Internationally known American actor Matt Le Blanc was born on 25 July 1967, in Newton, Massachusetts of part-Italian and French-Canadian descent. Matt is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani – also of Italian descent – in the hit TV show “Friends”.
So just how rich is Matt LeBlanc? Sources have estimated that Matt has a net worth of $70 million, particularly boosted from his appearances in “Friends” from 1994 to 2004, and in “Episodes”, a TV series aired on BBC created by David Crane in collaboration with Jeffrey Klarik, during a career wich began in the late 1980s.
Matt LeBlanc Net Worth $70 Million
Matt LeBlanc’s mom Patricia was an office manager and his father Paul was a mechanic. Regardless, fascinatingly Matt took an interest in acting from very early childhood – his parents say that it was probably because Matt liked attention from very early days.
Matt Le Blanc started his career in acting by appearing in commercials in 1987, including for Heinz Ketchup. His first real acting performance was the following year in “TV 101”; this was the time when Matt had a chance to start growing his net worth. Then in 1990, Matt showed up in a video for the song called “Miracle” performed by Jon Bon Jovi, which at least got him noticed, so that a year later Matt was the one selected to perform in the video of the song “Walk Away” by Alanis Morissette – a famous American-Canadian singer award winner – and no doubt this appearance in another celebrity`s music video resulted not only in international recognition, but also in an increase to Matt LeBlanc’s net worth. In the following years, Matt performed on a few more music videos, including “Night Moves” by Bob Seger, and “Into the Great Wide Open” by Tom Petty. Matt also started acting in “Top of the Heap”, a show that unfortunately was soon cancelled.
It is known that “Friends” received not only positive, but also negative evaluations from the critics. The audience loved it though, and the series achieved many awards: American Comedy, GLAAD Media, Satellite, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. “Friends” also received six Awards from People`s Choice and three Logie Awards. In total, “Friends” aired for 10 seasons, and during the whole period never registered below 9th position amongst the most popular TV series. In the period from 2001 to 2002, attracting an average audience of 25 million, consequently labelled as the most watchable and the most popular TV series in those years. Undoubtedly, the earnings from this TV show boosted considerably the total size of Matt LeBlanc’s net worth. The series “Joey” is a spin-off from “Friends”, and continues to add to Matt LeBlanc’s net worth.
Matt LeBlanc has appeared in several films over the years,when time-out from his TV series’ commitments permits, including “Lookin’ Italian”(1994), “Ed”(1996), “Lost in Space”(1998), “Charlie’s Angels”(2000), and “All the Queen’s Men”(2001), contributing to Matt’s growing wealth. However, he had an hiatus for five years after this strenuous period of work, partly due to self-admitted depression, returning in the BBC’s “Episode” as a version of himself in “Friends”, and for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series Comedy in 2012, plus several Prime Time Emmy Award nominations up to 2016. Most recently he is appearing in a new CBS sitcom “Man with a Plan”, which began airing in late 2016.
In his personal life, Matt LeBlanc was married to British model Melissa McKnight, a former model, from 2003-2006; they have a daughter. He later dated actress Andrea Anders, but is currently officially single. He divides his time between the US and the UK, partly through hosting several episodes of the BBC series “Top Gear”.
