David Schwimmer 1966 58
David Schwimmer 1966 58
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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2025 A Sprinkle Of History as Bill Rosenberg
2024 Little Death as Martin Solomon
2022 David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
2022 The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
2021 Friends: The Reunion as Self Executive Producer
2019 The Laundromat as Matthew Quirk
2019 Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary as Ross Geller
2018 LOVE Executive Producer
2018 That's Harassment as Boss Executive Producer
2016 Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
2013 Madly Madagascar as Melman (voice)
2012 The Iceman as Josh Rosenthal
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Melman (voice)
2012 Another Dirty Movie as Self (uncredited)
2012 John Carter as Young Thark Warrior
2010 Trust Producer, Director
2009 Merry Madagascar as Melman (voice)
2008 Nothing But the Truth as Ray Armstrong
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as Melman (voice)
2007 Run Fatboy Run Director
2006 Big Nothing as Charlie
2005 Duane Hopwood as Duane Hopwood
2005 Madagascar as Melman (voice)
2005 New Car Smell Director
2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001 Uprising as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
2001 Hotel as Jonathan Danderfine
2001 The Making of 'Band of Brothers' as Self
2000 Picking Up the Pieces as Father Leo Jerome
2000 Love & Sex as Jehovah's Witness
1999 It's the Rage as Chris
1998 Apt Pupil as Edward French
1998 The Thin Pink Line as Kelly Goodich / J.T.
1998 Six Days Seven Nights as Frank Martin
1998 Since You've Been Gone as Robert S. Levitt Director
1998 Kissing a Fool as Max Abbitt Executive Producer
1997 Breast Men as Dr. Kevin Saunders
1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1996 The Pallbearer as Tom Thompson
1994 Friends as Ross Geller
1994 Wolf as Cop
1993 Twenty Bucks as Neil Campbell
1993 The Waiter as Evil Waiter
1992 Crossing the Bridge as John Anderson
1991 Flight of the Intruder as Duty Officer
1989 A Deadly Silence as Rob Cuccio