Friends

- Inleiding
- Acteurs
- Fragment
- Start 1994
- Very succesful
- So far 44 emmy award nominations, 4 golden globe nominations, some other nominations
- What is it about?
- 6 young people in new york
- Very good friends, 3 men, 3 women
- They are called Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross
- They gather at each others appartment, and share a sofa space at their coffeehouse: central perk
- They help each other out with daily life problems

- Ross Geller
- Monica’s older brother
- He’s the geek, palaeontology (dinosaurs and bones and stuff)
- Sometimes he’s a bit obsessive
- He’s the most sensitive of them, a hopeless romantic
- Was married to lesbian wife Carol, which gave birth to his kid Ben
- Has a child of Rachel by accident, Emma
- David Schwimmer
- An Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in comedy series
- Born in NY, raised in Los Angeles
- After a summer program he co-founded Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, an ensemble of actors, writers, directors and designers.
- With this company he has played in several movies as The Idiot, The Master and Margarita and The Odyssey
- Besides actor he’s a director. He has directed movies like Alice In Wonderland and Since you’ve been gone
- He has starred in series as NYPD Blue and L.A. Law
- Currently he is on the board of directors of The Rape Foundation for the Rape Treatment Center of Santa Monica

- Rachel Green
- Spoiled
- Naive
- Rich parents
- Main goal: tries to live an independent live
- Monica’s best friend
- Used to date Ross
- Waitress -> assistant buyer in fashion
- Played by Jenifer Aniston
- Grew up in Greece and New York
- Started acting at age of 11
- Some drama schools like the famous Rudolf Steiner School
- Brad Pitt
- Outstanding Supporting Actress emmy in 2002
- She starred in some broadway productions and movies such as The Object of My Affection, picture perfect
- She will also be seen in Bruce Almighty wich will be in theatres this summer

- Chandler Bing
- Sarcastic
- Witty
- Insecure, tries to cover this with irony
- His parents divorced, because his father cheated with the butler.
- Father is a drag queen in Vegas, his mother made out with ross
- Very interesting family
- Non-interesting office job, chef
- Played by Mathew Perry
- Raised in Canada
- There he was a top-ranked junior tennis player
- Since age of 15 he gets interested in acting
- Started his carreer with the serie Boys Will Be Boys
- With this serie he preferred acting above tennis (he could have been a professional)
- He starred in al lot of comedies such as Serving Sara, Fools Rush In, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon and Three to Tango
- Besides awards for the whole cast, no personal awards.

- Joey Tribbiani
- Chandler’s best friend
- Seems like he only cares about two things: Sex and Food
- He’s a real womanizer
- But he turns out to be a very caring person
- Dumb
- In the show he’s an actor, who gets a role in Days of our lives
- Matt LeBlanc
- Born in 1967 in Newton, Massachussets
- At the age of 8 he gets a motorcycle, the only thing he wants to do now is racing
- After racing in many amateur races he decides to start acting
- Soon he stars in high profile commercials like Levi’s and Coca Cola and even wins a prestigious Gold Lion Award with a commercial for Heinz Ketchup
- He starts playing in series as TV 101, Top of the Heap and Vinnie & Bobby
- Most recently he appeared in Charlie’s Angels
- He starred in Lost In Space and Ed

- Phoebe Buffay
- Weird
- Beleives in karma and live after death
- Honest
- Very open
- Helpfull
- Often mean against Chandler
- Dramatic Past: father run away, mother commited suicide, lived on the streets
- Massage therapist and folk singer
- Played by Lisa Kudrow
- Lisa Kudrow also stars in Mad About You as the waitress Ursula, Phoebe’s twin sister.
- She started acting after college (she has a bachelor degree)
- She knows a lot of improvisational acting
- She has starred in movies such as Lucia, Analyse this and Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion
- Lisa Kudrow has been honored with five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress and she has won several awards

- Monica Geller
- Obsessive-compulsive
- Neurotic
- Likes things in order
- Likes to boss people around
- She used to be fat
- She’s a head-chef in a restaurant
- Knows rachel from high school
- Is married to Chandler
- Played by Courteney Cox Arquette
- She grew up in Alabama, moved to New York
- Signed by a modeling agency and appeared in commecrials, magazines, music videos etc.
- She also stars in 3000 miles to Graceland, The scream trilogy and Ace Ventura
- Favorite of the fans, because of her talent for dramatic AND comedic acting.