Joey Tribbiani
Joey at Monica and Chandler's wedding reception
First appearance	The Pilot (Friends)
Last appearance	Joey and the Wedding (Joey) and The Last One (Friends)
Cause/reason	End of Series
Created by	David Crane
Portrayed by	Matt LeBlanc
Episode count	236 (Friends)/46 (Joey)
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Occupation	Actor

Joseph "Joey" Francis Tribbiani, Jr. (born January 9, 1968) is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and the title character in the spin-off, Joey (2004-2006), and is played by Matt LeBlanc.^[1] The Pilot (aka The One where Monica Gets a Roommate, The One where it all Began, The First One) is the very first episode of the television situation comedy Friends. ... For friendship, see friendship. ... Joey and the Wedding is the last episode of the television situation comedy Joey. ... Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... The Last One is the nineteenth/twentieth episode of season ten and the final episode of the television situation comedy Friends. ... David Crane is a successful video game designer and programmer. ... Matthew Steven LeBlanc (July 25, 1967 - May 25, 2007) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004). ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a work of fiction. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... For friendship, see friendship. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Matthew Steven LeBlanc (July 25, 1967 - May 25, 2007) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004). ...

Background

Joey comes from an Italian American^[2] family of 8 children, of which he is the only male. He is one of the "Friends" that moved home the most number of times, having changed apartments three times in the series (and only beaten by Rachel, with five moves): once, when he and Chandler moved into what is usually Monica's apartment after winning it from her in a game in "The One with the Embryos" and then moved back with Chandler into his own apartment; another time, he moved to his own lavish apartment away from Chandler, with whom the psychotic Eddie moved in, but shortly moved back afterwards. Joey is a "stereotypical" actor: oversexed, under-educated and constantly looking for work. He was ordained a minister in The One with the Truth About London, and officiated at both Monica and Chandler and Phoebe and Mike's weddings. It is revealed in The One After "I Do" that Joey has a size seven foot, which he is secretive and defensive about. An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... This article is about the Male sex. ... This article is about the structure. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The One With the Embryos is the twelfth episode of season four of the television situation comedy Friends. ... The One with the Truth About London is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season of the NBC sitcom Friends. ... The One After I Do is the first episode of season 8 of the sitcom Friends. ...

Personality

The character of Joey is known for his simple-mindedness, trouble with understanding negative criticism of his acting (even once believing a description of his performance as "abysmal" was positive), and love of food. He particularly loves meatballs sub sandwiches. In The One with the Ride Along he appears to be saving Ross from a supposed gunshot, when it was actually his meatball sandwich that he was trying to save, it was just near Ross. He also loves the "Joey's Special"... two pizzas. However, he is something of an idiot savant in matters of romance, which generated the popular catchphrase "How you doin'?" (his pickup line). This is directly alluded to in the episode "The One Where Ross Dates a Student", when Chandler, referring to Joey, says "A hot girl's at stake and suddenly he's Rain Man." In another example, Joey made up an anecdote referred to as the "Europe story"; apparently, anyone who hears it will immediately want to have sex with the teller. ("The One with the Videotape") A running gag is that Joey keeps continuing a gag where he changes a subject by saying "How you doing?" in a happy and insane manner This article is about the food item. ... An autistic savant (formerly called idiot savant) is a person who expresses extraordinary mental abilities, often in the fields of numerical calculation (not to be confused with mathematics) (see also mental calculator), art, or music but usually set within the context of autism or mental retardation. ... The One Where Ross Dates a Student is the eighteenth episode of season six of the television situation comedy Friends. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rain Man is a 1988 film which tells the story of a selfish yuppie who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to the autistic brother he never knew he had. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The One With The Videotape is the 4th episode of season 8. ...

Acting career

Joey has a career in acting that has been marked by both success and humiliating failure. His roles varied from neurosurgeon on a popular soap opera to being the headshot in a public health poster for VD, and even being a one-time butt double. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating the central and peripheral nervous system. ... Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), also known as sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), are diseases that are commonly transmitted between partners through some form of sexual activity, most commonly vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ...

Joey's most famous acting role (and longest lasting) was as Dr. Drake Ramoray on the serial drama Days of Our Lives. However, when he claimed in an interview that he wrote many of his own lines, the writers of the show became annoyed and killed him off a few episodes later (he fell down an elevator shaft). His character later returned to Days of Our Lives in a bizarre plot line which resurrected him. In Season 7 of Friends, Joey was up for a Soapie for Best Returning Male Character. He lost, so he tried to steal one. Joey's agent was Estelle Leonard. A function is part of an answer to a question about why some object or process occurred in a system that evolved or was designed with some goal. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ... For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ... This is a list of recurring characters on the American sitcom Friends. ...

Other known roles of Joey's during the run of Friends include a spot in a commercial for "Lipstick for Men" that only aired in Japan; a leading role in the World War I period film "Over There"; and a starring role in a very short-lived cop show called "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E." In terms of stage work, he appeared in a play called "Boxing Day" in which his character of "Victor" goes to outer space, and Monica and Chandler once discussed having seen Joey in a version of Macbeth.

In addition to the quick cancellation of "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.", Joey also had some other remarkably bad luck in terms of his acting career. He filmed a role in a Law & Order episode that was cut from the completed episode -- Joey was only seen as a corpse in a body bag. He was also cast in the independent film "Shutter Speed", but that film shut down before photography began. As well, he was fired from a Burger King commercial. Later, on the spin-off show Joey, Joey turned down a role in a sitcom called "Nurses" to star in a different series pilot; his pilot did not get picked up, while "Nurses" became a huge hit. This article is about the original television series. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...

However, it's not all bad. In Joey, it is revealed that Joey's character of Dr Ramoray died again on Days of Our Lives when a nurse stabbed him while he was operating on her husband ("Joey and the Wrong Name"). He won a Daytime Soap Award for "Best Death Scene". In later Joey episodes, Joey landed a starring role on the prime time soap "Deep Powder"; when he got fired from that job, he almost immediately bounced back by snagging a leading role in the big-budget action picture "Captured". Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[5] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ... Joey and the Wrong Name is the eighteenth episode of the first season of the television situation comedy Joey. ...

Joey briefly mentions to the gang that Al Pacino is his idol. In Friends, Joey has the poster for the 1983 Al Pacino film Scarface in his apartment room. The same poster is seen in his house in "Joey". He also mentioned his favorite movie is Die Hard. Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA, Emmy, and SAG award winning American actor who is best known for playing the roles of Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy . ... Scarface is a 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Antonio Tony Montana. ... This article is about the 1988 action film. ...

Other jobs

Joey was also employed (briefly) at Central Perk as a waiter. Facing a dry spell in his career as an actor, Joey was persuaded by Gunther to take a job serving coffee. At first Joey tried to hide the fact of his new job from his friends, but they eventually figured it out. He did not like the work but, true to his nature, soon found a way to use his position to meet and ingratiate himself to attractive women by giving them free food, a practice to which Gunther quickly put a stop. He didn't take his job very seriously and spent a lot of his working hours sitting and talking to his friends. Eventually he was fired for closing the coffee house in the middle of the day to go to an audition while Gunther was running a personal errand. Rachel later persuaded Gunther to give Joey back his job, but once he found more steady acting jobs he eventually just stopped showing up. His absence was barely noticed. Central Perk logo. ... Gunther was a character in the popular television sitcom Friends played by James Michael Tyler. ...

Another one of Joey's careers when he was low on money was a sperm donor. He was donating for an experiment a hospital was having and as payment at the end of 2 weeks the hospital would give any donors a 700 dollar check. This was later mentioned when Monica was trying to get over her break up with Richard Burke. She decided that she wanted a baby so she was looking for sperm donors and realized that one of the applicants was Joey. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Relationships

Joey shared an apartment with his best friend Chandler Bing and together they buy a chick and a duck later on in the series. A long-running gag depicted Joey and Chandler occasionally fighting with each other like an old married couple, with Chandler often assuming the wife role while Joey assumed the husband role, suggesting homosexual undertones in their friendship (this eventually ended when Chandler became permanently paired with Monica). Joey moved out temporarily when he found success as Dr. Drake Ramoray, but soon moved back in together. Chandler and Monica made it clear to Joey that their new home would have a specially designated "Joey room". This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

When Chandler moved out to pursue a relationship with Monica, Joey was joined by Janine (Elle MacPherson). He formed a stronger bond with Rachel Greene during her pregnancy by Ross Geller. He eventually fell in love with Rachel and dated her for a time; however, nothing came of it and the two returned to being just good friends. By the series' finale, Rachel and Ross resumed their romance. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow, 29 March 1964) is an Australian supermodel and actress. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Ross Eustace Geller, Ph. ...

He also offered to stand up for Ross and Chandler when they were being bullied at Central Perk, and he allowed Monica to hire and fire him so as to prove to her employees that she was not a pushover. When he discovered that Monica and Chandler had developed a romantic relationship, he agreed to keep it a secret until the two were ready to reveal it to the rest of their group. He also called Chandler moments after suspecting Monica of having an affair with a mystery male he had heard in her apartment. He is also the only one that knew that Chandler is afraid of dogs and that Ross doesn't like ice cream. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ... Central Perk logo. ...

Joey's relationships with the other Friends have always been very friendly. He is best friends with Chandler, and Ross is a close second, if not tied. Rachel and the other women on the show have been the object of many sexist comments on Joey's behalf, especially Monica. Chandler once put it, "Your long-standing offer to have sex with my wife is much appreciated." Notwithstanding this apparent boorishness, however, he always enjoyed a close relationship with Monica, Rachel and Phoebe. Sexism is discrimination between people based on their Sex rather than their individual merits. ...

In the end of the series, Joey was the only Friend that ended up without a lover or a spouse, even though he is the one that dated the most women.

Joey has a close relationship with Rachel, also having been attracted to her twice in the series. Although his affection was unreturned in Season 8, once they actually dated in a later season.

Joey's closest female friend is Phoebe. When she was a surrogate mother for her brother's triplets, he offered to eat no meat until the babies were born, so that Phoebe could eat that meat instead. Also, when the Friends realize that the group may have to split up, Phoebe and Rachel conspired to form a separate group by themselves, but Phoebe insists that Joey come to their new group as well. Phoebe's loyalty is proved again when she states that she could live in Las Vegas, since it has everything she needs, "Including Joey!" He in turn invites her to live with him in the mansion he expects to own when he becomes rich from having a hand twin. Phoebe also once says to her friends, "When the Revolution comes, I'll have to kill you all." After a moment's pause, she adds, "Not you, Joey." The two also try to meet once a month for dinner in order to discuss the other Friends. When Phoebe was upset because she'd turned thirty-one without having had the perfect kiss, Joey kissed her so that she could cross that off of her list. In one episode, when Joey believed Phoebe to be pregnant, he proposed marriage, claiming the world is too scary for a single mother alone. Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (born February 16, 1967) is a fictional character from the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Lisa Kudrow. ... A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the process by which a mammalian female carries a live offspring from conception until it develops to the point where the offspring is capable of living outside the womb. ... Matrimony redirects here. ...

Age

Joey's age is not consistently treated. In "The One with the Birth", which aired on May 11, 1995, Joey says he is 25. In "The One Where Joey Moves Out", which aired less than a year later in February, 1996, Joey says he is 28. The latter would put his birth in 1967 or early 1968, which allows him to be older than Chandler, which he must be if the events in "The One Where They All Turn Thirty" are correct. In "The One With Russ", which aired in January, 1996, Joey says he has been acting for 10 years. This is consistent with birth in 1967 or 1968, assuming he began his acting career at about age 18. In "The One with Joey's Fridge", Joey refers to his activities during spring break in 1981 and Monica comments "You were 13", likewise consistent. In "The One With Ross's New Girlfriend", Joey, confused about whether Franky the tailor did Joey's first suit when he was 15 or 16, asks, "All right, when was 1990?" Joey can't have been 15 or 16 in 1990 and be 28 in 1996. However, it is possible that Joey had simply confused the years or been simply using 1990 as a point of reference. In "The One With The Red Sweater" (2001) Chandler says that Joey is 32, which would put Joey's year of birth at 1969. In "The One with Monica's Thunder" (2000), Rachel says Joey is 31. By the first season of Joey, Michael reveals that Joey is 35. This article contains a trivia section. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The One Where Joey Moves Out is the sixteenth episode of season two of the television situation comedy Friends. ... The One Where They All Turn Thirty is the fourteenth episode of the seventh season of Friends. ... The One With Ross is the tenth episode of season two of the television situation comedy Friends. ... The One With Joeys Fridge is the nineteenth episode of season six of Friends. ... Spring break at Panama City Beach, Florida, Florida Spring break, also more commonly known as March break in some parts of Canada, is a week-long recess from studying in early spring at universities and schools in the United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, and other countries. ... The One With Rosss New Girlfriend is the first episode of season two of the television situation comedy Friends. ... The One With The Red Sweater is the second episode of the eighth season of Friends. ... The One with Monicas Thunder is the first episode of season 7 of the sitcom Friends. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...

Post-Friends

After the 2003/2004 final season of Friends, Joey Tribbiani became the main character of Joey, a spin-off TV series, where he moved to L.A. to polish his acting career. His sister Gina Tribbiani and her son Michael were two other central characters of the show. Gina is a straightforward woman who proudly dresses in revealing clothing. Michael is a shy science major at Cal Tech who is not good at socializing with women. Joey becomes good friends with an attractive female attorney named Alex, who, along with her husband, a travelling musician named Eric, is Joey's landlord. Joey hires a new agent named Bobbie Morgenstern, who is herself rather boorish, and not very sympathetic to Joey. Michael, wanting to get out on his own away from his mother, moves in with Joey, though Gina is still a frequent presence at Joey and Michael's apartment (still appearing to do Michael's laundry, for example). Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (commonly known as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, United States. ...

Lucy Liu eventually joins the cast as the executive producer of Deep Powder. Joey also begins a romantic relationship with a neighboring photographer named Sarah (Mädchen Amick), his first ongoing relationship that lasts more than one episode since his fling with Rachel on Friends. This too, however, ends when Sarah leaves Joey for her new job in Washington. Lucy Alexis Liu (Chinese: 劉玉玲 Liú Yùlíng, born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. ... Mädchen Amick (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress, best known for playing Shelly Johnson on the cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990-1991) and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. ...

Following Sarah's departure, Alex separates from Eric and finds solace in the arms of Joey, but this too does not last.

Then, after being killed off Deep Powder, for being too demanding, because he thought "America loves me" Joey got his first real big break on the blockbuster movie Captured.^[3] For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...

He later buys a house that burns down and sees his sister reunited with the father of her child. As the series ends he is in a committed relationship with Alex and watches his sister marry the father of her child creating a new family.

Joey's final line was, to Alex, "There it is, you did it".^[4]

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