David Schwimmer

About

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...

Known for

FriendsSeries • 1994Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries • 200030 RockSeries • 2006L.A. LawSeries • 1986EntourageSeries • 2004The Wonder YearsSeries • 1988Band of BrothersSeries • 2001American Crime StorySeries • 2016Will & GraceSeries • 2017JoeySeries • 2004EpisodesSeries • 2011Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaMovie • 2008ExtrapolationsSeries • 2023Madagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedMovie • 2012MadagascarMovie • 2005The Single GuySeries • 1995John CarterMovie • 2012JunkMovie • 2024Web TherapySeries • 2011Six Days Seven NightsMovie • 1998Goosebumps: The VanishingSeries • 2025The LaundromatMovie • 2019Captain FallSeries • 2023Merry MadagascarMovie • 2009