List of Friends and Joey characters
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Various characters appeared in the sitcom Friends and its spin-off series Joey, which respectively aired for ten seasons and two seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2006. Friends featured six main cast members: Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), while Joey featured LeBlanc in the title role reprising his role as Tribbiani alongside Gina Tribbiani (Drea de Matteo), Alex Garrett (Andrea Anders), Michael Tribbiani (Paulo Costanzo), Bobbie Morganstern (Jennifer Coolidge), Zach Miller (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.), and Howard (Ben Falcone).Many well-known actors guest-starred on both series throughout their combined 12-year run.
Tables
| Character | Portrayed by | Friends | Joey | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rachel Green | Jennifer Aniston | Main | |||||||||||
| Monica Geller | Courteney Cox | Main | |||||||||||
| Phoebe Buffay | Lisa Kudrow | Main | |||||||||||
| Ursula Buffay | |||||||||||||
| Joey Tribbiani | Matt LeBlanc | Main | |||||||||||
| Chandler Bing | Matthew Perry | Main | |||||||||||
| Ross Geller | David Schwimmer | Main | |||||||||||
| Russ | |||||||||||||
| Gina Tribbiani | Drea de Matteo | Main | |||||||||||
| Alex Garrett | Andrea Anders | Main | |||||||||||
| Michael Tribbiani | Paulo Costanzo | Main | |||||||||||
| Bobbie Morganstern | Jennifer Coolidge | Main | |||||||||||
| Howard | Ben Falcone | Main | |||||||||||
| Zach Miller | Miguel A. Núñez Jr. | Main | |||||||||||
| Character | Actor | Season | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Recurring characters | |||||||||||
| Gunther | James Michael Tyler | Recurring | |||||||||
| Janice Litman-Goralnik | Maggie Wheeler | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||
| Carol Willick | Jane Sibbett | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||
| Judy Geller | Christina Pickles | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||
| Jack Geller | Elliott Gould | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||
| Susan Bunch | Jessica Hecht | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||
| Marcel | Katie | Recurring | |||||||||
| Barry Farber | Mitchell Whitfield | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||
| Mr. Heckles | Larry Hankin | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Paolo | Cosimo Fusco | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Ben Geller | Cole Sprouse | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | ||||||
| Estelle Leonard | June Gable | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||
| Julie | Lauren Tom | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Mindy Hunter | Jennifer GreyJana Marie Hupp | Guest | |||||||||
| Fun Bobby | Vincent Ventresca | Guest | |||||||||
| Terry | Max Wright | Guest | |||||||||
| Mr. Douglas | Dorien Wilson | Guest | |||||||||
| Jasmine | Cynthia Mann | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||
| Kiki | Michele Maika | Guest | Guest | ||||||||
| Nora Tyler Bing | Morgan Fairchild | Guest | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||
| David | Hank Azaria | Guest | Guest | Recurring | |||||||
| Steve | Jon Lovitz | Guest | Guest | ||||||||
| Frank Buffay Jr. | Giovanni Ribisi | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||
| Richard Burke | Tom Selleck | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||
| Mr. Treeger | Mike Hagerty | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | |||||||
| Sandra Green | Marlo Thomas | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Eddie Menuek | Adam Goldberg | Recurring | |||||||||
| Dr. Mike Horton | Roark Critchlow | Recurring | |||||||||
| Joanna | Alison La Placa | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Dr. Leonard Green | Ron Leibman | Guest | Guest | Guest | |||||||
| The Duck | N/A | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| The Chick | Recurring | ||||||||||
| Sophie | Laura Dean | Recurring | |||||||||
| Bonnie | Christine Taylor | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Mark Robinson | Steven Eckholdt | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||
| Pete Becker | Jon Favreau | Recurring | |||||||||
| Kate Miller | Dina Meyer | Recurring | |||||||||
| Marshall Townend | Reg Rogers | Recurring | |||||||||
| Lauren | Jennifer Milmore | Recurring | |||||||||
| Mr. Kaplan Jr. | Shelley Berman | Recurring | |||||||||
| Chloe | Angela Featherstone | Recurring | |||||||||
| Isaac | Maury Ginsberg | Recurring | |||||||||
| Alice Knight Buffay | Debra Jo Rupp | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||
| Phoebe Abbot Sr. | Teri Garr | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||
| Doug | Sam McMurray | Guest | Guest | Guest | |||||||
| Ugly Naked Guy | Jon Haugen | Guest | Guest | ||||||||
| Dina Tribbiani | Lisa MelilliMarla Sokoloff | Guest | Guest | ||||||||
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- Schwimmer only appears as Russ in a single episode in Season 2, credited as "Snaro".
- Gina is initially played by K.J. Steinberg in a guest role on Friends.
- Coolidge initially appears in a guest role on Friends as Amanda Buffamonteezi.
- Chandler's gay drag queen father, Charles Bing, is revealed to go by the Las Vegas stage name "Helena Handbasket" in "Th
- In "The One with the Birth Mother", Erica agrees to let Monica and Chandler Bing adopt her babies, giving birth in "The
- Both of Ross's children, Ben and Emma, were respectively born sometime after his divorces with their mothers, Carol Will
- Ross was additionally briefly married to Emily Waltham, from "The One with Ross's Wedding" until "The One with the Yeti"
- In "The One With the Bullies", Mrs Buffay (played by Laraine Newman) is seen as Frank Jr's mother.
- In "The One at the Beach", it is revealed that Phoebe's Biological Mother Phoebe Abbott, Birth Father Frank Buffay Sr.,
- In "The One with Phoebe's Uterus", Frank and Alice ask Phoebe to be a surrogate mother for their child, and she later gi
- Carol was portrayed by Anita Barone in the show's second episode. Subsequent episodes featured Sibbett in the role.
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