Photos: James Michael Tyler through the years

James Michael Tyler Actor James Michael Tyler, known for his role as Gunther from the television show "Friends," sits on a couch inside a temporary "pop up" reproduction of the "Central Perk" coffee shop a center piece set of the television situation comedy in New York September 15, 2014. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 22, 1994, premiere of "Friends," the Eight O'Clock Coffee Company, a subsidiary of Tata Global Beverages and Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. subsidiary, will open "Central Perk" to the public from September 17, through October 18, and serve free coffee. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)