David Schwimmer
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- AnimationMadagascar
- AnimationMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
- AnimationMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- ComedyThe Laundromat
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- ActionFlight of the Intruder
- ActionJohn Carter
- ComedyThe Pallbearer
- ComedyBig Nothing
- ComedyDuane Hopwood
- AnimationMadly Madagascar
- ActionSix Days Seven Nights
- DramaUprising
- ComedySince You've Been Gone
- ComedySince You've Been Gone
- CrimeThe Iceman
- ComedyFriends
- CrimeTrust
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- ComedyPicking Up the Pieces
- ComedyCrossing the Bridge
- CrimeApt Pupil
- ComedyHotel
- ComedyLove & Sex
- ComedyTwenty Bucks
- ComedyHotel
- DramaWolf
- HorrorScream 2
- ComedyIntelligence
- ComedyKissing a Fool
- ComedyFriends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
- CrimeFeed the Beast
- ComedyBreast Men
- DramaLittle Death
- DramaLittle Death
- DramaLOVE
- DramaThat's Harassment
- ComedyIntelligence
- DocumentaryFriends: The Reunion
- AnimationMerry Madagascar
- ComedyRun, Fatboy, Run
- ComedyMust See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
- ComedyKissing a Fool
- DramaThat's Harassment
- DocumentaryFriends: The Reunion
- DocumentaryHomophobic Friends
- AnimationDreamworks Happy Holidays from Madagascar
- DocumentaryDavid Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
- ComedyFriends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
- CrimeNothing But the Truth
- DocumentaryThe Fringe, Fame and Me
- DramaExtrapolations
- ComedyIt's the Rage
- ThrillerA Deadly Silence
- ComedyThe Thin Pink Line
- RomanceTil There Was You
- DocumentaryMysterious Planet
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David Schwimmer
Actor
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.
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- Place of Birth
- Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Known Credits
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