Acting
David Schwimmer
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.
Filmography
A Sprinkle of History
Film · 2027
Band of Brothers: Legacy
Film · 2026
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Film · 2025
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
Series · 2025
Junk
Film · 2024
Extrapolations
Series · 2023
Captain Fall
Series · 2023
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Film · 2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Film · 2022
Friends: The Reunion
Film · 2021
Mysterious Planet
Series · 2020
Intelligence
Series · 2020
The Laundromat
Film · 2019
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
Film · 2019
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Series · 2019
That's Harassment
Film · 2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Series · 2018
The Big Narstie Show
Series · 2018
Will & Grace
Series · 2017
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Film · 2016
American Crime Story
Series · 2016
Feed the Beast
Series · 2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Series · 2014
Madly Madagascar
Film · 2013
The Iceman
Film · 2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Film · 2012
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
Film · 2012
John Carter
Film · 2012
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Film · 2012
Episodes
Series · 2011
Web Therapy
Series · 2011
Come Fly with Me
Series · 2010
Merry Madagascar
Film · 2009
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Series · 2009
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Film · 2008
Nothing But the Truth
Film · 2008
Run Fatboy Run
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Big Nothing
Film · 2006
30 Rock
Series · 2006
Madagascar
Film · 2005
Duane Hopwood
Film · 2005
The Reichen Show
Series · 2005
Entourage
Series · 2004
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Film · 2002
Uprising
Film · 2001
Hotel
Film · 2001
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Film · 2001
Uprising
Series · 2001
Band of Brothers
Series · 2001
It's the Rage
Film · 2000
Picking Up the Pieces
Film · 2000
Love & Sex
Film · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
Six Days Seven Nights
Film · 1998
Apt Pupil
Film · 1998
Since You've Been Gone
Film · 1998
Kissing a Fool
Film · 1998
The Thin Pink Line
Film · 1998
Breast Men
Film · 1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The Pallbearer
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
The Single Guy
Series · 1995
Wolf
Film · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
Monty
Series · 1994
Twenty Bucks
Film · 1993
The Waiter
Film · 1993
Crossing the Bridge
Film · 1992
Flight of the Intruder
Film · 1991
A Deadly Silence
Film · 1989
The Wonder Years
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975