The One With Stuff About Friends

Other People Who Have Ever Appeared on the Show, with my best attempts to explain who they are:

Alphabetic by Actor's/Actress' last name, down the first column, then the second

Jay Acavone as Fireman Charlie
Sasha Alexander (of Dawson's Creek) as an Interviewer
Charles Thomas Allen as Ben Geller (season 1-6)
John Christopher Allan as Ben Geller (season 1-6)
Sam Anderson as Dr. Harad
Christina Applegate as Amy Greene
Lee Arenberg as The Man
Allisyn Ashley Arm as Leslie Buffay (Season 10 only)
Jack Armstrong as Bob
Alexis Arquette as a waiter in drag at Chandler's father's show
David Arquette as Malcolm (Ursula's stalker)
Ethel Ayler as a Hospital Administrator
Hank Azaria (of the Simpsons) as David (Phoebe's Scientific boyfriend)
Obba Babatundé as the Director
Tom Bailey as Bob
Bob Balaban as Frank Jr.
Alec Baldwin as Parker
Anita Barone as Carol Willick (Susan's lesbian lover) (in the second episode)
Matt Battaglia as Vince
Helen Baxendale as Emily Waltham (Ross' ex-wife)
Yasemin Baytok as The Poughkeepsie Woman
Joel Beeson as The Hombre Guy
Catherine Bell as Dianne
Jim Bentley as Another Tour Guide
Shelley Berman as Mr. Kaplan, Jr.
Anne Betancourt as the Saleslady
Shashi Bhatia as Acting Student #1
Selma Blair as Wendy
Tommy Blaze as Carl
Corinne Bohrer as Melanie (Joey's Fruit Basket girlfriend)
Michael Ray Bower as Roy Gublick
Richard Branson as The Vendor
Paget Brewster as Kathy
Jackie Bright as Mr. Weinberg
Jason Brooks as Rick
Jeff Brooks as Trent the Stage Manager
Andre Rosey Brown as a Delivery Man
Leesa Bryte as Leslie
Doug Budin as Eric
Michael Burgess as Mr. Squiggles
Fritzie Burr as Mrs. Tedlock
Eddie Cahill as Tag Jones
Amanda Carlin as Dr. Long
Jane Carr as The Ticket Agent
Nancy Cassaro as Shelly
Dan Castellaneta (of the Simpsons) as the Zookeeper/Night Janitor
Megan Cavanagh as Luisa
Laura Cayouette as Cailin
Lilian Chauvin as Grandma Tribbiani
Spencer Cherashore as a waiter
Alexis, Cole, Justin, and Paul III Cimoch as Frank Jr, Junior, Leslie, and Chandler Buffay
Dick Clark as himself
Kerrie Clark as a Flight Representative
Lynn Clark as Danielle
George Clooney (of ER and Batman) as Dr. Michael Mitchell
Mark Cohen as The Mattress King
Alexandra Conley as Emma Geller Greene (season 9 - second half)
Athina Conley as Emma Geller Greene (season 9 - second half)
Tom Conti as Steven Waltham (Emily's brother)
Robert Costanzo as Joey Tribbiani, Sr. (Joey's Father)
Gene Crane as Christmas Tree Customer
Billy Cristal as himself
Roark Critchlow as Dr. Mike Horton
Pat Crowley as Mrs. Burgin
Billy Crystal as Tim
Elizabeth Daily as Leslie
Elizabeth Davidson as Emma Geller Greene (season 9 - first half)
Genevieve Davidson as Emma Geller Greene
Laura Dean as Sophie
Peter DeLuise as a bully named Carl
Peter Dennis as Sherman Whitfield
Danny DeVito as Roy, the Stripper
Micheal DiMaggio as Drew
Elinor Donahue as Ross and Monica's Aunt Lillian
Tate Donovan as Joshua Bergen
Steven Eckholdt as Mark Robinson
Monique Edwards as Claudia
Peter Eyre as The Registrar
Patrick Fabian as Dan
Morgan Fairchild as Nora Tyler Bing (Chandler's Mother)
Richard Fancy as Mr. Posner
Jon Favreau as Pete Becker
Angela Featherstone as Chloe
Sherilyn Fenn as Gunther
Sarah Ferguson as Herself
Marcus Flanagan as Robert
Stuart Fratkin as Lowell
Soleil Moon Frye as Katie
Cosimo Fusco as Paolo (Rachel's Italian boyfriend)
June Gable as Estelle Leonard
Richard Gant as Dr. Rhodes
Robert Gant as Jason
Beverly Garland as Aunt Iris
Lee Garlington as Ronni Reppelano
Teri Garr as Phoebe Abbott Sr. (Phoebe's Real Mother)
Dan Gauthier as Chip
Rhoda Gemignani as Mrs. Potter
Kim Gillingham as Angela
Candice Gingrich as the Minister
Maury Ginsburg as Isaac
Mary Pat Gleason as Nurse Sizemore
Adam Goldberg as Eddie
Carole Goldman as a Woman
Marcy Goldman as a Nurse
Carlos Gómez as Julio
Jill Goodacre as herself (as Jill Connick)
Elliott Gould as Jack Geller (Ross and Monica's father)
Sandra Gould as an Old Woman
Beth Grant as Lizzy
Jennifer Grant as Nina
Joel Gretsch as Fireman Tom
Jennifer Grey as Mindy
Arye Gross as Michael
Daniel Hagan as the Casting Director (in the one with Joey's bag)
Marianne Hagan as Joanne
Michael G. Hagerty as Mr. Treeger
Alaina Reed Hall as a nurse/Admissions Woman(from the ER doctors episode)
Larry Hankin as Mr. Heckles (Monica and Rachel's downstairs neighbour who always complained, and recently died)
Melora Hardin as Celia
Lara Harris as Obsession Girl
Gina Hecht as Richard's Date
Jessica Hecht as Susan Bunch (Carol's 'Lesbian lover')
Charlton Heston as himself
Sierra Dawn Hill as Young Monica
James Hong as Hoshi
Jana Marie Hupp as Mindy (Barry's ex-fiancée)
Helen Hunt (of Mad About You) as Jamie Buchman (from the Mad About You cross-over episode)
Chrissie Hynde as Stephanie
Steve Ireland as Mr. Zelner
Chris Isaak as Rob Donnen (The Library worker)
Gregory Itzen as Mr. Hannigan (Mike's father)
Penn Jillette as the Salesman
Kahlil Kain as Cal
Matthew Kaminsky as Tony
Cindy Katz as Dr. Zane
Stephen Kearney as Mischa
Leila Kenzle (of Mad About You) as Fran Devanow (from the Mad About You cross-over episode)
Patrick Kerr as the Manager
Stan Kirsch as Ethan
Robert Koch as The Doctor

Lisa Kudrow as Ursula (Phoebe's identical twin sister)
Allison La Placa as Joanna (Rachel's Boss)
Carlos Lacamara as the A.D.
Hugh Laurie as the Gentleman on the Plane
Phil Leeds as Mr. Adleman
John Lehr as Eric
Ron Leibman as Dr. Leonard Greene
Jay Leno (of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) as himself
Clea Lewis as Franny
Jenifer Lewis as Paula
Mimi Lieber as Mary Therese
Audra Lindley as Frances (Phoebe's Grandmother)
Jon Lovitz as Steve (a restaurant owner)
Geoffrey Lower as Alan
Carolyn Lowery as Andrea
Sarah MacDonnell as Sandy
Elle MacPherson as Janine Lecroix
Cynthia Mann as Jasmine the waitress
Sierra Marcoux as Chandler Buffay (Season 10 only)
Myles Marisko as The Smart Kid
Merril Markoe as Marsha
Hillary Matthews as Nancy
John McCarthy as a Referee
Kevin McDonald as Guru Saj
Robin McDonald as a Ticket Counter Attendant
Michael McKean as Mr. Ratstatter
Rocky McMurry as The Cigarette Guy
Sam McMurray as Chandler's Boss Doug
Heather Medway as Kristen (Ross's dinner date)
Lisa Melilli as Dina
Alex Meneses as Cookie
Dina Meyer as Kate Miller
Jennifer Milmore
Sofia Milos as Aurora
Christopher Miranda as Bobby
Christina Moore as Marjorie
Tahk Mowry as a Kid
Dermot Mulroney as Gavin Mitchell
Taylor Negrom as Allesandro
John Allen Nelson as Paul the Wine Guy
George Newbern as Danny
Laraine Newman as Mrs. Buffay
Joe O'Connor as Stevens
Gary Oldman as Richard Crosby
Jack Ong as The Older Scientist
Donny Osmond as himself
Adamo Palladino as Devon
Dante Pastula as Frank Buffay Jr. Jr. (Season 10 Only)
Wayne Pére as Max
John Bennet Perry as Mr. Burgin
Christina Pickles as Judy Geller (Ross and Monica's mother)
Jim Pirri as Sergei
Brad Pitt as Will Colbert
Larry Poindexter as Fireman Dave
Britanny Powell as Jade
Joshua Preston as Young Chandler
Joan Pringle as Dr. Oberman
Freddie Prinze Jr. as Sandy
Emily Proctor as Annabel
Victor Raider-Wexler as a Doctor
Michael Rapaport as Gary
Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman (Mad About You)
Leah Remini (of Fired Up) as Lydia (the pregnant woman whose baby Joey helps deliver (from the episode where Ben was born))
Dee Dee Rescher as Recording Studio Lady
Jennifer Rhodes as Mrs. Lynch
Giovanni Ribisi as Condom Boy (who left a condom in Phoebe's guitar case when she played outside the Central Perk for money; before he returned to the show as Frank Buffay)
Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay (Phoebe's half brother)
Marissa Ribisi as Betsy
Denise Richards as Cassie Geller
Michele Lamar Richards as The Lamaze Instructor
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Cheryl
Julia Roberts as Susie Moss (She got back at Chandler for something he did in grade school by leaving him in the men's washroom with nothing on but women's underpants)
Reg Rogers as The Director
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Cheryl
Christine Rose as Mr. Hannigan (Mike's mother)
Isabella Rosellini as herself
Romy Rosemont as the Troop Leader
Lisa Rotondi as The Stripper
Paul Rudd as Mike
Debra Jo Rupp as Alice Buffay (née Knight) (Frank Jr.'s wife)
Winona Ryder as Melissa Warburton
Penny Santon as Nonna
Susan Sarandon as Jessica Lockhart
Jennifer Saunders as Andrea Waltham
Camille Saviola as The Horrible Woman
Wendy Schaal as Jeanine
David Schwimmer as Russ (The guy Rachel dated after breaking up with Ross, who looks and acts exactly like Ross)
David Sederholm as the Coma Guy
Tom Selleck as Dr. Richard Burke (Monica's much older boyfriend)
Claudia Shear as Fake Monica (The one who stole her credit cards and life)
Harry Shearer (of The Simpsons) as Dr. Baldharar
Charlie Sheen as Ryan
Cali Sheldon as Emma Geller Greene (season 9, episode 23 onwards)
Noelle Sheldon as Emma Geller Greene (season 9, episode 23 onwards)
Sherri Shepherd as The Tour Guide
Brooke Shields as Erika Ford
Jane Sibbett as Carol Willick (Ross ex-wife) (after the beginning of the first season)
Josie Sierer as a Tattoo Artist
Jonathan Silverman as Dr. Franzblau
Lise Simms as Kara
Darryl Sivad as Chandler Colleague #2
Elizabeth Sjoli as Tia (as Elizabeth Sjoli)
Amy Smallman as The Kitchen Worker
Amber Smith as Maria the Gym Lady
Philip Rayburn Smith as an Actor
Bonnie Somerville as Mona
Peter Spears as Joel
Gregory Sporleder as Larry
Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller (season 7-10)
K J Steinberg as Gina Tribbiani
Laura Stepp as Amanda
Fisher Stevens as Roger
Ben Stiller as Tommy
Fred Stoller as the Waiter
Karla Tamburelli as the Tap Teacher
Christine Taylor as Bonnie
Iqbal Theba as Joey's Doctor
Mark Thomas as Liam
Marlo Thomas as Sandra Greene
Lea Thompson (of Caroline in the City) as Caroline Duffy (of Caroline in the City)
Lou Thornton as the girl who flees when she sees Chandler's bracelet
T.J. Thyne as Dr. Oberman
Marilyn Tokuda as Nana's Nurse
Lauren Tom as Julie (the girl Ross brought back with him from Asia, at the same time Rachel found out he liked her)
Kathleen Turner as Charles Bing
Aisha Tyler as Charlie Wheeler (Ross' girlfriend)
James Michael Tyler as Gunther (The guy that works at Central Perk and is in love with Rachel)
Brenda Vaccaro as Gloria Tribbiani (Joey's mother)
Nancy Valen as Lorraine
Jean-Claude Van Damme as himself
Michael Vartan as Dr. Tim Burke
Vincent Ventresca as Fun Bobby (Monica's now ex-boyfriend)
Angela Visser as Samantha
Ken Weiler as Peter
Sean Whalen as a Pizza Guy
Maggie Wheeler as Janice (Chandler's whiny on and off girlfriend)
Paxton Whitehead as Mr. Waltham (Emily's father)
June Whitfield as The Housekeeper
Mitchell Whitfield as Barry Farber (Monica's ex-fiancé)
Mae Whitman as Sarah Tuttle
Fred Willard as Mr. Lipson
Heathcote Williams as The Older Guest
Olivia Williams as Felicity
Robin Williams as himself
Robin Williams as Tomas
Bruce Willis as Paul Stevens
Michael Winters as The Doctor
Reese Witherspoon as Jill Green
D. Elliot Woods (guest star on Push) as a Restaurant Owner
Max Wright as Terry (The manager of Central Perk)
Noah Wyle as Dr. Jeffrey Rosen
Gretchen Wyler as Mrs. Burkart
Steve Zahn as Duncan

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Executive producers: Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman & David Crane; Adam Chase; Michael Curtis & Greg Malins
Created by: Marta Kauffman & David Crane

Co-producers: Wil Calhoun, Seth Kurland, Jill Condon & Amy Toomin

Supervising Producers: Michael Borkow, Jeff Greenstein, & Jeff Straus

Associate Producer: David Helfland, Wendy Knoller, & Andy Zall

Executive story editors: Shana Goldberg-Meehan & Scott Silveri, Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen

Directors: Kevin S. Bright, Gary Halvorson, Michael Lembeck, Shelley Jensen, Robby Benson, Peter Bonerz, James Burrows, Dana DeVally, Pamela Fryman, Ellen Gillsohn, Gary Halvorson, Terry Hughes, Paul Lazarus, Gail Mancuso, Alan Myerson, Mary Kay Place, Joe Regalbuto, Arlene Sanford, Thomas Schlamme, Sam Simon, David Steinberg, Steve Zuckerman

Cinematographer: Ken Lamkin

Costume designer: Debra McGuire

Director of photography: Mikel Neiers

Editing by: David Helfland, Andy Zall

Music: Michael Skloff

"I'll be There for You" theme song by: The Rembrandts

Origination: Burbank, California

Unit Production Manager: Steven Pomeroy

Produced by: Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television

Friends is a sitcom that deals with the happenings in the lives of a group of six Friends in New York, and the ones around them.

The story (adapted from one on NBC.com):

The series focuses on the friendship of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other's apartments and share sofa space at Greenwich Village's Central Perk coffeehouse. Monica Geller is a restaurant chef with an obsession for neatness and order in her life. Her former roommate, Rachel Green, is Monica's pampered best friend from high school who works at a department store. Rachel ended a year-long romance with her longtime admirer Ross, Monica's older brother, who in a rebound relationship, quickly married his British girlfriend Emily. When Ross said Rachel's name at the altar, Emily ran off and they divorced. Ross later married Rachel while drunk in Las Vegas, and soon they got an anullment.

Originally living across the hall from Monica and Rachel were roommates Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani. Chandler, a dry wit who is never at a loss for words, is a lovable wiseguy who works as a corporate office worker. Joey is a struggling actor who loves women, sports, New York and, most of all, himself. Rounding out the circle of friends is Monica's ex-roommate, Phoebe Buffay, an offbeat, eternally optimistic folk singer and massage therapist, who gave birth to triplets as a surrogate mother for her half-brother and his wife. Her 'hit' song "Smelly Cat" got turned into a video, where she was replaced by a woman with a better voice and better looks.

Most recently on the show, Chandler and Monica became involved in a relationship, which led to their marriage. Due to this, a number of roommate switches occurred. Chandler and Monica lived in Monica and Rachel's old apartment, Rachel and Joey live across the hall, Ross lives in the "Ugly Naked Guy"s apartment across the alley, and Phoebe lives in another building. Since then Rachel moved to and from Ross's a number of times as part of their on-again off-again relationship.

A number of plot twists ensued, ultimately Ross and Rachel had a baby together, Chandler and Monica adopted a baby and moved to the suburbs, Phoebe married dream-boy Mike and they are planning children, and Ross and Rachel, finally, got back together, this time (supposedly) for good. Joey will be moving to LA to start a new spin-off series in Fall 2004.

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Honour	Details
1996 SAG Award	Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series
1996 Emmy	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series (Michael Lembeck for "The One after the Superbowl")
1998 ASCAP Award	Top TV Series (Recipient: Michael Skloff)
1998 Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Lisa Kudrow)
1999 TV Guide Internet Choice Award	Favorite pet (Joey's Duck)
1999 Teen Choice Award	Choice Comedy
1999 TV Times Reader's Choice Award	Choice Comedy Series
2000 People's Choice Award	Favourite Television Comedy Series
2000 Teen Choice Award	Choice Comedy
2000 Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Bruce Willis as Paul Stevens
2001 People's Choice Award	Favourite Female Television Performer (Jennifer Aniston)
2001 People's Choice Award	Favourite Television Comedy Series
2002 People's Choice Award	Favourite Female Television Performer (Jennifer Aniston)
2002 People's Choice Award	Favourite Television Comedy Series
2002 Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Comedy
2002 Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Comedy Actor - Matt LeBlanc
2002 Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Comedy Actress - Jennifer Aniston
2002 Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Jennifer Aniston
2002 Emmy	Outstanding Comedy Series
2003 People's Choice Award	Favourite Television Comedy Series
2003 People's Choice Award	Favourite Female Television Performer (Jennifer Aniston)
2003 Golden Globe	Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical Or Comedy) - Jennifer Aniston
2003 Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Christina Applegate (as Amy)
2004 People's Choice Award	Favourite Television Comedy Series
2004 People's Choice Award	Favourite Female Television Performer (Jennifer Aniston)