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October 07, 2003
MATTHEW PERRY RETURNS TO GUEST-STAR ON NBC'S 'THE WEST WING'
NBC Press Release
BURBANK, Calif. -- October 7, 2003 -- Matthew Perry, who has starred for 10 seasons on NBC’s “Friends” (Thursdays, 8-8:30 p.m. ET), returns to guest-star on NBC’s “The West Wing” (Wednesdays, 9-10 p.m. ET) in his Emmy Award-nominated role as a savvy White House associate counsel.
The episode, “Separation of Powers,” will be broadcast in November. In the storyline continuing from his two episodes last spring, Perry portrays Joe Quincy, an ambitious Republican attorney who settles uneasily into his job in President Bartlet’s (Martin Sheen) Democratic administration. When the United States’ chief justice falls ill and is hospitalized, Quincy is asked by Toby (Richard Schiff) to trade on his previous relationship as the justice’s clerk - and ask him to resign.
Filming on Perry’s “The West Wing” episode will be integrated with his production schedule on “Friends” during October.
Perry, who stars as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” received an Emmy nomination last summer as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his previous work in “The West Wing.” His next feature film is “The Whole Ten Yards,” which is due for release Easter weekend as the sequel to the hit comedy “The Whole Nine Yards,” in which he starred with Bruce Willis and Amanda Peet. In addition, Perry made his stage debut in London during his spring hiatus in the play “Sexual Perversity in Chicago.”
“The West Wing” is from John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Aaron Sorkin is the creator. John Wells serves as the executive producer.
Posted by Jo at October 7, 2003 04:53 PM