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Friends (season 5)
The fifth season of ''Friends'', an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 24, 1998. ''Friends'' was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 20, 1999. Reception Collider ranked it #2 on their ranking of the ten ''Friends'' seasons, and chose "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" as its best episode. Digital Spy ranked it #4 on their ranking of the ten Friends seasons, and chose "The One Where Everybody Finds Out", "The One with the Cop" and "The One with the Ball" its best episodes. Marie Claire ranked it #1 on her ranking of the ten seasons, and chose "The One Where Everybody Finds Out", "The One with All the Kissing" and "The One in Vegas: Part 2" its highlights. ScreenRant also ranked it #1 on their ranking of all seasons. BuzzFeed ranked it as #6 on their ranking, and chose "The One with All the Thanksgivings" as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends (season 4)
The fourth season of ''Friends'', an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 25, 1997. ''Friends'' was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing May 7, 1998. Reception It was one of three seasons included on ''TV Guide''s list of the Top 100 TV Seasons. Collider ranked it #8 on their list of the ten ''Friends'' seasons, and cited " The One with the Embryos" as its best episode. Cast and characters ::''(In particular, Introduced in season 4 or Only in season 4)'' Main cast * Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green * Courteney Cox as Monica Geller * Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay * Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani * Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing * David Schwimmer as Ross Geller Recurring cast * * * Helen Baxendale as Emily Waltham * Tate Donovan as Joshua Burgin * Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay, Jr. * Debra Jo Rupp as Alice K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Steven LeBlanc (; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor. He garnered global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' and in its spin-off series, ''Joey''. For his work on ''Friends'', LeBlanc received three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in ''Episodes'' (2011–2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received four additional Emmy Award nominations. He co-hosted ''Top Gear'' from 2016 to 2019. From 2016 to 2020, he played patriarch Adam Burns in the CBS sitcom '' Man with a Plan.'' Early life LeBlanc was born in Newton, Massachusetts. His mother, Patricia (née Di Cillo), was an office manager; his father, Paul LeBlanc, was a mechanic. His father is of French-Canadian descent and his mother is of Italian ancestry. He attended Newton North High School, where he graduated in the same year as future comedian Louis C.K. After high school he attended colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Wheeler
Margaret Emily Wheeler (née Jakobson) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Janice on the television sitcom ''Friends'' (1994–2004), and Anita on ''Ellen'' (1994–1996). Early life Wheeler was born Margaret Emily Jakobson in New York City, the daughter of Barbara, a writer, and John Jakobson, who began his career on Wall Street as one of the youngest members of the New York Stock Exchange. She was raised in a secular Jewish household and graduated from The Calhoun School in New York City. Career In the 1980s, Wheeler (under her maiden name of Jakobson) briefly dabbled in voice acting on the animated series ''SilverHawks'', where she provided all the female voices, specifically the villainess Melodia and the heroine Steelheart/Emily Hart, and on the ''Karate Kat'' and ''Mini-Monsters'' segments of ''The Comic Strip''. She also starred in the 1989 film, ''New Year's Day'', alongside David Duchovny. After she became Maggie Wheeler, there has been a rumor th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, he has made over 100 appearances in film and television. His film roles include ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Higher Learning'' (1995), ''Metro'' (1997), ''Cop Land'' (1997), '' Deep Blue Sea'' (1999), ''The 6th Day'' (2000), ''Dr. Dolittle 2'' (2001), '' Big Fan'' (2009), and '' The Heat'' (2013). On television, he headlined the Fox sitcom '' The War at Home'' (2005–2007) and was a series regular on the Fox drama ''Boston Public'' (2001–2004), the fourth season of the Fox serial drama ''Prison Break'' (2008–2009), and the Netflix comedy drama ''Atypical'' (2017–2021). Rapaport also held recurring roles on the NBC sitcoms ''Friends'' (1999) and ''My Name Is Earl'' (2007–2008) and the FX Western '' Justified'' (2014). Outside of his acting career, Rapaport directed the 2011 documentary '' Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest'' abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ensign
Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944) is an American actor who mostly played very small roles. One of his most-known roles was Benjamin Guggenheim in the 1997 film ''Titanic''. Early life Ensign was raised in both the United States and England. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and spent the first ten years of his professional career working in the theatre in Britain. Religion Born into a family in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he later became a member of the Episcopal Church, attending a parish which is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Career He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s, appearing in productions of ''As You Like It'', ''Love's Labour's Lost'', and ''Cymbeline'' amongst others. He has appeared in ''Irene'', ''Curse of the Starving Class'', and ''The Red Devil Battery Sign'' in the West End. Ensign's film credits include ''Superman'' (1978), ''Pink Floyd – The Wall'' (1982), ''WarGames'' (1983) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newbern
George Young Newbern (born December 30, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Charlie in the ABC show ''Scandal'' and Bryan MacKenzie in ''Father of the Bride'' (1991) and its sequels ''Father of the Bride Part II'' and '' Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)'', as well as Danny (The Yeti) in ''Friends'' and his recurring role as Julia's son Payne in ''Designing Women''. He is also known for providing the voices of Superman in many pieces of DC Comics media (most notably the ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' animated series of the DC Animated Universe, where he replaced the original voice actor from '' Superman: The Animated Series'', Tim Daly as the latter was under other contractual obligations, as well as the ''Injustice'' video game series) and Sephiroth in the ''Final Fantasy'' series and the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. Early life Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Newbern is the son of Betty, a Spanish teacher and David Newbern, a radiologist. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Waltham
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-Geller (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller-Bing (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 twelve-year run. Ensemble cast The main cast members of ''Friends'' were familiar to US television viewers before their roles on the series, but were not considered to be stars. Seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Baxendale
Helen Victoria Baxendale (born 7 June 1970) is an English actress of stage and television, known for her roles as Rachel Bradley in the British comedy drama '' Cold Feet'' (1997–2003), and Emily Waltham in the American sitcom '' Friends'' (1998–1999). Baxendale's early stage credits include ''The Soldiers'' at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre, which earned her a 1993 Ian Charleson Award nomination. Her other television credits include ''Cardiac Arrest (TV series), Cardiac Arrest'' (1994–1996), ''An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (TV series), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman'' (1997–1999), ''Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (TV series), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years'' (2001), ''Cuckoo (TV series), Cuckoo'' (2012–2019), and ''Noughts + Crosses'' (2020). Early life Baxendale was born on 7 June 1970 in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire. Baxendale's parents were teachers at a comprehensive school, her sister is the screenwriter Katie Baxendale. She grew up in Shenstone, Staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunther (Friends)
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-Geller (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller-Bing (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 twelve-year run. Ensemble cast The main cast members of ''Friends'' were familiar to US television viewers before their roles on the series, but were not considered to be stars. Seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler (May 28, 1962 – October 24, 2021) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Gunther on the NBC sitcom '' Friends''. Prior to acting, he was an assistant film editor and production assistant. His early works included being the production assistant for ''Fat Man and Little Boy''. He also portrayed Oscar Bevins in the 1997 thriller film ''Motel Blue''. Early life James Michael Tyler was born on May 28, 1962, the youngest of five children, in either Greenwood, Mississippi or Winona, Mississippi. When Tyler was ten years old, his father, a former USAF captain, died. Just one year later, when Tyler was age eleven, his mother passed away. Afterwards, Tyler moved to Anderson, South Carolina to live with his sister. Tyler graduated from T.L. Hanna High School in 1980. He graduated from Anderson College (now Anderson University) in 1982 with a two-year Associate's degree and subsequently graduated from Clemson University with a degree in geology in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Geller
Ross Geller, portrayed by David Schwimmer, is one of the six main characters of the NBC sitcom ''Friends''. Ross is considered by many to be the most intelligent member of the group and is noted for his goofy but lovable demeanor. His relationship with Rachel Green was included in ''TV Guide''s list of the best TV couples of all time, as well as ''Entertainment Weekly''s "30 Best 'Will They/Won't They?' TV Couples". Kevin Bright, who was one of the executive producers of the show, had worked with Schwimmer before, so the writers were already developing Ross's character in Schwimmer's voice. Hence, Schwimmer was the first person to be cast on the show. Appearances Ross is a paleontologist and has a Ph.D. from Columbia University. His romantic feelings toward Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), which began as a high-school infatuation, are an ongoing theme of his narrative arc. Likewise, their on-again, off-again romantic relationship is a nearly constant theme of ''Friends''. Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom '' Friends'', for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. While still acting in ''Friends'', his first leading film role was in ''The Pallbearer'' (1996), followed by roles in ''Kissing a Fool'', ''Six Days, Seven Nights'', ''Apt Pupil'' (all 1998), and '' Picking Up the Pieces'' (2000). He was then cast in the miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' (2001) as Herbert Sobel. Schwimmer began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. For much of the late 1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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