Friends' Ugly Naked Guy has finally been identified 

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Across the street from Monica and Rachel’s flat lived a man who

fans need no introduction to; the Ugly Naked Guy.

The character, who Phoebe once described as being cute before (becoming overweight), was seen on screen on three occasions. 

Each time, his face was turned away, his identity never revealed (even though he shared a very intimate scene with Ross).

Finally, after years of keeping his identity secret, the Ugly Naked Guy from across the street has identified himself in public.

, Todd Van Luling details his year-long struggle in attempting to find out who played the Ugly Naked Guy (UNG). 

After reaching out to members of the cast, directors, and casting agents, the writer reached out to Central Casting - the team who cast the extras in Friends - for the second time. One member of the team finally got back to him, saying they found UNG.

“Finally, one year after my journey began, I got on the phone with the man of mystery,” Luling writes. “His name: Jon Haugen.”

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“You want to let the world know who the real Ugly Naked Guy is, huh?” Hagen asked. “There’s only one Ugly Naked Guy, man, and that was me.

“The reason I never came forward,” he explained, “was because I was just keeping it mellow because Warner Brothers was keeping it mellow. They wanted everybody to have a guess who I was.” 

Speaking with other members of the team, they seemingly recognised Haugen’s claim and - while they couldn’t say beyond reasonable doubt he was involved - everyone seemingly agreed he was UNG.

Brad Pitt played Will Colbert, the boy Rachel used to bully at school (we know, how could she?). The pair were still married in real life at the time

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal played best friends who crashed the iconic orange couch in Friends coffee shop Central Perk (awkward). Williams\' character began stressing over his suspicions that his wife was cheating on him, while the bemused group of friends listened in

Freddie Prinze Jr played Rachel and Ross\' male nanny Sandy, much to Ross\' initial disapproval. He had a tendency to cry but put on flute and puppet shows for Emma

Charlie Sheen played Phoebe\'s former Navy man lover Ryan in \'The One with the Chicken Pox\'. Ross\' son Ben had chicken pox and the couple, who had never had the virus, ended up falling ill. Needless to say, Ryan didn\'t show up again

Danny Devito starred as 50-year-old stripper \'Officer Roy Goodbody\' at Phoebe\'s bachelorette party. He broke down in tears after the friends were initially unimpressed, bu then Phoebe told him to give it his all...

Model Elle Macpherson made an appearance as Janine Lecroix, Joey\'s roommate and eventual girlfriend. No, we weren\'t quite convinced by that one either...

Absolutely Fabulous\' Jennifer Saunders starred as Ross\' mother-in-law to be, Emily\'s mother Andrea. Let\'s just say it\'s a good job he said the wrong name at the wedding

Bruce Willis starred as the father of Ross\' girlfriend Elizabeth. He did not like Ross. In fact, he really, really didn\'t like Ross. But he did like Rachel. So that was all a bit awkward

Brooke Shields made one of the early cameo appearances as Joey\'s crazy stalker Erica. She believed he was actually Dr Drake Ramoray, the character he played on Days of Our Lives. Then there was some hand licking...

Alec Baldwin played Phoebe\'s new boyfriend Parker in \'The One in Massapequa\'. He drove everyone mad with his incessant OTT compliments and Phoebe demanded he \'be much less happy\'

Sean Penn played the fiance of Phoebe\'s twin sister Ursula. But when Phoebe met her brother-in-law to be she found out that Ursula had lied to him about, well, pretty much everything

Denise Richards appeared in \'The One With Ross And Monica\'s Cousin\' as Cassie. The Gellers hadn\'t seen her in years and her utter gorgeousness caused Ross to overstep the mark. To be fair, we don\'t blame him

Don\'t believe that Julia Roberts would ever date Chandler? That\'s because her character Susie \'Underpants\' Moss was out for revenge after Chandler pulled up her skirt at school. He ended up wearing nothing but her knickers in a restaurant toilet

As Phoebe and Monica\'s old roommate Amanda, Jennifer Coolidge was a bit of a handful (ok, that\'s an understatement). \'Look at me!\'; \'Smell my neck!\' were just some of her remarks. And then she went and told Monica that Phoebe had once attempted to \'cut her out\'

Winona Ryder played Melissa, one of Rachel\'s old school friends. The pair had shared a kiss during a sorority party. Years later, Melissa declared her undying love. Rachel said: \'I\'m just a good kisser\'

Greg Kinnear played the boyfriend of Ross\' new flame Charlie. Dr Benjamin Hobart was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning paleontologist - who also happened to run the grant committee Ross had applied to. Dr Hobart wanted Ross to break up with Charlie; but then Charlie realised she still loved him and they got together anyway

Paul Rudd played Mike Hannigan, Phoebe\'s boyfriend and eventual husband. They met after Joey failed to set up a blind date for his friend and then randomly shouted out \'Mike\' in Central Perk. Well, it\'s an alternative to Tinder...

Dakota Fanning played the precocious daughter of a couple whose house Monica and Chandler were viewing. She befriended Joey, who wasn\'t too happy about his friends moving to the suburbs

Jeff Goldblum played director Leonard Hayes. He was seriously impressed by Joey\'s audition for his play, but didn\'t realise his agitated performance was fuelled by a desperate need to pee. Until Joey relieved himself when the pair hugged...

Christina Applegate played Rachel\'s younger sister Amy. Rachel and Ross got pretty mad when she mistook Emma for a boy and kept calling her Emmitt. She insulted everyone else to boot

Talking about the naked scene he shares with Ross, the extra admitted: “I was in boxer shorts. At first, I was feeling a little shy because I had about 500 people watching me in the audience besides the crew and everything. 

“But after about two minutes went by, I was real comfortable and David Schwimmer was real comfortable. We were just in boxer shorts and they made it look like we were naked.”

reunion - something Mathew Perry has recently spoken unfavourably about.