James Michael Tyler (1962–2021), played Gunther on “Friends”

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James Michael Tyler was an actor best known for playing Gunther, the barista at Central Perk, on “Friends.”Tyler’s best-known role was Gunther, the coffee shop worker who had a longstanding unrequited crush on Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel Green character.

He was a regular recurring character on the show, appearing in more than half of its episodes as the show’s most frequent guest star.

Tyler also made appearances on TV shows including “Just Shoot Me,” “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” and “Scrubs.”“I went in with the white hair kind of by mistake.

A friend of mine had bleached it, literally the night before I went in as an extra. He was practicing on my head because he wanted to be a stylist.