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.

Filmography

• 2027A Sprinkle of History — Bill Rosenberg
• Goosebumps: The Vanishing — Anthony Brewer
• 2024Little Death — Martin Solomon
• Captain Fall
• Extrapolations — Harris Goldblatt
• 2021Friends: The Reunion — Self, Executive Producer
• Intelligence — Jerry, Executive Producer
• Mysterious Planet — Narrator
• 2019Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary — Ross Geller
• 2019The Laundromat — Matthew Quirk
• 2018National Theatre Live: LOVE — Executive Producer
• 2018That's Harassment — Boss, Executive Producer
• Will & Grace — Noah
• American Crime Story — Robert Kardashian
• Feed the Beast — Tommy Moran
• Growing Up Fisher — Director
• 2013Madly Madagascar — Melman (voice)
• 2012Dreamworks: Holiday Classics — Melman (voice)
• 2012John Carter — Young Thark Warrior
• 2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted — Melman (voice)
• 2012The Iceman — Josh Rosenthal
• Episodes — David Schwimmer
• Web Therapy — Newell L. Miller
• 2010Trust — Producer, Director
• 2009Merry Madagascar — Melman (voice)
• Little Britain USA — Director
• 2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa — Melman (voice)
• 2008Nothing But the Truth — Ray Armstrong
• 2007Run Fatboy Run — Man with Beer (uncredited), Director
• 30 Rock — Greenzo / Jared
• 2006Big Nothing — Charlie
• 2005Duane Hopwood — Duane Hopwood
• 2005Madagascar — Melman (voice)
• 2005New Car Smell — Director
• Entourage — David Schwimmer
• Joey — Director
• Band of Brothers — Herbert M. Sobel
• 2001Hotel — Jonathan Danderfine
• 2001Uprising — Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
• Uprising — Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — David Schwimmer
• 2000It's the Rage — Chris
• 2000Love & Sex — Jehovah's Witness
• 2000Picking Up the Pieces — Father Leo Jerome
• 1998Apt Pupil — Edward French
• 1998Kissing a Fool — Max Abbitt, Executive Producer
• 1998Since You've Been Gone — Robert S. Levitt, Director
• 1998Six Days Seven Nights — Frank Martin
• 1998The Thin Pink Line — Kelly Goodich / J.T.
• 1997Breast Men — Dr. Kevin Saunders
• 1996The Pallbearer — Tom Thompson
• The Single Guy — Ross Geller
• Friends — Ross Geller, Director
• Monty — Greg Richardson
• 1994Wolf — Cop
• 1993The Waiter — Evil Waiter
• 1993Twenty Bucks — Neil Campbell
• 1992Crossing the Bridge — John Anderson
• 1991Flight of the Intruder — Duty Officer
• 1989A Deadly Silence — Rob Cuccio
• The Wonder Years — Michael
• L.A. Law — Dana Romney, City Attorney Dana Romney

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2026Band of Brothers: Legacy — Self
• 2025Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy — Self (archive footage)
• 2022David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count — Self
• 2022The Fringe, Fame and Me — Self
• The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan — Self
• The Big Narstie Show — Self
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer — Self - Guest
• 2016Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• 2012National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie — Self (uncredited)
• Come Fly with Me — Himself
• CBeebies Bedtime Stories — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self, Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show — Self
• Celebrity Poker Showdown — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2001The Making of 'Band of Brothers' — Self
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• The View — Self
• E! True Hollywood Story — Self (archive footage)
• The Daily Show — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host