David Schwimmer

Biography

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.

Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

Friends

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The View

All Movies (43)

• Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Little Death2024 · as Martin Solomon
• David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count2022 · as Self
• The Fringe, Fame and Me2022 · as Self
• Friends: The Reunion2021 · as Self
• The Laundromat2019 · as Matthew Quirk
• Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary2019 · as Ross Geller
• That's Harassment2018 · as Boss
• Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows2016 · as Self
• Madly Madagascar2013 · as Melman (voice)
• Dreamworks: Holiday Classics2012 · as Melman (voice)
• The Iceman2012 · as Josh Rosenthal
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted2012 · as Melman (voice)
• National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie2012 · as Self (uncredited)
• John Carter2012 · as Young Thark Warrior
• Merry Madagascar2009 · as Melman (voice)
• Nothing But the Truth2008 · as Ray Armstrong
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa2008 · as Melman (voice)
• Big Nothing2006 · as Charlie
• Duane Hopwood2005 · as Duane Hopwood
• Madagascar2005 · as Melman (voice)
• NBC 75th Anniversary Special2002 · as Self
• Uprising2001 · as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
• Hotel2001 · as Jonathan Danderfine
• The Making of 'Band of Brothers'2001 · as Self
• Picking Up the Pieces2000 · as Father Leo Jerome
• Love & Sex2000 · as Jehovah's Witness
• All the Rage1999 · as Chris
• Apt Pupil1998 · as Edward French
• The Thin Pink Line1998 · as Kelly Goodich / J.T.
• Six Days Seven Nights1998 · as Frank Martin
• Since You've Been Gone1998 · as Robert S. Levitt
• Kissing a Fool1998 · as Max Abbitt
• Breast Men1997 · as Dr. Kevin Saunders
• Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life1997 · as Self
• The Pallbearer1996 · as Tom Thompson
• Wolf1994 · as Cop
• Twenty Bucks1993 · as Neil Campbell
• The Waiter1993 · as Evil Waiter
• Crossing the Bridge1992 · as John Anderson
• Flight of the Intruder1991 · as Duty Officer
• A Deadly Silence1989 · as Rob Cuccio
• A Sprinkle of History— · as Bill Rosenberg

All TV Shows (38)

• Goosebumps: The Vanishing2025 · as Anthony Brewer
• Captain Fall2023
• Extrapolations2023 · as Harris Goldblatt
• Intelligence2020 · as Jerry
• Mysterious Planet2020 · as Narrator
• The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan2019 · as Self
• The Big Narstie Show2018 · as Self
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer2018 · as Self - Guest
• Will & Grace2017 · as Noah
• Feed the Beast2016 · as Tommy Moran
• American Crime Story2016 · as Robert Kardashian
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Web Therapy2011 · as Newell L. Miller
• Episodes2011 · as David Schwimmer
• Come Fly with Me2010 · as Himself
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• 30 Rock2006 · as Greenzo / Jared
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• Entourage2004 · as David Schwimmer
• Celebrity Poker Showdown2003 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Uprising2001 · as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
• Band of Brothers2001 · as Herbert M. Sobel
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as David Schwimmer
• The View1997 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Single Guy1995 · as Ross Geller
• Friends1994 · as Ross Geller
• Monty1994 · as Greg Richardson
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Wonder Years1988 · as Michael
• L.A. Law1986 · as Dana Romney
• L.A. Law1986 · as City Attorney Dana Romney
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host