David Schwimmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 2, 1966 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Friends
Movie
A Sprinkle of History
Movie · as Bill Rosenberg
Band of Brothers: Legacy
Movie · as Self
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
TV · as Anthony Brewer · 8 eps
Junk
Movie · as Martin Solomon
Extrapolations
TV · as Harris Goldblatt · 1 ep
Captain Fall
TV · 1 ep
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Movie · as Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Movie · as Self
Friends: The Reunion
Movie · as Self
Mysterious Planet
TV · as Narrator · 5 eps
Intelligence
TV · as Jerry · 12 eps
The Laundromat
Movie · as Matthew Quirk
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
Movie · as Ross Geller
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
That's Harassment
Movie · as Boss
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Big Narstie Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Will & Grace
TV · as Noah Broader · 7 eps
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Movie · as Self
American Crime Story
TV · as Robert Kardashian · 10 eps
Feed the Beast
TV · as Tommy Moran · 10 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Madly Madagascar
Movie · as Melman (voice)
The Iceman
Movie · as Josh Rosenthal
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Movie · as Melman (voice)
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
John Carter
Movie · as Young Thark Warrior
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Movie · as Melman (voice)
Episodes
TV · as David Schwimmer · 1 ep
Web Therapy
TV · as Newell L. Miller · 4 eps
Come Fly with Me
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Merry Madagascar
Movie · as Melman (voice)
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Movie · as Melman (voice)
Nothing but the Truth
Movie · as Ray Armstrong
Run Fatboy Run
Movie · as Man with Beer (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Big Nothing
Movie · as Charlie
30 Rock
TV · as Greenzo / Jared · 1 ep
Madagascar
Movie · as Melman (voice)
Duane Hopwood
Movie · as Duane Hopwood
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Entourage
TV · as David Schwimmer · 1 ep
Celebrity Poker Showdown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Uprising
Movie · as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
Hotel
Movie · as Jonathan Danderfine
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Movie · as Self
Uprising
TV · as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman · 2 eps
Band of Brothers
TV · as Herbert M. Sobel, Herbert Sobel · 3 eps
It's the Rage
Movie · as Chris
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie · as Father Leo Jerome
Love & Sex
Movie · as Jehovah's Witness
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as David Schwimmer · 4 eps
Six Days Seven Nights
Movie · as Frank Martin
Apt Pupil
Movie · as Edward French
Since You've Been Gone
Movie · as Robert S. Levitt
Kissing a Fool
Movie · as Max Abbitt
The Thin Pink Line
Movie · as Kelly Goodich / J.T.
Breast Men
Movie · as Dr. Kevin Saunders
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie · as Self
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pallbearer
Movie · as Tom Thompson
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Single Guy
TV · as Ross Geller · 1 ep
Wolf
Movie · as Cop
Friends
TV · as Ross Geller · 228 eps
Monty
TV · as Greg Richardson · 13 eps
Twenty Bucks
Movie · as Neil Campbell
The Waiter
Movie · as Evil Waiter
Crossing the Bridge
Movie · as John Anderson
Flight of the Intruder
Movie · as Duty Officer
A Deadly Silence
Movie · as Rob Cuccio
The Wonder Years
TV · as Michael · 4 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
L.A. Law
TV · as Dana Romney, City Attorney Dana Romney · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep