#ItaliansUnknown: Matt LeBlanc Matthew LeBlanc is an American actor. His mother is Italian, with the last name Di Cillo, and she is from Arce near Frosinone, Lazio. He garnered global recognition with his portrayal of Italian American Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends. For his work on Friends, LeBlanc received three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in Episodes, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received four additional Emmy Award nominations. #MattLeBlanc #JoeyTribbiani