David Schwimmer

Actor

Born November 2, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

Self (archive footage)

Goosebumps: The Vanishing

Anthony Brewer

Little Death

Martin Solomon

Captain Fall

Extrapolations

Harris Goldblatt

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

Self

The Fringe, Fame and Me

Self

Friends: The Reunion

Self

Intelligence

Jerry

Mysterious Planet

Narrator

The Laundromat

Matthew Quirk

Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary

Ross Geller

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

Self

National Theatre Live: LOVE

The Big Narstie Show

Self

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Self - Guest

That's Harassment

Boss

Will & Grace

Noah

Feed the Beast

Tommy Moran

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Self

American Crime Story

Robert Kardashian

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Self

Growing Up Fisher

Madly Madagascar

Melman (voice)

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics

Melman (voice)

The Iceman

Josh Rosenthal

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Melman (voice)

National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie

Self (uncredited)

John Carter

Young Thark Warrior

Web Therapy

Newell L. Miller

Episodes

David Schwimmer

Come Fly with Me

Himself

Trust

Merry Madagascar

Melman (voice)

Nothing but the Truth

Ray Armstrong

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Melman (voice)

Little Britain USA

Run Fatboy Run

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Big Nothing

Charlie

30 Rock

Greenzo / Jared

Duane Hopwood

The Reichen Show

Self

Madagascar

Melman (voice)

Joey

Entourage

David Schwimmer

Celebrity Poker Showdown

Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Self

Uprising

Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman

Uprising

Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman

Hotel

Jonathan Danderfine

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

Self

Band of Brothers

Herbert M. Sobel

Curb Your Enthusiasm

David Schwimmer

Picking Up the Pieces

Father Leo Jerome

Love & Sex

Jehovah's Witness

All the Rage

Chris

Apt Pupil

Edward French

The Thin Pink Line

Kelly Goodich / J.T.

Six Days Seven Nights

Frank Martin

Since You've Been Gone

Robert S. Levitt

Kissing a Fool

Max Abbitt

Breast Men

Dr. Kevin Saunders

The View

Self

E! True Hollywood Story

Self (archive footage)

The Daily Show

Self

The Pallbearer

Tom Thompson

The Single Guy

Ross Geller

Friends

Ross Geller

Wolf

Cop

Monty

Greg Richardson

Twenty Bucks

Neil Campbell

Crossing the Bridge

John Anderson

Flight of the Intruder

Duty Officer

A Deadly Silence

Rob Cuccio

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

The Wonder Years

Michael

L.A. Law

Dana Romney

Entertainment Tonight

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host