Chandler Bing
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| Portrayed by | Matthew Perry | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1994–2004 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | "The Pilot" (episode 1.01) |
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| Last appearance | "The Last One part 2" (episode 10.18) |
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| Created by |
David Crane Marta Kauffman |
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| Occupation | Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration Junior advertising copywriter |
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| Father | Charles Bing |
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| Mother | Nora Bing |
| Wife | Monica Geller (2001–) |
| Adoptive sons | Jack Bing |
| Adoptive daughters | Erica Bing |
| First cousins | Glen |
Chandler Muriel Bing is a fictional character from the NBC sitcom Friends, portrayed by Matthew Perry.
Chandler Muriel Bing was born on April 8, 1968, to an erotic novelist mother and a gay father who later became the star of a Las Vegas drag show. He is of Scottish and Swedish ancestry. He is an only child and is apparently from an affluent family, as he mentions his family hired servants such as a pool boy and a house boy (both of whom he suspects slept with his father). Chandler's parents announced their divorce to him over Thanksgiving dinner when he was nine years old, an event which causes him to refuse to celebrate the holiday in his adulthood. It's revealed in "The One Without The Ski Trip" that Chandler had started smoking at the age of 9 because of their divorce. It is revealed in season 1 he went to an all-boys high school.
Chandler was Ross Geller's roommate in college. Chandler met his friend Rachel Green while celebrating Thanksgiving with the Geller family during his first year at college. On a tip from Monica, Chandler later moved to Apartment #19 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, across the hall from Monica and her roommate Phoebe Buffay. Actor Joey Tribbiani moves in with Chandler, who becomes his best friend.
His middle name "Muriel" was revealed in the beginning of "The One With Rachel's Date", where one of his co-workers thinks his name is Toby. Chandler tells Ross after having inquired the particular name as they're waiting for the elevator in the office building while on their way to a cafe that, "It could be worse, it's not like he's calling me Muriel." Ross titters and soon questions why he would call him Muriel, quickly realizing he has seen Chandler M. Bing written (implied by their conversation that Chandler had previously convinced Ross that it was only an "M") but it was never honestly revealed what the "M" stood for. Ross then says, "'Chandler Muriel Bing'. Your parents never gave you a chance, did they?"
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