1966-11-02 New York City, New York, USA
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor and director of television and film. He was born in New York, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was two. He began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. For much of the late-1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor. He appeared in the television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989. He then appeared in a number of television roles, including L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, NYPD Blue, and Monty in the early 1990s. Schwimmer later gained worldwide recognition for playing Ross Geller in the situation comedy Friends. Aside from appearing in television, he starred in his first leading role in The Pallbearer (1996), which was followed by roles in Kissing a Fool (1998), Six Days Seven Nights (1998), Apt Pupil, and Picking Up the Pieces (2000). He was then cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) as Herbert Sobel. Following the series finale of Friends in 2004, Schwimmer was cast as the titular character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood. Other film roles include the computer animated film Madagascar (2005), the dark comedy Big Nothing (2006), the thriller Nothing But the Truth (2008), and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008). Schwimmer made his London stage debut in the leading role in Some Girl(s) in 2005. In 2006, he made his Broadway debut in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Schwimmer made his feature film directorial debut with the 2007 comedy Run Fatboy Run. The following year he made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in the 2008 production Fault Lines. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Schwimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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A Sprinkle Of History | Bill Rosenberg | 2025-12-25 |
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Little Death | Martin Solomon | 2024-01-19 |
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The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | 2022-08-08 |
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David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count | Self | 2022-11-21 |
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Friends: The Reunion | Self | 2021-05-27 |
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Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary | Ross Geller | 2019-09-23 |
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The Laundromat | Matthew Quirk | 2019-09-27 |
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That's Harassment | Boss | 2018-01-26 |
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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
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Madly Madagascar | Melman (voice) | 2013-01-29 |
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The Iceman | Josh Rosenthal | 2012-09-01 |
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Another Dirty Movie | Self (uncredited) | 2012-04-25 |
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Melman (voice) | 2012-06-06 |
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John Carter | Young Thark Warrior | 2012-03-07 |
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Merry Madagascar | Melman (voice) | 2009-11-16 |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Melman (voice) | 2008-10-30 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Ray Armstrong | 2008-12-19 |
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Big Nothing | Charlie | 2006-12-01 |
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Madagascar | Melman (voice) | 2005-05-25 |
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Duane Hopwood | Duane Hopwood | 2005-11-11 |
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
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Uprising | Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman | 2001-11-04 |
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Hotel | Jonathan Danderfine | 2001-09-12 |
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The Making of 'Band of Brothers' | Self | 2001-09-09 |
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Picking Up the Pieces | Father Leo Jerome | 2000-05-26 |
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Love & Sex | Jehovah's Witness | 2000-02-23 |
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It's the Rage | Chris | 1999-09-11 |
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The Thin Pink Line | Kelly Goodich / J.T. | 1998-10-07 |
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Apt Pupil | Edward French | 1998-10-23 |
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Kissing a Fool | Max Abbitt | 1998-02-27 |
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Since You've Been Gone | Robert S. Levitt | 1998-06-06 |
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Six Days Seven Nights | Frank Martin | 1998-06-12 |
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
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Breast Men | Dr. Kevin Saunders | 1997-12-13 |
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The Pallbearer | Tom Thompson | 1996-05-03 |
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Wolf | Cop | 1994-06-17 |
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Twenty Bucks | Neil Campbell | 1993-10-21 |
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The Waiter | Evil Waiter | 1993-06-01 |
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Crossing the Bridge | John Anderson | 1992-09-11 |
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Flight of the Intruder | Duty Officer | 1991-01-18 |
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A Deadly Silence | Rob Cuccio | 1989-04-16 |
