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David Schwimmer
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David Schwimmer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-11-02,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.916

Madagascar
2005-05-25

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

6.5

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008-10-30

6.1

Wolf
1994-06-17

6.6

Uprising
2001-11-04

Six Days Seven Nights

6.087

Six Days Seven Nights
1998-06-12

4.9

The Pallbearer
1996-05-03

5.3

It's the Rage
1999-09-11

Merry Madagascar

6.454

Merry Madagascar
2009-11-16

6.531

Apt Pupil
1998-10-23

5.7

Duane Hopwood
2005-11-11

6.5

Big Nothing
2006-12-01

Nothing But the Truth

7

Nothing But the Truth
2008-12-19

Since You've Been Gone

4.571

Since You've Been Gone
1998-06-06

5.5

Kissing a Fool
1998-02-27

6.558

The Iceman
2012-09-01

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

6.6

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012-06-06

5.763

Twenty Bucks
1993-10-21

5.231

Breast Men
1997-12-13

Madly Madagascar

6.483

Madly Madagascar
2013-01-29

3.326

Hotel
2001-09-12

The Thin Pink Line

4.9

The Thin Pink Line
1998-10-07

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

0

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05

Picking Up the Pieces

4.258

Picking Up the Pieces
2000-05-26

The Fringe, Fame and Me

0

The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022-08-08

National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie

2.3

National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
2012-04-25

10

Little Death
2024-01-19

0

The Waiter
1993-06-01

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

10

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022-11-21

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

4.115

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016-02-21

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

7.3

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997-02-24

A Deadly Silence

6.2

A Deadly Silence
1989-04-16

Crossing the Bridge

5.8

Crossing the Bridge
1992-09-11

Flight of the Intruder

5.7

Flight of the Intruder
1991-01-18

6.011

The Laundromat
2019-09-27

6.1

Love & Sex
2000-02-23

Friends: The Reunion

7.854

Friends: The Reunion
2021-05-27

Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary

8.4

Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019-09-23

6.35

John Carter
2012-03-07

That's Harassment

10

That's Harassment
2018-01-26

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

0

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
2001-09-09

A Sprinkle of History

0

A Sprinkle of History
2025-12-25

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

7.889

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025-02-25

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

6.3

The Single Guy
1995-09-21

8.429

Friends
1994-09-22

E! True Hollywood Story

8.103

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

The Wonder Years

8.328

The Wonder Years
1988-01-31

7.462

30 Rock
2006-10-11

Band of Brothers

8.574

Band of Brothers
2001-09-09

The Graham Norton Show

7.185

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

0

Monty
1994-01-11

6.031

Extrapolations
2023-03-16

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

7.5

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018-03-06

Saturday Night Live

6.96

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

7.893

Police Squad!
1982-03-04

American Crime Story

7.568

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.015

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

6.038

Feed the Beast
2016-06-05

6.589

Captain Fall
2023-07-28

Come Fly with Me

7.016

Come Fly with Me
2010-12-25

7.233

Episodes
2011-01-09

Mysterious Planet

7

Mysterious Planet
2020-02-20

The Reichen Show

4.8

The Reichen Show
2005-11-11

Celebrity Poker Showdown

0

Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003-12-02

6.813

Web Therapy
2011-07-19

7.477

Will & Grace
2017-09-28

6.255

Intelligence
2020-02-21

The Graham Norton Show

7.185

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

Entertainment Tonight

4.12

Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15

7.1

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.84

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014-04-27

The Big Narstie Show

4

The Big Narstie Show
2018-06-29

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

5.5

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019-07-19

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.669

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.2

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Goosebumps: The Vanishing

6.755

Goosebumps: The Vanishing
2025-01-10

7.361

Entourage
2004-07-18