<Li> Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing: An executive in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for a large, multinational corporation . Chandler hates this job, although it pays well . He attempts to quit during season one, but is lured back with a new office and a pay raise . He eventually quits this job in season nine due to a transfer to Tulsa . He becomes a junior copywriter at an advertising agency later that season . Chandler has a peculiar family history being the son of an erotic novelist mother and a gay, crossdressing Las Vegas star father . Chandler is known for his sarcastic sense of humor and bad luck in relationships . Chandler marries Monica in season seven, and they adopt twins at the end of the series . Before his relationship with Monica, Chandler dated Janice Hosenstein in season one and subsequently broke up with her many times . </Li> <Li> David Schwimmer as Ross Geller: Monica Geller's older brother, a palaeontologist working at the Museum of Natural History, and later a tenured professor of palaeontology at New York University . Ross is involved in an on - again - off - again relationship with Rachel throughout the series . He has three failed marriages during the series: Carol Willick, a lesbian who is also the mother of his son, Ben; Emily Waltham, who divorces Ross after he accidentally says Rachel's name instead of hers during their wedding vows; and Rachel, as the two drunkenly marry in Las Vegas . His divorces become a running joke within the series . Following a one - night stand, he and Rachel have a daughter, Emma, by the end of season eight . They finally confess that they are still in love with each other in the series finale . </Li> <P> In their original contracts for the first season, cast members were paid $22,500 per episode . The cast members received different salaries in the second season, beginning from the $20,000 range to $40,000 per episode . Before their salary negotiations for the third season, the cast decided to enter collective negotiations, despite Warner Bros .' preference for individual deals . The actors were given the salary of the least - paid cast member, meaning Aniston and Schwimmer had their salaries reduced . The stars were paid $75,000 per episode in season three, $85,000 in season four, $100,000 in season five, $125,000 in season six, $750,000 in seasons seven and eight, and $1 million in seasons nine and ten, making Aniston, Cox, and Kudrow the highest - paid TV actresses of all time . The cast also received syndication royalties beginning in 2000 after renegotiations . At the time, that financial benefit of a piece of the show's lucrative back - end profits had only been given out to stars who had ownership rights in a show, like Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Cosby . </P> <P> Series creator David Crane wanted all six actors to be equally prominent, and the series was lauded as being "the first true' ensemble' show ." The cast members made efforts to keep the ensemble format and not allow one member to dominate; they entered themselves in the same acting categories for awards, opted for collective salary negotiations, and asked to appear together on magazine cover photos in the first season . The cast members also became best friends off - screen, so much so that recurring guest star Tom Selleck reported that he sometimes felt left out . </P>

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