Jack Geller
Ross and Monica's father, "I'm just saying...", the more sympathetic Geller parent, played by Elliott Gould.
Jack Geller is the father of Ross and Monica Geller and husband of Judy in Friends, played by Elliott Gould in 20 episodes across all ten seasons. The Geller family home, where the children grew up and where Chandler first came for Thanksgiving in 1987, is on Long Island, and Jack and Judy keep it until they sell it in "The One Where Rosita Dies".
Quick Facts
- Played by
- Elliott Gould
- Wife
- Judy Geller
- Children
- Ross and Monica Geller
- Family home
- Long Island (sold in The One Where Rosita Dies)
- Best friend
- Richard Burke
- Episodes
- 20 (all ten seasons)
Facts from the source article.
Background
Jack is known for inappropriate remarks - in London he calls Emily's father a cheap thieving man - which he tries to excuse with "I'm just saying...". He let his in-laws think he was a lawyer, though his work was in the military, and he secretly smoked, blaming the cigarettes on Judy. Both parents favour Ross, but Jack is the kinder one: he calls Monica his little harmonica, consoles her after Richard Burke, his own long-time friend 21 years her senior, and gives her his Porsche after her childhood belongings are ruined by a flood. He and Judy mistrusted Chandler because Ross had blamed his college pot-smoking on him, and warmed to him once the truth came out. The Seattle Times ranked Jack and Judy together as the show's second-best guest characters, and in the finale Monica names her son Jack after him.
Jack appears from "The One With The Sonogram At The End" to "The One With The Cake"; the Gellers are the only parents of a main character seen in every season.
Source
Text adapted from Jack Geller on Friends Central (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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