How Much is Matthew Perry Worth? Matthew Perry's Total Wealth - Is the Star a Billionaire? Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Many fans are curious about Matthew Perry's financial success in April 2026. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What was Matthew Perry's net worth and salary?

"Friends" went on to become one of the most successful television shows of all time, and the six cast members became extremely famous… and extremely wealthy. As we detail later in this article, at the peak of the series, each of the main cast members was earning $1 million per episode. In total, Matthew earned around $90 million just from "Friends" base salary, before royalties from syndication, which have been quite substantial, reportedly as much as $10-20 million per year even to this day.

Matthew Perry was an American actor and comedian who had a net worth of $120 million at the time of his death. Tragically, Matthew Perry died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54.

In addition to his supporting and guest-starring work, he also starred in multiple short-lived sitcoms, including "Second Chance," "Sydney," and "Home Free." He was a working actor in Hollywood, which is not something that every actor can say. He was so busy, in fact, that when he heard about the audition for a show called "Six of One," which was later renamed "Friends," he was actually unavailable because he was committed to filming a show called "LAX 2194."  However, he did eventually become available, and the rest is television history.

Matthew Perry actually had a fairly stable career prior to "Friends." He gained notice for his theater work during high school, and after relocating to Los Angeles, he appeared in a steady string of guest starring roles on such shows as "Charles in Charge," "Silver Spoons," "Just the Ten of Us," "Highway to Heaven," "Growing Pains," "Empty Nest," "Who's the Boss?", "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Sibs," to name just a few programs.  He also appeared in such films and television movies as "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon," "Dance 'til Dawn," "She's Out of Control," "Call Me Anna," and "Deadly Relations."

Matthew Perry was best known for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the sitcom "Friends." He appeared in all 236 of the show's episodes between 1994 and 2004. He also appeared in a number of additional shows and films, notably TV shows "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", "Go On," and films like "Fools Rush In" and "The Whole Nine Yards."

Who Inherited Matthew Perry's Estate?

When Matthew Perry died in 2023, his estate was estimated at around $120 million, primarily built from his "Friends" earnings, ongoing royalties, real estate holdings, and investments. Decades earlier, Perry had created a revocable living trust called the Alvy Singer Living Trust (named afterWoody Allen'scharacter in "Annie Hall"). His last will, signed in 2009, directed that all of his assets, including his future "Friends" residuals, be placed into this trust.

Because of the estate's size, federal estate taxes alone consumed about $43 million. After taxes and administrative costs, the heirs are expected to divide closer to $70–75 million in net assets. If split evenly, that would amount to roughly $17–18 million each, plus a continuing share of residuals from Friends, which in some years have generated $10–20 million per cast member. Beyond providing for his heirs, Perry's legacy also lives on through the Matthew Perry Foundation, created shortly after his death to further his mission of helping people struggling with addiction.

Although Perry had multiple other half-siblings, they were not listed in the filing, and no Friends co-stars were named. Two longtime associates, Lisa Ferguson and Robin Ruzan, were appointed as executors to manage the transfer of assets into the trust.

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.