Joey Tribbiani

Joey Tribbiani is a fictional character who appears on the NBC sitcom Friends and as the main character in the spin-off Joey. In both series, Matt LeBlanc plays him. He is a struggling Italian-American actor living in New York City with Chandler Bing, his roommate and best friend (Matthew Perry). Chandler shared a house with a few other roommates when he moved out to live with Monica. He is a New York Catholic from Queens. As a child, he had a history of mishaps.

Joey is depicted as promiscuous and dimwitted, but also loyal, caring, and protective of his friends. He is a womanizer who enjoys food and has had more dating success than the other members of the group. He has a childish side, contrary to his image as a "ladies' man". He likes to play video games and play foosball, eat sandwiches and pizza, and watch Baywatch and Beavis and Butthead. As a struggling actor, he is constantly looking for work. He was ordained as a minister in "The One with the Truth About London" and officiated at Monica and Chandler's and Phoebe and Mike's weddings. He dislikes sharing food, especially pizza, and struggles with even simple mathematics. In sports, Joey likes the New York Yankees in baseball, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks in basketball, New York Giants and New York Jets in football, and the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers in hockey. In the show, it is shown that Joey enjoys watching the television show Baywatch and pornographic films.