Since both Matthew Perry and his father John Bennett Perry became actors, it's not surprising that the two have appeared onscreen together several times, especially in comedic fare. In 1998, John appeared on his son's hit sitcom "Friends." He didn't play Chandler's dad, but he did play a parent. In a Season 4 episode called "The One with Rachel's New Dress", the elder Perry portrayed the father of a man who was dating Rachel Green, Jennifer Aniston's character.

The two kept the quality family time going on the big screen in the 1997 film "Fools Rush In," where this time, they did play a father and son. Even when they weren't acting together, John took on the role of paternal characters in movies like 1997's "George of the Jungle" and 2002's "The Sweetest Thing."

Then, on the sitcom "Scrubs," John again portrayed a fatherly figure to Matthew's character in a 2004 episode called "My Unicorn." Their characters started out estranged at the beginning of the episode, but thanks to some misguided but well-meaning meddling by "Scrubs" main character John "J.D." Dorian, they reconciled by the end.

The Perrys also appeared to be close in recent times, as Matthew posted a sweet Instagram photo of himself with his arm around his father on October 15, 2023. "Here is me, and my father John, both holding a beverage," Matthew wrote in the caption, displaying the kind of dry, sarcastic wit for which he will always be well-known.