David Schwimmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 2, 1966 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 82
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.
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Known for
Madagascar
2005Movie
Melman (voice)
Friends
1994TV
Ross Geller
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008Movie
Melman (voice)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012Movie
Melman (voice)
John Carter
2012Movie
Young Thark Warrior
Band of Brothers
2001TV
Herbert M. Sobel
Filmography
A Sprinkle of History
2027Movie
Bill Rosenberg
Band of Brothers: Legacy
2026Movie
Self
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
2025TV
Anthony Brewer
Junk
2024Movie
Martin Solomon
Captain Fall
2023TV
Extrapolations
2023TV
Harris Goldblatt
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022Movie
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022Movie
Self
Friends: The Reunion
2021Movie
Self
Intelligence
2020TV
Jerry
Mysterious Planet
2020TV
Narrator
The Laundromat
2019Movie
Matthew Quirk
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019Movie
Ross Geller
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019TV
Self
The Big Narstie Show
2018TV
Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018TV
Self - Guest
That's Harassment
2018Movie
Boss
Will & Grace
2017TV
Noah
Feed the Beast
2016TV
Tommy Moran
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016Movie
Self
American Crime Story
2016TV
Robert Kardashian
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014TV
Self
Madly Madagascar
2013Movie
Melman (voice)
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012Movie
Melman (voice)
The Iceman
2012Movie
Josh Rosenthal
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012Movie
Melman (voice)
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
2012Movie
Self (uncredited)
John Carter
2012Movie
Young Thark Warrior
Web Therapy
2011TV
Newell L. Miller
Episodes
2011TV
David Schwimmer
Come Fly with Me
2010TV
Himself
Merry Madagascar
2009Movie
Melman (voice)
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009TV
Self
Nothing But the Truth
2008Movie
Ray Armstrong
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008Movie
Melman (voice)
Run Fatboy Run
2007Movie
Man with Beer (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self, Self - Guest
Big Nothing
2006Movie
Charlie
30 Rock
2006TV
Greenzo / Jared
Duane Hopwood
2005Movie
Duane Hopwood
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
Madagascar
2005Movie
Melman (voice)
Entourage
2004TV
David Schwimmer
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003TV
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002Movie
Self
Uprising
2001Movie
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
Uprising
2001TV
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
Hotel
2001Movie
Jonathan Danderfine
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
2001Movie
Self
Band of Brothers
2001TV
Herbert M. Sobel
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000TV
David Schwimmer
It's the Rage
2000Movie
Chris
Picking Up the Pieces
2000Movie
Father Leo Jerome
Love & Sex
2000Movie
Jehovah's Witness
Apt Pupil
1998Movie
Edward French
The Thin Pink Line
1998Movie
Kelly Goodich / J.T.
Six Days Seven Nights
1998Movie
Frank Martin
Since You've Been Gone
1998Movie
Robert S. Levitt
Kissing a Fool
1998Movie
Max Abbitt
Breast Men
1997Movie
Dr. Kevin Saunders
The View
1997TV
Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997Movie
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self (archive footage)
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
The Pallbearer
1996Movie
Tom Thompson
The Single Guy
1995TV
Ross Geller
Friends
1994TV
Ross Geller
Wolf
1994Movie
Cop
Monty
1994TV
Greg Richardson
Twenty Bucks
1993Movie
Neil Campbell
The Waiter
1993Movie
Evil Waiter
Crossing the Bridge
1992Movie
John Anderson
Flight of the Intruder
1991Movie
Duty Officer
A Deadly Silence
1989Movie
Rob Cuccio
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
The Wonder Years
1988TV
Michael
L.A. Law
1986TV
Dana Romney, City Attorney Dana Romney
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host