Ross Eustace Geller[2] (born October 18, 1968)[3] portrayed by David Schwimmer, is one of the six main characters of the NBC sitcom Friends.

[6] Ross is a paleontologist and has a Ph.D. His romantic feelings toward Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), which began as a high-school infatuation, are an ongoing theme of his narrative arc.

[7] Ross gets divorced and is newly single in the first episode because his wife, Carol (Jane Sibbett), has realized she's a lesbian.

In a "flashback" episode, they are alone at a bar and start kissing, but the moment quickly passes when Ross keeps bumping his head.

Phoebe also helps Ross on numerous occasions, ultimately making him realize that he loves Rachel and they are meant to be together.

Over all, Ross is portrayed as a very sweet, loving, and adorable character who is always looking out for everyone's best interests, and he is often the most mature compared to the rest of the gang (despite his ego, outbursts, and paranoia).

He also had a major interest in music, playing the keyboard for hours in the basement of their house in Long Island.

In the Season 1 finale, Ross has to go to China for his work so he asks Chandler to give Rachel the birthday present which he had bought for her.

However, they take a break from their relationship on their one-year anniversary after Rachel's overtime work prevents them from spending time together.

This marriage ends in a divorce after a failed application for an annulment; the two sadly admit that they thought if they ever married each other it would last.

Rachel soon moves out of Ross's apartment in the middle of Season 9 when she realizes their platonic situation is not working.

In the final episode of the show, when Rachel is moving to Paris for her job with a new fashion brand, Ross tells her at the airport that he loves her and asks not to leave.

Carol (Anita Barone for the pilot episode, Jane Sibbett thereafter) is Ross's first wife and the mother of his son Ben.

In the very first episode, Carol has just moved out of their apartment after coming out of the closet as a lesbian and leaving Ross for a woman named Susan Bunch, whom she later marries.

It is also revealed they shared a steamy session at Disneyland behind the "Dutch children" in It's a Small World, which got them a lifetime ban from the theme park.

Ross maintains a fairly healthy relationship with Carol after their divorce, and both decide to raise Ben together through shared parenting; but he doesn't hide his contempt for Susan as she "destroyed their marriage" and initially wanted to keep him out of Ben's life, having once told him that the baby was not his and would not have the surname "Geller".

Ross gives Carol away at the wedding and shares a dance with Susan, who develops a newfound respect for him.

Exploring what could have happened if Ross and Carol never got divorced, it is revealed that they have been on a sexual dry spell that has lasted for months.

During ideas to improve their sex life, Carol suddenly becomes very excited when Ross proposes that they have a threesome with another woman.

Picking Susan, whom she met at her gym just like in the real timeline, the two women immediately proceed to have sex without Ross right in front of him, seemingly indifferent to his feelings.

Ross later explains to Joey that he felt like a third wheel, trying to be involved while Susan kept kicking him away, and ended up being so bored he made himself a sandwich.

Ross realizes his wife is a lesbian when Rachel states outright that Carol "sounds gay."

Shortly before Emily gets remarried to another man, she gets cold feet and leaves a message on Ross's answering machine asking whether their divorce was a mistake.

Despite Monica pleading with her to keep Ross in the dark about it, Rachel tells him that Emily called, as she believes he should be in charge of his own happiness.

Ross Geller has become a well-known figure in pop culture, particularly due to his relationship with Rachel Green, his neurotic nature, and his love for dinosaurs.

[11] In October 2016, Ross Geller was voted "the Best Friends Character" in an international poll held by Comedy Central, during six weeks of "FriendsFest" on the channel.