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Jacob Schamsiane Olivia Sing
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- NBC's hit sitcom "Friends" featured many notable guest stars outside of the star-studded cast.
- Guest stars on the show included Dakota Fanning, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Gabrielle Union.
- Three "Riverdale" stars also appeared on the show: Cole Sprouse, Marisol Nichols and Mark Consuelos.
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Brad Pitt appeared on the show during season eight while married to Jennifer Aniston.
He played an old friend named Will Colbert, who was president of the I Hate Rachel Green Club in high school.
Leah Remini auditioned for Monica but didn't get the part. Instead, she was in a season one scene where Joey helped her give birth.
Remini appeared in the episode titled "The One With the Birth" which was about Carol going into labor.
Charlie Sheen appeared as Phoebe's former flame and Navy sailor Ryan.
Ryan and Phoebe eventually got chickenpox.
Danny DeVito played a stripper dressed as a cop at Phoebe's bachelorette party.
He wasn't what she expected.
Susan Sarandon appeared as an aspiring co-star in Joey's daytime drama Days of Our Lives - much to her chagrin.
Sarandon Guest starred in Season 7 Episode 15.
Alison Sweeney, who starred in the real-life sitcom Days of Our Lives, also appeared in the Friends universe version of the show.
Her character, Jessica Ashley, won the Best Supporting Actress trophy but did not attend the awards ceremony.
Matthew Ashford, another "Days of Our Lives" star, made a cameo appearance at a cast party for the "Friends" version of the series.
Rachel and Monica were impressed with the celebs at the party.
Hugh Laurie got mad at Rachel about the plane's behavior logs (and her bad relationship decisions).
Rachel encountered Laurie's character on an airplane. She would go to Ross's wedding to tell him her true feelings.
While "Friends" was on the air, Helen Hunt was on "Mad About You." Playing her character in Friends, she mistook Phoebe for her twin sister, Ursula.
Lisa Kudrow herself starred as Ursula Buffay in Mad About You.
Reese Witherspoon played a major role as Rachel's spoiled younger sister who broke the relationship dynamic in her life.
Sheappeared in the sixth seasonand the brothers discussed dating Ross.
Not to be outdone, Christina Applegate played Rachel's other sister who needed help after problems with her boyfriend.
Her name was Amy and she got into a fight with Rachel after saying her daughter Emma wasn't pretty.
David Arquette played Phoebe's twin sister's stalker in an episode of Season 3.
In real life, Arquette was married to Courteney Cox from 1999 to 2013.
Winona Ryder played Rachel's sister and partner in her "Big Kiss."
Ryder appeared as Melissa Warburton in season three episode three.
Anna Faris played Erica, the birth mother of twins adopted by Chandler and Monica.
She appeared in a few episodes in Season 10.
Aisha Tyler played Charlie Wheeler, who dated Joey but later broke up with Ross.
She appeared in episodes in the last two seasons of "Friends."
Paul Rudd had an even longer run on Friends as Phoebe's second husband.
They met after Joey put Phoebe on a blind date in season nine.
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal teamed up in season three as Tim and Thomas, two Central Perk customers.
Sitting on the iconic café sofa, they kept interrupting Monica whenever she was trying to tell a story.
In order to legally change her name to Princesa Consuela Banana-Hammock, Phoebe applied for a clerk, played by Craig Robinson.
In response, Mike changed his name to Crap Bag.
Julia Roberts, Chandler's childhood friend, came back into his life to hang out with him for an episode.
She appeared in Season 2 Episode 13 and pranked Chandler during their date.
Roberts' Best Friend's Wedding co-star Dermot Mulroney appeared as Gavin Mitchell in a few episodes.
He was Rachel's colleague who liked her. The duo shared a kiss during one episode but didn't explore a relationship because things were rocky between Rachel and Ross.
Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme played himself as an actor shooting a movie in New York.
Monica and Rachel both had crushes on him.
Sean Penn played Phoebe's twin sister's fiancé in two episodes of Season 6.
He had a brief affair with Phoebe, but the two ended the relationship because Phoebe had an identical twin sister, which made things confusing.
Gary Oldman was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Richard Crosby, a saliva-prone actor who starred in a film with Joey.
Oldman appeared in two episodes of Season 7 where Joey struggled to get to Monica and Chandler's wedding on time because he was shooting the film with his difficult co-star.
Ross dated a college student for a few episodes, and Bruce Willis took on the role of her father (who dated Rachel).
Willis won an Emmy for his role as Paul Stevens on Friends.
Ben Stiller had a memorable episode as Tommy - aka "The Screamer" - who was briefly Rachel's short-tempered boyfriend.
He had pretty much convinced everyone he was a good guy except Ross. Tommy's true temper was revealed when friends saw him yell at Chandler and Joey's pet chicken and duck.
Glee star Jane Lynch appeared in season 10 as a realtor in a wink-and-you-miss-it role.
She showed Monica and Chandler a house.
Glee companion Iqbal Theba appeared as a doctor in season five.
Theba played a doctor who told Joey he had kidney stones.
Dakota Fanning played Mackenzie, who lived in a house that Monica and Chandler were looking at.
She was 9 years old when she played the role.
George Clooney and Noah Wyle played paramedics on a call to ER.
They had a double date with Monica and Rachel.
Jason Alexander, best known for his role on "Seinfeld," played a character who tried to commit suicide.
Phoebe tries to stop him and seems to be successful.
Alec Baldwin played another friend of Phoebe's.
He was annoyingly optimistic about everything and Phoebe told him to be less happy.
Selma Blair played Chandler's seductive co-worker in an episode in which he was forced to spend Christmas in Tulsa.
She told Chandler that she was interested in him even though he was married to Monica.
Jeff Goldblum also found a way to be on Friends.
He directed Joey in a play and gave some acting advice.
Future 'Suite Life of Zack and Cody' and 'Riverdale' star Cole Sprouse played Ross' son Ben in seasons six through eight.
Sprouse and his twin brother, Dylan Sprouse, were childhood actors who appeared in films such as Big Daddy, starring Adam Sandler, and guest-starred on That '70s Show.
He's not the only Riverdale star to appear on Friends. Marisol Nichols (Hermione Lodge) appeared in season nine.
Nichols spielte Joeys Co-Star namens Olivia in „Days of Our Lives“.
Long before he played Hiram Lodge on Riverdale, one of Mark Consuelos' first roles was on Friends.
He played a police officer who stopped Rachel after she was caught driving in season seven.
Actress and model Denise Richards played Ross's hot cousin.
Ross, Phoebe, and Chandler all had crushes on her.
Sarah, Duchess of York appeared as herself in season four and took a picture with Joey.
They met briefly when the friends traveled to London for Ross and Emily's wedding.
English business tycoon Richard Branson had a cameo appearance as a traveling salesman in the same episode.
He sold Joey a souvenir.
That Girl actress Marlo Thomas played Rachel's mother in a few episodes.
Monica forgot to invite her to Rachel's baby shower in season eight.
Australian model Elle Macpherson was Joey's girlfriend.
She became Joey's roommate after Chandler moved out and he only chose her for her looks.
Jim Rash, who went on to star in the cult comedy Community, played a nervous passenger in the show's final episode.
He freaked out after Phoebe called Rachel and said something was wrong with the plane's "left phalanx," which was obviously a lie.
John Stamos played a potential sperm donor for Chandler and Monica.
They freaked him out with all their invasive questions about his personal life and family history.
Chandler and Ross had a crush on a character played by actress and producer Ellen Pompeo.
The 'Grey's Anatomy' star played Missy Goldberg, who Ross and Chandler met in college.
Adam Goldberg guest-starred as Chandler's bumbling roommate in three episodes.
Chandler met Eddie at a supermarket.
Chrissie Hynde, founder of The Pretenders, wrote some songs with Phoebe.
She appeared in the second season, performing at Central Perk.
Legendary actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini made a cameo as herself.
She missed the list of celebrities Ross can sleep with.
Actress and former Victoria's Secret model Jill Goodacre also appeared as herself.
She was trapped in an ATM lobby with Chandler during a power outage in season one.
Kristin Davis, best known for her role as Charlotte on "Sex and the City", was one of Joey's friends in one episode.
Rachel and Phoebe liked their character a lot more than Joey.
Simpsons star Hank Azaria was Phoebe's first big friend.
He has a recurring role over a couple of seasons.
"Simpsons" voice actor Harry Shearer was also on the show to buy Ross' monkeys.
He was only interested in buying Marcel for an animal fighting ring.
Actress and model Rebecca Romijn played another of Ross's friends.
Ross ended the relationship after going to her apartment and seeing how messed up she was.
Future Iron Man director and Marvel star Jon Favreau played Monica's boyfriend in season three.
Pete Becker was a millionaire who later became interested in MMA fighting.
Similar to the Aisha Tyler storyline, Gabrielle Union dated Ross and Joey.
Ross and Joey met their character after she moved into a building near Central Perk.
Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock actor Chris Parnell clashed with Chandler at his job.
For some inexplicable reason, he called Chandler "Toby".
Phoebe married a Canadian ice dancer, played by Steve Zahn, to help him get a green card.
They later divorced because he fell in love with a woman he really wanted to marry.
Mae Whitman, who later starred in Parenthood, played a Girl Scout.
Ross sold her Girl Scout cookies after accidentally breaking his leg.
Kyla Pratt, who voiced Penny Proud on The Proud Family, had a fleeting role as another Girl Scout.
She was angry with Ross for harming her fellow Girl Scouts.
"She's All That" star Freddie Prinze Jr. played a nanny named Sandy in the ninth season.
He would have made a great nanny for Emma, but Ross couldn't get over the fact that he was a male nanny.
Tom Selleck played Richard Burke, Monica's eye doctor and friend.
They had a big age difference and broke up because Monica wanted children and he didn't want any more, having previously had a son and daughter with his ex-wife.
Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Gray played Mindy, Rachel's best friend and maid of honor at her wedding to Barry, which never took place.
Mindy did in fact marry Barry, but they divorced because he cheated on her (again).
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" star Alex Borstein played the star of a one-woman show in season nine.
Chandler watched her play alone after his friends left him to go to a party.
'That '70s Show' star Debra Jo Rupp had a recurring role as Alice Knight.
She was married to Frank Buffay, Phoebe's half-brother. Phoebe gave birth to the couple's triplets in season five.
Legally Blonde star Jennifer Coolidge portrayed Amanda Buffamonteezi, Monica and Phoebe's former roommate, who returned in Season 10.
She lived in England for a while and pretended to have an accent despite being from Yonkers, NY.
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