Elliott Gould
("Buddha" Stanzione)

Elliott Gould has appeared in more than 100 films including M*A*S*H*, which earned him a Golden Globe® nomination, and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which earned him an Academy Award® nomination. His other film credits include Ocean's Eleven, Nashville, The Silent Partner, A Bridge Too Far and The Long Goodbye. He has worked with such notable directors as Robert Altman, Richard Attenborough, William Dieterle, Daryl Duke, Irvin Kershner, Barry Levinson, Paul Mazursky, Dino Risi, Richard Rush, Mark Rydell and Steven Soderbergh, as well as being the first American performer chosen by Ingmar Bergman to appear in The Touch.

On television, Gould has hosted Saturday Night Live six times, the first of which won the show its first Emmy®. Gould can frequently be seen as the father of Monica and Ross Geller on the popular television sitcom Friends. As a producer, Gould has presented such films as Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask and Jules Feiffer's Little Murders. He currently serves on the board of the Screen Actors Guild.