Before he hung out at a coffeeshop in New York City, Matt LeBlanc played a party boy with connections in Los Angeles. Lookin’ Italian, the indie gangster film the actor’s first leading film role right before he ended up in Friends. Lookin’ Italian allows LeBlanc to play a rather deep character as he must struggle with entering the family business. He lives a low-profile life working at a used bookstore and looking after his nephew Anthony (Matt LeBlanc, Lost In Space). After making Lookin’ Italian, Matt LeBlanc would gain international fame as Joey Tribbiani on Friends.