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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 2, 1966
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- David Schwimmer Arquette
- David Lawrence Schwimmer
- Snaro
- دیوید شویمر
David Schwimmer
2.3 Popularity
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
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025
6.8
Anthony Brewer
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
2025
10.0
Martin Solomon
Little Death
2024
6.5
Captain Fall
2023
6.0
Harris Goldblatt
Extrapolations
2023
10.0
Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
0.0
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
7.9
Self
Friends: The Reunion
2021
6.2
Jerry
Intelligence
2020
7.0
Narrator
Mysterious Planet
2020
Credits
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.5
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
as Anthony Brewer
2025
6.8
Little Death
as Martin Solomon
2024
10.0
Captain Fall
2023
6.5
Extrapolations
as Harris Goldblatt
2023
6.0
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
as Self
2022
10.0
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
2022
0.0
Friends: The Reunion
as Self
2021
7.9
Intelligence
as Jerry
2020
6.2
Mysterious Planet
as Narrator
2020
7.0
The Laundromat
as Matthew Quirk
2019
6.0
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
as Ross Geller
2019
8.4
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
as Self
2019
5.7
The Big Narstie Show
as Self
2018
4.3
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
2018
7.4
That's Harassment
as Boss
2018
10.0
Will & Grace
as Noah
2017
7.5
Feed the Beast
as Tommy Moran
2016
6.0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.1
American Crime Story
as Robert Kardashian
2016
7.6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
7.8
Madly Madagascar
as Melman (voice)
2013
6.5
The Iceman
as Josh Rosenthal
2012
6.6
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Melman (voice)
2012
6.6
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
as Self (uncredited)
2012
2.1
John Carter
as Young Thark Warrior
2012
6.4
Web Therapy
as Newell L. Miller
2011
6.7
Episodes
as David Schwimmer
2011
7.2
Come Fly with Me
as Himself
2010
7.0
Merry Madagascar
as Melman (voice)
2009
6.5
Nothing But the Truth
as Ray Armstrong
2008
6.9
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
as Melman (voice)
2008
6.5
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
Big Nothing
as Charlie
2006
6.4
30 Rock
as Greenzo / Jared
2006
7.5
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
Duane Hopwood
as Duane Hopwood
2005
5.6
Madagascar
as Melman (voice)
2005
6.9
Entourage
as David Schwimmer
2004
7.4
🎬
Celebrity Poker Showdown
as Self
2003
0.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
0.0
Uprising
as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
2001
6.5
Uprising
as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
2001
0.0
Hotel
as Jonathan Danderfine
2001
3.2
Band of Brothers
as Herbert M. Sobel
2001
8.6
Band of Brothers
as Herbert Sobel
2001
8.6
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
as Self
2001
7.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as David Schwimmer
2000
8.0
Picking Up the Pieces
as Father Leo Jerome
2000
4.2
Love & Sex
as Jehovah's Witness
2000
6.1
It's the Rage
as Chris
1999
5.3
Apt Pupil
as Edward French
1998
6.5
The Thin Pink Line
as Kelly Goodich / J.T.
1998
4.4
Six Days Seven Nights
as Frank Martin
1998
6.1
Since You've Been Gone
as Robert S. Levitt
1998
4.5
Kissing a Fool
as Max Abbitt
1998
5.5
Breast Men
as Dr. Kevin Saunders
1997
5.2
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
🎬
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
1997
7.3
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
1996
8.1
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Pallbearer
as Tom Thompson
1996
4.9
The Single Guy
as Ross Geller
1995
5.0
Friends
as Ross Geller
1994
8.4
Wolf
as Cop
1994
6.1
Monty
as Greg Richardson
1994
0.0
Twenty Bucks
as Neil Campbell
1993
5.7
🎬
The Waiter
as Evil Waiter
1993
0.0
Crossing the Bridge
as John Anderson
1992
5.6
Flight of the Intruder
as Duty Officer
1991
5.7
A Deadly Silence
as Rob Cuccio
1989
6.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
The Wonder Years
as Michael
1988
8.3
L.A. Law
as City Attorney Dana Romney
1986
7.0
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
🎬
A Sprinkle of History
as Bill Rosenberg
N/A
0.0