Paul Rudd played Mike Hannigan, Phoebe Buffay’s husband, on Friends.
Mike Hannigan first appears during the show’s ninth season after Joey Tribbiani agrees to find a date for Phoebe. Joey forgets to arrange one, so he approaches a stranger in Central Park and introduces him as Mike. The character was played by Paul Rudd, who appeared in multiple episodes across the ninth and tenth seasons.
Mike and Phoebe develop a relationship despite their different backgrounds. Mike initially describes himself as a lawyer, although he previously worked as a pianist. Their story culminates in a wedding in the season-ten episode “The One with Phoebe’s Wedding,” filmed in New York City during a snowstorm in the plot.
The role is sometimes confused with Paul Rudd’s later film characters, particularly Scott Lang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mike Hannigan is a television character in Friends, and Rudd’s casting made him one of the show’s best-known later recurring guest performers.