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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Schwimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Nov 2, 1966 In Astoria, New York, États-Unis
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the series The Wonder Years 1988-01-31
Latest Project:
Movie Little Death 2024-01-19
Known For
Poster of Hotel
Poster of It's the Rage
Poster of The Daily Show
Poster of Friends
Filmography
Movie Little Death Martin Solomon 2024-01-19
Movie Madagascar 4 Melman 2021-04-20
Movie Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows Self 2016-02-21
Series Feed the Beast Tommy Moran 2016-06-05
Movie Madly Madagascar Melman (voice) 2013-01-29
Movie John Carter Young Thark Warrior 2012-03-07
Movie Another Dirty Movie Self (uncredited) 2012-04-25
Movie Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Melman (voice) 2012-06-06
Movie The Iceman Josh Rosenthal 2012-09-01
Series Episodes David Schwimmer 2011-01-09
Movie Homophobic Friends Ross Geller 2011-10-09
Movie Merry Madagascar Melman (voice) 2009-11-16
Movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Melman (voice) 2008-10-30
Movie Nothing But the Truth Ray Armstrong 2008-12-19
Series 30 Rock Unknown 2006-10-11
Movie Big Nothing Charlie 2006-12-01
Movie Duane Hopwood Duane Hopwood 2005-11-11
Series Band of Brothers Herbert Sobel 2001-09-09
Movie Uprising Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman 2001-11-04
Movie Hotel Jonathan Danderfine 2001-09-12
Movie Love & Sex Jehovah's Witness 2000-02-23
Movie Picking Up the Pieces Father Leo Jerome 2000-05-26
Movie It's the Rage Chris 1999-09-11
Movie Six Days Seven Nights Frank Martin 1998-06-12
Movie Kissing a Fool Max Abbitt 1998-02-27
Movie The Thin Pink Line Kelly Goodich / J.T. 1998-10-07
Movie Apt Pupil Edward French 1998-10-23
Movie Til There Was You Kelly Goodish / J.T. 1997-05-30
Movie Breast Men Dr. Kevin Saunders 1997-12-13
Movie Scream 2 (archive footage) 1997-12-12
Movie The Pallbearer Tom Thompson 1996-05-03
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Series Monty 1994-01-11
Movie Wolf Cop 1994-06-17
Series Friends Ross Geller 1994-09-22
Movie The Waiter Evil Waiter 1993-06-01
Movie Twenty Bucks Neil Campbell 1993-10-21
Movie Crossing the Bridge John Anderson 1992-09-11
Movie Flight of the Intruder Duty Officer 1991-01-18
Movie A Deadly Silence Rob Cuccio 1989-04-16
Series The Wonder Years Michael 1988-01-31
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