Hot

    Deborah LeBlanc

    Odel lives deep in the Louisiana bayous, away from prying eyes. She guards a secretone shared with very few. She is the last surviving descendent of the infamous Voodoo Queen, Mari...

  • Grave Intent synopsis, comments

    Grave Intent

    Deborah LeBlanc

    In all their years at the funeral home, Janet and Michael Savoy had never seen anything like the viewing for ninettenyearold Thalia Stevenson. That's because they had never seen a ...

  • The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts synopsis, comments

    The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts

    Laura Tillman

    “A haunted, haunting examination of mental illness and murder in a more or less ordinary American city…Mature and thoughtful…A Helter Skelter for our time, though without a hint of...

  • Random Family synopsis, comments

    Random Family

    Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

    This New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the hea...

  • Simply Raymond synopsis, comments

    Simply Raymond

    Raymond Blanc

    Featuring recipes from Raymond's ITV series SIMPLY RAYMOND BLANC'Of the many cookery books that I have written, this one has the most extraordinary story,' says Raymond Blanc. His...