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.
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Filmography
all 77
Movies 42
TV Shows 35
self 20
Director 7
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Voice 1
Little Death (2024)
Goosebumps (2023)
Captain Fall (2023)
Extrapolations (2023)
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)
The Fringe, Fame and Me (2022)
Friends: The Reunion (2021)
Intelligence (2020)
Mysterious Planet (2020)
The Laundromat (2019)
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary (2019)
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (2019)
LOVE (2018)
The Big Narstie Show (2018)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018)
That's Harassment (2018)
Will & Grace (2017)
Feed the Beast (2016)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
American Crime Story (2016)
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Growing Up Fisher (2014)
Madly Madagascar (2013)
The Iceman (2012)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Another Dirty Movie (2012)
John Carter (2012)
Web Therapy (2011)
Come Fly with Me (2010)
Trust (2010)
Merry Madagascar (2009)
Nothing But the Truth (2008)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Little Britain USA (2008)
Run, Fatboy, Run (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Big Nothing (2006)
30 Rock (2006)
The Reichen Show (2005)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Madagascar (2005)
Dreamworks Happy Holidays from Madagascar (2005)
Joey (2004)
Celebrity Poker Showdown (2003)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
Uprising (2001)
Hotel (2001)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Love & Sex (2000)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
It's the Rage (1999)
Apt Pupil (1998)
The Thin Pink Line (1998)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Kissing a Fool (1998)
Breast Men (1997)
The View (1997)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Pallbearer (1996)
The Single Guy (1995)
Friends (1994)
Wolf (1994)
Monty (1994)
Twenty Bucks (1993)
Crossing the Bridge (1992)
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
A Deadly Silence (1989)
The Wonder Years (1988)
L.A. Law (1986)
Police Squad! (1982)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Waiter
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1966-11-02 (57 years old)
Birth NameDavid Lawrence Schwimmer
Birth PlaceFlushing, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
Height1.85-meter
RelationshipsZoë Buckman (2010-01-01 - 2017-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsΝτέιβιντ Σουίμερ, 데이빗 쉼머, Дэвид Швиммер, 大卫·休默, Девід Швіммер, David Schwimmer Arquette, David Lawrence Schwimmer
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