List of guest stars on Friends

Friends is a long-running American television situation comedy revolving around a group of friends (aged somewhere between their mid-twenties and early thirties) who share neighboring apartments in Manhattan. With the first episode airing on September 22, 1994 it remained popular all the way to its last episode on May 6, 2004. The following is a list of notable guest stars appearing on Friends, with the season and episode number of their appearances, as well as a brief description of their character.

Contents

1 List A-F 2 List G-L 3 List M-R 4 List S-Z 5 See also 6 External links

List A-F

• Jason Alexander [7.13] -- as Earl.
  • A suicidal office worker whom Phoebe calls from her telemarketing job.
• Christina Applegate [9.8, 10.5] -- as Amy Green.
  • Rachel's sister, remarkable for her blatant honesty when expressing her opinion about people.
• David Arquette [3.3] -- as Malcolm.
  • Ursula's ex-boyfriend turned stalker, who mistakes Phoebe for Ursula.
• Hank Azaria [1.10, 7.11, 9.6, 9.22-23] -- as David "the scientist guy".
  • Phoebe's "long lost love", who is off doing research in Minsk throughout most of the series.
• Bob Balaban [5.13] -- as Frank Buffay, Sr.
  • Phoebe and Ursula's dad, whom Phoebe meets at her grandmother's funeral.
• Alec Baldwin [8.17-18] -- as Parker
  • An overly positive, zesty guy whom Phoebe dates.
• Helen Baxendale [4.14-19, 4.21-24, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.20(voice)] -- as Emily Waltham.
  • Ross's British girlfriend, later wife.
• Catherine Bell -- as one of the ladies Joey and Chandler meet on the bus when babysitting Ross' son Ben.
• Richard Branson [4.23] -- as The Vendor.
  • A street salesman in London who sells a hat to Joey.
• Dan Castellaneta [2.12] -- as The Zookeeper.
  • A zookeeper at the San Diego Zoo, who tells Ross what happened to his pet monkey.
• George Clooney [1.17] -- as Dr. Michael Mitchell.
  • A doctor who treats Rachel and later Ross's pet monkey.
• Billy Crystal [3.24] -- as Tim
  • A man who walks into Central Perk with a friend played by Robin Williams and has an argument.
• Kristin Davis [7.7] -- as Erin
  • Joey's date, who dumps him after he starts to take a liking to her.
• Danny DeVito [10.11] -- as Roy
  • A hapless male stripper who appears at Phoebe's bachelorette party.
• Morgan Fairchild [1.11, 5.8, 7.23-24, 8.1] -- as Nora Tyler Bing.
  • Chandler's mother, a romantic novel writer.
• Dakota Fanning [10.14] -- as Mackenzie.
  • A girl who lives in the house Monica and Chandler move into, and convinces Joey to be happy for them.
• Anna Faris [10.9, 10.13, 10.16, 10.19] -- as Erica.
  • The mother of Jack and Erica, the twins whom Monica and Chandler adopt.
• Jon Favreau [3.18-19, 3.21-25] -- as Pete Becker.
  • A millionaire CEO of a software company, who dates Monica.
• Sarah Ferguson [4.23] -- as herself.
  • The Duchess of York, whom Joey meets on the street in London.
• Soleil Moon Frye [5.15] -- as Katie.
  • The girl who hits Joey from the episode's title.

List G-L

• June Gable [2.10,2.19,3.22,5.10,6.4,6.21,7.19,8.22,10.4] - as Estelle Leonard,
  • Plays Joey's agent, an old lady
• Beverly Garland [1.18]
• Teri Garr [3.25, 4.1, 4.11] -- as Phoebe Abbott Sr.
  • Phoebe and Ursula's birth mother.
• Kyle Gass [9.15]
• Todd Glass [5.23]
• Jeff Goldblum [9.15]
• Jill Goodacre [1.7] -- herself.
• Elliott Gould [1.2, 1.8, 1.17, 2.14, 2.16, 3.1, 4.24, 5.1, 5.8, 6.9, 7.2-3, 7.13-14, 7.24-25, 8.1, 8.18, 9.1, 10.4] -- as Jack Geller
  • Gould is a frequent guest, playing Monica and Ross's father.
• Jennifer Grey [1.20] -- Mindy, Rachel's maid of honor who later married Rachel's ex-fiancée Barry Farber.
• Charlton Heston [4.14]
• Helen Hunt [1.16] -- as Jamie Eunice Stemple Buchman
  • • Hunt reprises her character from "Mad About You", in which Lisa Kudrow plays Ursula Buffay, Phoebe's sister.
• Chrissie Hynde [2.6] -- professional guitarist who was hired to play at Central Perk
• Chris Isaak [2.12] -- as Rob Donnen
  • Isaak, playing Rob Donnen, sings with Phoebe Buffay and she laughs at his voice rising in pitch.
• Penn Jillette [4.3] -- encyclopedia salesman
• Greg Kinnear [10.6] -- Benjamin Lobart, Charlie's ex
• Ralph Lauren [6.8] -- himself
• Hugh Laurie [4.24]
• Jay Leno [1.11, 5.8, 7.23-24, 8.1] -- himself
• Jon Lovitz [1.15, 9.14] -- in episode 9.14, he plays a pathetic loser "Steve", a blind date set up for Rachel by Phoebe

List M-R

• Elle Macpherson [6.7-11] -- Janine Lecroix
  • Joey's new roommate after Chandler moves in with Monica
• Kevin McDonald [3.23]
• Gary Oldman [7.23-24] -- as Richard Crosby
  • Plays a famous but drunken actor Joey is working with at the time Monica and Chandler get married.
• Sean Penn [8.6-7] - Eric, Ursula's ex-fiancée
• Brad Pitt [8.9] - Will Colbert, a guy from Lincoln High who hates Rachel
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. [9.6] - Sandy, an effeminate male nanny to Emma
• Giovanni Ribisi [2.6, 2.21, 3.5, 3.18, 4.11-12, 4.17, 5.3, 10.2] -- as Frank Buffay Jr.
  • Ribisi as a recurring character, Phoebe's brother. She agrees to be surrogate mother for Frank and his wife.
• Denise Richards [7.19] -- as Cassie Geller
  • Cassie is Ross and Monica's cousin, to whom Ross feels a weird attraction he can't explain.
• Julia Roberts [2.13] -- as Susie Moss
  • Roberts plays a woman who used to be in Chandler's class. He lifted her skirt some 20 years ago at which she earned a long-lasting nickname. She purports to be interested in Chandler to get back at him for this.
• Rebecca Romijn-Stamos [4.6] -- as Cheryl, the "dirty girl" from the episode title
• Isabella Rossellini [3.5] -- as herself
• Paul Rudd [9.3-4, 9.6-7, 9.9, 9.12-13, 9.16-17, 9.23-24, 10.1, 10.5, 10.7, 10.12, 10.14, 10.19] -- Mike Hannigan
• Winona Ryder [7.20] -- as Melissa Warburton, a former sorority sister that Rachel kissed in college

List S-Z

• Susan Sarandon [7.15] -- as soap star Jessica Lockhart
  • Joey's character in Days of our Lives gets her brain and wakes up from coma.
• Jennifer Saunders [4.24, 5.1] -- as Andrea Waltham, Emily Watson's mother
  • Saunders portrays Ross's mother-in-law.
• Tom Selleck [2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.23-24, 3.13, 6.24-25] -- as Dr. Richard Burke
  • Selleck plays an old friend of the family who in the first episode he appears in has a party catered by Monica. Burke and Monica fall in love and Selleck becomes a regular guest.
• Harry Shearer [1.21]
• Charlie Sheen [2.23] -- plays Ryan, a naval officer who romances Phoebe
• Brooke Shields [2.12] -- as Erika Ford
  • Shields plays a fan sending Joey his first fanmail. She actually believes he is Dr. Drake Ramoray, Joey's character on Days of our Lives.
• Brent Spiner [10.14]
• John Stamos [9.22] -- Zach, Chandler's coworker whom Monica and Chandler are interested in as a sperm donor.
• Ben Stiller [3.22] -- Tommy, the screamer
• Christine Taylor [3.24-25, 4.1] -- Bonnie whom Ross dates. Rachel advises her to shave her head out of jealousy.
• Kathleen Turner [7.22-24] -- Chandler's dad...
• Gabrielle Union [7.17] -- as Kristin Lang
  • A new resident in the Friends neighbourhood, whom Ross and Joey date simultaneously.
• Jean-Claude Van Damme [2.13] -- as Himself
  • Van Damme plays himself as an actor taking part in the fictional sequel to Outbreak. Monica and Rachel fight over him.
• Mitchell Whitfield [1.1,1.18-19,2.24,6.15-16] -- as Barry Farber, Rachel's ex-fiancé and a dentist, a recurring character.
• Fred Willard [2.12]
• Robin Williams [3.24] -- a man in Central Perk who whines loudly about his life to his friend
• Bruce Willis [6.21-23] -- Paul Stevens, who Rachel dates for a while
• Reese Witherspoon [6.13-14] -- Rachel's youngest sister Jill Green
• Noah Wyle [1.17] -- Dr. Jeffrey Rosen, a colleague of George Clooney's character, Dr. Michael Mitchell

See also

• Friends
• List of Friends episodes

External links

Complete list of guest stars on Friends from IMDB (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/guests)