David Schwimmer
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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Known for
Friends
Ross Geller
Curb Your Enthusiasm
David Schwimmer
30 Rock
Greenzo / Jared
Band of Brothers
Herbert M. Sobel
Band of Brothers
Herbert Sobel
Entourage
David Schwimmer
The Wonder Years
Michael
Madagascar
Melman (voice)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Melman (voice)
American Crime Story
Robert Kardashian
L.A. Law
City Attorney Dana Romney
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Melman (voice)
Six Days Seven Nights
Frank Martin
John Carter
Young Thark Warrior
Flight of the Intruder
Duty Officer
Nothing But the Truth
Ray Armstrong
Little Death
Martin Solomon
Will & Grace
Noah
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
Anthony Brewer
The Iceman
Josh Rosenthal
Extrapolations
Harris Goldblatt
Crossing the Bridge
John Anderson
Episodes
David Schwimmer
It's the Rage
Chris
Friends: The Reunion
Self
Madly Madagascar
Melman (voice)
The Single Guy
Ross Geller
Apt Pupil
Edward French
A Deadly Silence
Rob Cuccio
Merry Madagascar
Melman (voice)
The Laundromat
Matthew Quirk
Wolf
Cop
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
Hotel
Jonathan Danderfine
The Pallbearer
Tom Thompson
A Sprinkle of History
Bill Rosenberg
Uprising
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
Picking Up the Pieces
Father Leo Jerome
Big Nothing
Charlie
Breast Men
Dr. Kevin Saunders
Captain Fall
The Thin Pink Line
Kelly Goodich / J.T.
Web Therapy
Newell L. Miller
Kissing a Fool
Max Abbitt
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
Intelligence
Jerry
Come Fly with Me
Himself
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
Ross Geller
The Waiter
Evil Waiter
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
Monty
Greg Richardson
Twenty Bucks
Neil Campbell
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Self (archive footage)
That's Harassment
Boss
Feed the Beast
Tommy Moran
Love & Sex
Jehovah's Witness
E! True Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
Since You've Been Gone
Robert S. Levitt
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
Self (uncredited)
Uprising
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self
Duane Hopwood
Duane Hopwood
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Mysterious Planet
Narrator
The Daily Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
The View
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Reichen Show
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
The Big Narstie Show
Self
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Self