Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning: Report

Matthew Perry has reportedly died. He was 54 years old.

The actor who was best known for the role of Chandler Bing friends, was found dead in a Los Angeles home on Saturday, TMZ reported, citing law enforcement sources.

The paper reported that Perry was found in a jacuzzi at the home, and no drugs were found at the scene.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told PEOPLE that officers responded to a call at Perry’s address regarding the death of a man in his 50s, but would not confirm the identity of the deceased.

TMZ was also told it was not foul play, and their sources said emergency responders were called to the residence for cardiac arrest.

Representatives for Perry did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts on August 19, 1969, Perry grew up in Ottawa, Canada, where he attended elementary school with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

His mother, Suzanne Morrison, was a journalist and press secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Justin’s father.

Perry’s stepfather is Date lineis Keith Morrison. His father, John Bennett Perry, was an actor and model – the younger Perry even guest-starred on an episode of his father’s cop show, 240-Robertin 1979.

Perry moved to Los Angeles as a teenager. After landing several television guest spots, he reappeared as Chazz Russell Boys will be boys from 1987 to 1988. Roles on Growing pains and Sydney followed, but his big break came in 1994 with NBC’s cult sitcom Friends.

From left: Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer.

Perry played the sarcastic, duty-bound Chandler Bing for 10 seasons and received an Emmy nomination in 2002. Friends was the hottest series of the ’90s, with Perry and co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer ultimately earning a staggering $1 million per episode.

“I was 24 years old when I entered the series,” he said in a 2004 book Friends… ‘To the end. “I’ll be 34 when it’s over, and those are really important years in someone’s life. So to do all that publicly… it was difficult. At first you have a wave of ‘I’m famous, and this is exactly what I’ve wanted all my life.’ But then you go through a whole loner phase where you think, ‘I wish everyone would stop staring on me.’ And then eventually, hopefully, you’ll get through it all. You find things in your life that are fundamental, like your family and good friends.”

WATCH: Matthew Perry says he ‘doesn’t remember’ 3 years of filming Friends Due to substance abuse

Despite his success, Perry struggled with addiction behind the scenes, seeking treatment in 1997 and 2001. He told Britain’s BBC Radio 2 in 2016 that he did not remember filming seasons 3 to 6. Friends.

In a 2013 PEOPLE cover story, the actor admitted to abusing alcohol and Vicodin, which his doctor prescribed after a 1997 jet-skiing accident.

“I had a big problem with alcohol and pills and I couldn’t stop,” he said. “Eventually things got so bad that I couldn’t hide it, and then everyone knew.”

Then “something clicked” and he founded Perry House, a sober living facility for men, in his old beach house in Malibu.

“The interesting reason I can be so useful to people now is that I screwed up so often,” he said. “It’s nice for people to see that someone who once struggled in life is no longer struggling.”

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Back in 2015, he received an award for his advocacy from the Phoenix House treatment center, he said The Hollywood Reporter“You can’t have a drug problem for 30 years and then expect to solve it in 28 days.”

When Friends ending in 2004, Perry struggled to find another hit on the small screen: his next vehicle starring Aaron Sorkin Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip aired on NBC for only 22 episodes from 2006-07.

He co-created Mr. Sun 2011, but ABC canceled the comedy after nine episodes. His NBC comedy Go on he played one season in 2013. He then starred opposite Thomas Lennon in CBS’s An odd couple reboot for three seasons from 2015-17.

Perry also worked on the play End of longingin London at the beginning of 2016.

His film credits include Fools hurry, the whole nine yards, serving Sarah and 17 Again.

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