‘Friends` Joey is an old man

London: Matt Le Blanc is best remembered by viewers for his turn as Joey, the dumb hunk from cult series `Friends`, but age seems to have caught up fast with the actor who was seen in public after a long time.While the still popular re-runs of the hit series will forever immortalise him as the youthful Joey Tribbiani, time has not been so kind to Blanc, reported Daily Mail online.

The actor was snapped leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles last night, looking overweight and sporting greying hair. Dressed down in a red lumberjack shirt, baggy jeans and trainers, he looked a little awkward when he faced the cameras as he left the sushi restaurant last night. LeBlanc was only 27 when he started on `Friends`, which first aired in 1994, and he went on to play Joey for the next ten years. When the show finished after ten series in 2004, Blanc starred in a spin-off called `Joey`, showing his character moving to LA to continue his acting career. The show was axed after two series and he has not been seen on screen for the past two years except bit parts in films. Last September it was announced that the cast of the series could soon be reunited after they all agreed to make a film version of `Friends`. PTI