He gained fame for his role as Frank Rossitano on the long-running hit television comedy series 30 Rock. His character was a hilarious unkempt and sleazy television writer, a foil to both Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin’s characters. So when director J.J. Abrams was casting the first new Star Wars film in many years, he had many small roles to give out. Friedlander was able to nab Star Wars immortality by appearing as an unnamed patron in the scene at Maz Kanata’s bar on the planet Takodana. (Side note: one of his fellow bar patrons is Miltos Yerolemou, known to Game of Thrones fans as Master Syrio Forel, former First Sword of Bravos, and instructor to Arya Stark.)