‘Mates’ Most Memorable Guest Stars

On the present time, the forged of Mates are A-listers on their very maintain. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer rose to broad popularity throughout the clarify, which aired on NBC for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004.

From the initiating, the sitcom drew the eye of celebrities — and landed some huge visitor stars. Within the important thing season, every George Clooney and Helen Hunt looked in transient roles — and they had been just the initiating.

One of many most memorable visitor stars is Brad Pitt. The actor portrayed Will Colbert on “The One With the Rumor,” the annual Thanksgiving episode that aired in 2001 during season 8. On the time, Pitt and Aniston had been married. (The two ruin up in 2005.) His cameo earned the Pitt an Emmy nomination for Eminent Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and gave him a wager to promote his movie, Ogle Sport. Clearly, the cameo moreover gave viewers the probability to inform the then-liked couple as enemies.

Other visitor appearances ended in a lifelong friendship. Reese Witherspoon looked in season 6 as Rachel’s sister Jill Inexperienced and even supposing the characters didn’t salvage alongside, the actresses grew to alter into shut pals. 9 years later, they starred in and produced Apple TV’s The Morning Demonstrate.

Witherspoon moreover published that she used to be asked to reach to the 62-time Emmy-nominated sequence but become it down. “They asked me abet and I stated, ‘No, I will’t raise out it,’” she published during an interview with AP in November 2019. “I used to be too timid.”

Throughout the clarify, some broad stars moreover looked in longer arcs, including Tom Selleck, Paul Rudd and Bruce Willis. Scroll thru the gallery under to relive just a few of the most memorable visitor appearances on Mates over the years.