--- title: These Old Photos of the Friends Cast Will Be There for You description: Netflix just shared a serious throwback — of all the members of the 'Friends' cast in their early days. canonical: https://time.com/5107835/friends-yearbook-photos/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-18T18:44:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:50.672Z og:title: These Old Photos of the Friends Cast Will Be There for You og:description: Throw it back to high school with Monica, Rachel, Ross and the gang og:url: https://time.com/5107835/friends-yearbook-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8057d4c3d546f3a6/6988f89c096a949c286a124a/friends-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Friends - Season 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Old Photos of the Friends Cast Will Be There for You twitter:description: Throw it back to high school with Monica, Rachel, Ross and the gang twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8057d4c3d546f3a6/6988f89c096a949c286a124a/friends-cast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Pictures of the _Friends_ Cast Before They Made It Will Be There for You > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 18, 2018 6:44 PM UTC  FRIENDS -- Season 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) FRIENDS -- Season 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 18, 2018 6:44 PM UTC It can often feel like we grew up with the cast of _Friends_ — after all, [Jennifer Aniston](http://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/), David Schwimmer, [Lisa Kudrow](http://time.com/4696427/lisa-kudrow-talk-friends-television/) and the rest hit the air first all the way back in 1994\. But way before they found fame on the small screen and became regulars in our sitcom lives, the six actors were just normal teens like us, destined to have their faces forever frozen in time in their yearbook photos. [Netflix](http://time.com/5096071/best-romantic-movies-on-netflix/) has done the dirty work of digging up these iconic black-and-white images of the six pals, and you’re guaranteed to do a double take. Matt LeBlanc’s signature brows are on point, but otherwise, is he even recognizable? Young Jennifer Aniston was rocking a choppy set of bangs and sharing a piercing gaze. [Matthew Perry](http://time.com/4806377/matthew-perry-friends-revival-nightmare/) seems downright giddy to be photographed. Lisa Kudrow looks like a brunette. Courteney Cox…. well, she still looks like a young Courteney Cox. But the beauty of David Schwimmer’s long wavy hair is only matched by the unexpected hoop earring in his left ear. 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