His mother is Italian and his father is of Irish, French, Dutch and English descent. Although he gave the impression that his professional future would lead to motorcycling (he is passionate about motorcycles, in fact at the age of 8 he was US champion in low displacement), he ended up becoming an actor, graduating from the Newton North High School in 1985. He subsequently studied for a semester at the Wentworth Institute of Technology from Boston but left to pursue acting.
After having worked as a professional model, participating in countless advertising campaigns -among others for brands Doritos, Coke Y Levi’s– and becoming known as “the king of commercials“, began to intervene in TV series at the end of the 1980s. At that time he played Chuck bender on “TV 101“; to Vinnie Verducci on “Top of the Heat“, a character that he repeated in three episodes of the series”Married with Children“and in another seven in”Vinnie & Bobby“; in addition to having been a guest artist in many other series.
The culmination of his work came when he was cast in 1994 along with other then unknown castmates: Jennifer Aniston, Lisa kudrow, Courteney cox, Matthew perry Y David schwimmer, to integrate the cast of the American series “Friends“, Where he played Joey tribbiani, character thanks to which he was nominated for an award Emmy.
After the final chapter of “Friends“, shot in absolute secrecy and which garnered a record audience in the US, Matt continued to play his character, in the “spin off” of the series, “Joey”, A series focused on his character after leaving for Los Angeles, leaving his 5 friends in New York, to try his luck as an actor.
While his career is primarily television, Le blanc he has filmed some feature films, debuting in the 1993 war horror film “Gray knight“, made by Corbin bernsen.
In 1996 he starred in the sports comedy “Ed“, which they followed”Lost in Space“, who co-starred with Gary oldman; “Charlie’s Angels“(2003) and its sequel”Charlie’s Angels: On the Edge“(2003) and”All the Queen’s Men“(2001), a war comedy set in World War II, which had him as the main character.
In regards to your personal life, Matt he is divorced from the actress Melissa mcknight, whom he married in May 2003. Together they have a daughter named Marine, born on February 8, 2004. But in 2006 he asked for a divorce alleging irreconcilable differences. Since then, he has been romantically linked to his castmate of “Joey“, the actress Andrea Anders.