David Schwimmer
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieMatthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025
Self (archive footage)
tvGoosebumps: The Vanishing
2025
Anthony Brewer
movieLittle Death
2024
Martin Solomon
tvExtrapolations
2023
Harris Goldblatt
tvIntelligence
2020
Jerry
tvMysterious Planet
2020
Narrator
movieThe Laundromat
2019
Matthew Quirk
tvFeed the Beast
2016
Tommy Moran
tvAmerican Crime Story
2016
Robert Kardashian
movieMadly Madagascar
2013
Melman (voice)
movieDreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
Melman (voice)
movieThe Iceman
2012
Josh Rosenthal
movieMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Melman (voice)
movieNational Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
2012
Self (uncredited)
movieJohn Carter
2012
Young Thark Warrior
tvWeb Therapy
2011
Newell L. Miller
tvEpisodes
2011
David Schwimmer
tvCome Fly with Me
2010
Himself
movieMerry Madagascar
2009
Melman (voice)
movieNothing but the Truth
2008
Ray Armstrong
movieMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Melman (voice)
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007
Self / Self - Guest
movieBig Nothing
2006
Charlie
tv30 Rock
2006
Greenzo / Jared
movieDuane Hopwood
2005
Duane Hopwood
movieMadagascar
2005
Melman (voice)
tvEntourage
2004
David Schwimmer
movieUprising
2001
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
tvUprising
2001
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
movieHotel
2001
Jonathan Danderfine
tvBand of Brothers
2001
Herbert M. Sobel
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
David Schwimmer
moviePicking Up the Pieces
2000
Father Leo Jerome
movieLove & Sex
2000
Jehovah's Witness
movieApt Pupil
1998
Edward French
movieThe Thin Pink Line
1998
Kelly Goodich / J.T.
movieSix Days Seven Nights
1998
Frank Martin
movieSince You've Been Gone
1998
Robert S. Levitt
movieKissing a Fool
1998
Max Abbitt
movieBreast Men
1997
Dr. Kevin Saunders
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Pallbearer
1996
Tom Thompson
tvThe Single Guy
1995
Ross Geller
tvFriends
1994
Ross Geller
tvMonty
1994
Greg Richardson
movieTwenty Bucks
1993
Neil Campbell
The Waiter
1993
Evil Waiter
movieCrossing the Bridge
1992
John Anderson
movieFlight of the Intruder
1991
Duty Officer
movieA Deadly Silence
1989
Rob Cuccio
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvThe Wonder Years
1988
Michael
tvL.A. Law
1986
Dana Romney / City Attorney Dana Romney
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
A Sprinkle of History
Bill Rosenberg
Directing8
tvGrowing Up Fisher
2014
Director
movieTrust
2010
Director
tvLittle Britain USA
2008
Director
movieRun Fatboy Run
2007
Director
tvJoey
2004
Director
movieSince You've Been Gone
1998
Director
tvFriends
1994
Director
Production6
movieFriends: The Reunion
2021
Executive Producer
tvIntelligence
2020
Executive Producer
movieNational Theatre Live: LOVE
2018
Executive Producer
movieThat's Harassment
2018
Executive Producer
movieTrust
2010
Producer
movieKissing a Fool
1998
Executive Producer