Le Blanc Back After Hiatus

Former Friends star Matt Leblanc is on the verge of a major TV comeback after taking a break from Hollywood to nurse his daughter through a brain disorder and concentrate on a punky hairdo.

The actor, who made his millions as clueless Joey in the hit sitcom, dropped out of the spotlight in 2006 when his spin-off show Joey was cancelled.

But Le Blanc, who is the star of critically acclaimed new U.S. cable show Episodes, insists he hasn't been idle.

He tells TV Guide magazine, "When Joey ended, it was a weird time in mylife. I'd gotten divorced (from actress Melissa McKnight), and my daughter had been diagnosed with this weird brain thing. Now she's out of the woods with all that stuff. But it was a really stressful time.

"I just didn't want to have to be anywhere, do anything - just be a dad and ride my dirt bikes. For a little while, I had a full-on Mohawk (hairstyle)". And now he's back sporting a new grey look

"I started going grey very young, and I started dyeing my hair during Friends. But, after taking five years off, I was like, 'What's the point?'"