--- title: Watch Matthew Perry Explain His Batman Batcave VIDEO description: Matthew Perry confesses he is Batman. canonical: https://time.com/4529900/matthew-perry-batman/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-13T18:33:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:37.746Z og:title: Matthew Perry Just Might Be Batman og:description: Move over, Bruce Wayne og:url: https://time.com/4529900/matthew-perry-batman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b3bd5cc3a36b78e/6988a9f02dce01e3799eb074/gettyimages-467746960.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 13 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Matthew Perry Just Might Be Batman twitter:description: Move over, Bruce Wayne twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b3bd5cc3a36b78e/6988a9f02dce01e3799eb074/gettyimages-467746960.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Matthew Perry Has Come Forward to Reveal He's Batman by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 13, 2016 6:33 PM UTC  JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - Emmy Award-nominated "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects; The guests for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 included actor Matthew Perry ("The Odd Couple"), John Cena ("WrestleMania 31") and musical guest for King & Country. (Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - Emmy Award-nominated "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight (11:35 p.m. - 12:41 a.m., ET), packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects; The guests for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 included actor Matthew Perry ("The Odd Couple"), John Cena ("WrestleMania 31") and musical guest for King & Country. (Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images)Randy Holmes-ABC via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 13, 2016 6:33 PM UTC Gossip magazines don’t always get their celebrity news right, but there’s one thing they nailed about [_Friends_](http://time.com/4181510/friends-reunion-matthew-perry/?iid=sr-link1) star Matthew Perry—he has his very own Bat-cave. When Perry stopped by _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ on Wednesday to promote his re-boot of _The Odd Couple_, Jimmy Kimmel asked him about the room and his Batman [fandom](http://time.com/4267760/batman-v-superman-dc-movies-connected/?iid=sr-link5). Perry explained that he suffers from insomnia and spends the wee hours of the night not fighting crime or protecting the streets of Gotham, but browsing eBay for [Batman](http://time.com/4268441/batman-v-superman-ending-monster/?iid=sr-link7) related items. “This is how you’re spending that [_Friends_](http://time.com/4385256/friends-reunion-will-never-happen/?iid=sr-link3) money?” asked Kimmel. There is one thing that Perry would like to make sure that everyone knows about his personal Bat-cave, though: “It’s not dorky.” While Perry is a big fan of the Christian Bale era of _Batman_ movies, there’s another piece of classic information he revealed–he is [Batman](http://time.com/4257616/batman-superman-supercut/?iid=sr-link1). That explains his _Batman_ crayons. 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