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.
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Melman (voice)
Age 45 (now 59)
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
as Self (archive footage)
Age 58 (now 59)
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
as Ross Geller
Age 52 (now 59)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
Age 49 (now 59)
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
as Melman (voice)
Age 45 (now 59) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Melman (voice)
Age 45 (now 59)
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Age 45 (now 59)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
Age 30 (now 59)
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
as Anthony Brewer
Age 58 (now 59)
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
as Self
Age 52 (now 59)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
Age 51 (now 59)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Age 48 (now 59)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
Age 47 (now 59)
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
Age 29 (now 59)
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Also Known As
David Lawrence Schwimmer, Snaro
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