Claim: David Schwimmer finished acting in Friends on October 8, 2004.
Evidence: After the series finale of Friends in 2004 , Schwimmer was cast as the title character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood.
Friends -LRB- stylized as F • R • I • E • N • D • S -RRB- is an American television sitcom , created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman , which aired on NBC from September 22 , 1994 , to May 6 , 2004 , lasting ten seasons.