Fatherly friend for LeBlanc

Matt LeBlanc, the star of the popular Friends television sitcom, is going from newlywed to new dad.

LeBlanc, 36, and his wife, Melissa, are expecting a baby in mid-March.

The couple married in May and although his wife has two children from a previous marriage, the new baby will be LeBlanc’s first.

LeBlanc found fame in Friends as soap-opera actor Joey Tribbiani, a blockheaded ladies’ man with a passion for sports, TV show Baywatch and home-made jam.