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Friends Cast: Then and Now
The cast then and now — with the original tribute song “Right There With You”.
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Friends, then & now
Friends premiered in 1994, and ran for 10 seasons on NBC. This page follows Judy Geller (Christina Pickles), Carol Willick (Jane Sibbett), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Susan Bunch (Jessica Hecht) then and now, with real ages, 14 then-vs-now collector’s cards in this tribute and the original tribute song “Right There With You”.
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The Friends cast then and now: 14 collector’s cards, 1994 vs 2026, with real ages. Tap a card to flip it and watch them walk side by side.
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“Right There With You”
Clap your hands now hey hey
Read the lyrics
Clap your hands now hey hey
Feels like yesterday
City lights cheap coffee nights
Laughing way too loud
We were broke but feeling rich
Just figuring life out
Late calls no plans
Running through the rain
Did not know where we would go
But we would go anyway
We did not need forever
We just had that time
And somehow that was better
Than anything we would find
I will be right there with you
Through the highs and lows
Through every crazy moment
Only we would know
Clap clap hear the rhythm now
Hearts in sync somehow
We were young wild free and true
I will be right there with you
Same couch same jokes
Different kind of dreams
Life kept moving way too fast
But we stayed in between
Broken hearts new starts
We learned how to fall
But every time we hit the ground
We would still stand tall
We did not have the answers
Did not need a plan
As long as we had each other
We could understand
I will be right there with you
Through the highs and lows
Through every crazy moment
Only we would know
Clap clap hear the rhythm now
Echoes in the crowd
We were young wild free and true
I will be right there with you
Time moves on but we remain
In every laugh in every frame
Even when the world has changed
We are still dancing in the rain
I will be right there with you
No matter where we go
Through every memory
That still feels like home
Clap clap do not forget it now
Hear that old school sound
We were young wild free and true
I will be right there with you
Yeah we made it through
Still right there with you
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The cast, then & now
| Character | Actor | Then (1994) | Now (2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Geller | Christina Pickles | 59 | 91 |
| Carol Willick | Jane Sibbett | 31 | 63 |
| Phoebe Buffay | Lisa Kudrow | 31 | 63 |
| Joey Tribbiani | Matt LeBlanc | 27 | 59 |
| Susan Bunch | Jessica Hecht | 29 | 61 |
| Rachel Green | Jennifer Aniston | 25 | 57 |
| Mike Hannigan | Paul Rudd | 33 | 57 |
| Monica Geller | Courteney Cox | 30 | 62 |
| Janice Litman-Goralnik | Maggie Wheeler | ||
| Ross Geller | David Schwimmer | 27 | 60 |
| Dr. Richard Burke | Tom Selleck | 51 | 81 |
| Gunther | James Michael Tyler | 32 | 59 passed away |
| Jack Geller | Elliott Gould | 56 | 88 |
| Chandler Bing | Matthew Perry | 25 | 54 passed away |
Ages from verified birth dates, updated 02 November 2026.
Friends premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. It ran for ten seasons and 236 episodes. The last one aired on May 6, 2004.
Before it was Friends, the show was called Insomnia Cafe, then Friends Like Us, then Six of One. Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman.
The theme song, I'll Be There for You by The Rembrandts, spent eight weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1995.
The fountain in the opening credits is not in Central Park. It stood on the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank, California.
Only the outside of the apartment building was real: 90 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village. Every interior was a set in Los Angeles.
"The Rachel" debuted in April 1995. Stylist Chris McMillan created it, and it became one of the most copied haircuts of the decade.
James Michael Tyler became Gunther because he was the only extra who could work the espresso machine. He appeared in 148 episodes.
When Monica and Chandler got together in London in 1998, the studio audience applauded for 27 seconds.
The six stars negotiated as a group. For the last two seasons, each of them earned $1 million per episode.
Lisa Kudrow won an Emmy for Phoebe in 1998. Jennifer Aniston won for Rachel in 2002, the year Friends won Outstanding Comedy Series.
About 52.5 million Americans watched the finale, The Last One. It was the most-watched TV episode of the 2000s.
Joey got his own spin-off in 2004. It moved him to Hollywood and ran for two seasons on NBC.