Actor
David Schwimmer
November 2, 1966 · 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.
Notable work
6.9Madagascar (2005)
as Melman (voice)
8.4Friends (1994)
as Ross Geller and Director
6.5Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
as Melman (voice)
6.6Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
as Melman (voice)
6.4John Carter (2012)
as Young Thark Warrior
8.6Band of Brothers (2001)
as Herbert M. Sobel
6.1Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
as Frank Martin
7.8Friends: The Reunion (2021)
as Self
6The Laundromat (2019)
as Matthew Quirk
6.6The Iceman (2012)
as Josh Rosenthal
8.3The Wonder Years (1988)
as Michael
7.6American Crime Story (2016)
as Robert Kardashian
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