Matthew Perry doesn't look like Chandler Bing anymore

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Watch out George Clooney – you’ve now got some serious competition in the silver fox department.
Matthew Perry, famed for playing the quick-witted Chandler Bing in everyone’s favourite comedy Friends, was spotted out and about in London on Wednesday looking rather different.
Perry is in London getting ready to make his West End playwriting debut in The End Of Longing, which he will also star in.
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 25: Matthew Perry is seen at LAX on November 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
(Picture: GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
But if fans have nabbed tickets to see ‘Chandler’ on stage they might get a shock because he’s been replaced by a silver fox.
It’s fair to say he could have done up his shirt, combed his hair and ideally not be puffing on a cigarette, but we can look past all of that because he’s now in the Clooney league.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 10: Actor Matthew Perry arrives at CBS, CW And Showtime 2015 Summer TCA Party at Pacific Design Center on August 10, 2015 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
(Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Rehearsals for the play, which will open at The Playhouse Theatre in the West End, started on Monday and by the tired look on his face, it’s pretty clear he’s been putting in the hours to make sure the run is perfect.
Previously speaking about his turn in London’s theatre district, Perry said: ‘It’s been about 12 years since I’ve performed in a play in the West End so I’m very excited for my comeback.’
Perry hasn’t trod the West End boards since 2003 when he starred in Sexual Perversity in Chicago with director Lindsay Posner.
Does this throwback of Ross and Chandler look more familiar?
FRIENDS -- "The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks" Episode 8 -- Air Date 11/19/1998 -- Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing (Photo by Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
(Photo by Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Or what about this one?
385848 27: Cast members of NBC's comedy series "Friends." Pictured (l to r): David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Cook, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani and Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay. Episode: "The One Where They All Turn Thirthy." (Photo by Warner Bros. Television)
(Photo by Warner Bros. Television)
This one?
FRIENDS -- "The One Where Rachel Has A Baby: Part 1 -- Episode 23 -- Aired 5/16/2002 -- Pictured (l-r): Courteney Cox as Monica Geller-Bing, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing -- Photo by: Danny Feld/NBCU Photo Bank
(Danny Feld/NBCU Photo Bank)
What about this one?
BURBANK, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: (EXCLUSIVE, NO U.S. TABLOID SALES) Jennifer Aniston makes a funny face as she sits with co-star Matthew Perry in between takes on the set of hit NBC series "Friends" September 12, 2003 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, CA. "Friends," which is in its ninth and final season, debuted in 1994, has won 44 Emmys, and is one of the biggest successes in television history. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images) This image is not included in any subscription deal. Use of this image will incur a charge.
(Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

How do you rate Matthew Perry's new look?

  • I prefer his clean shaven look
  • Silver fox!
The End Of Longing opens at The Playhouse on February