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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David Schwimmer Biography / Wiki
| Name | David Schwimmer |
| Also Know | ÎÏ„Îιβιντ ΣουίμεÏ, ë°ì´ë¹— 쉼머, ДÑвид Швиммер, 大å«Â·ä¼‘默 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Astoria, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1966-11-02 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 55 |
| Deathday |
David Schwimmer Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Pallbearer | Tom Thompson | 1996-05-03 | Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, “Bill,” has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never m… |
| Duane Hopwood | Duane Hopwood | 2005-11-11 | A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it’s too late…. |
| Big Nothing | Charlie | 2006-12-01 | A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme…. |
| Kissing a Fool | Max Abbitt | 1998-02-27 | An egotistical television personality enlists the assistance of his best friend in putting the fidelity of his fiancé to the test in this amiable com… |
| Breast Men | Dr. Kevin Saunders | 1997-12-13 | We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, the… |
| Little Death | Two young drug addicts break into the home of a neurotic TV writer before spending the night cruising around LA and pondering questions of life, death… | ||
| Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 | The stars of America’s greatest comedies – like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory – get together for one night only to honor Director Jame… |
| Madagascar | Melman (voice) | 2005-05-25 | Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends—Marty the zebra, Melman t… |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Melman (voice) | 2008-10-30 | Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired cra… |
| Six Days Seven Nights | Frank Martin | 1998-06-12 | When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up strande… |
| Merry Madagascar | Melman (voice) | 2009-11-16 | The Zoosters are back in an all-new holiday adventure. When Santa and his reindeer crash onto the island of Madagascar it’s up to Alex, Marty, Gloria,… |
| Since You’ve Been Gone | Robert S. Levitt | 1998-06-06 | The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up b… |
| Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted | Melman (voice) | 2012-06-06 | Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York’s Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europ… |
| Madly Madagascar | Melman (voice) | 2013-01-29 | Your favorite Madagascar pals are back in an all-new adventure! Alex’s favorite holiday, Valentine’s Day, brings hilarious surprises and excitement fo… |
| Uprising | Icchak ‘Antek’ Cukierman | 2001-01-01 | In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis…. |
| That’s Harassment | Boss | 2018-01-26 | This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, all based on real events…. |
| Friends: The Reunion | Self | 2021-05-27 | The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrolla… |
| The Iceman | Josh Rosenthal | 2012-09-01 | The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man…. |
| Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary | Ross Geller | 2019-09-23 | Your friends are still there for you, 25 years later! Celebrate the milestone anniversary of the beloved sitcom, coming to the big screen for the firs… |
| Nothing But the Truth | Ray Armstrong | 2008-12-19 | When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her sourc… |
| Picking Up the Pieces | Father Leo Jerome | 2000-05-26 | A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband… |
| The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | 2022-08-08 | The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a cruci… |
| It’s the Rage | Chris | 1999-09-11 | A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of it all are Helen and Warren Harding,… |
| A Deadly Silence | Rob Cuccio | 1989-04-16 | The father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental emotions in the neighbourhood because the people kn… |
| The Laundromat | Matthew Quirk | 2019-09-27 | When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hol… |
| Crossing the Bridge | John Anderson | 1992-09-11 | A film about three high school friends who find their happy-go-lucky existence tarnished forever the instant they get embroiled in a drug-running sche… |
| Apt Pupil | Edward French | 1998-10-23 | One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles t… |
| The Thin Pink Line | Kelly Goodich/J.T. | 1998-10-07 | A film crew in search of a new documentary project determines to find a wrongfully imprisoned death-row inmate. Enter Chauncey Ledbetter, a quirky and… |
| Love & Sex | Jehovah’s Witness | 2000-04-10 | When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead,… |
| Flight of the Intruder | Duty Officer | 1991-01-18 | U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by t… |
| Twenty Bucks | Neil Campbell | 1993-01-01 | A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people…. |
| Hotel | Jonathan Danderfine | 2001-01-01 | A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu…. |
| John Carter | Young Thark Warrior | 2012-03-07 | John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who’s inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctant… |
| Wolf | Cop | 1994-06-17 | Publisher Will Randall becomes a werewolf and has to fight to keep his job…. |
David Schwimmer Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Run, Fatboy, Run | Director | 2007-09-06 | Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back…. |
| Since You’ve Been Gone | Director | 1998-06-06 | The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up b… |
| Trust | Director | 2010-09-10 | A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone… |
| Director | The charming and still-single Joey, who has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. After reuniting with hi… | ||
| Director | Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get fr… | ||
| Director | Lucas and David Walliams, the stars of the smash-hit BBC comedy Little Britain, bring their unique blend of scripted comedy and characterization to Am… | ||
| Director | It’s not every family that’s brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers are anything but typical…. | ||
David Schwimmer Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Trust | Producer | 2010-09-10 | A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone… |
| LOVE | Executive Producer | 2018-12-08 | In the communal area of a block of temporary accommodation, the residents go about their day-to-day routines in the run-up to Christmas. The bonds of … |
| Friends: The Reunion | Executive Producer | 2021-05-27 | The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrolla… |
| That’s Harassment | Executive Producer | 2018-01-26 | This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, all based on real events…. |
| Kissing a Fool | Executive Producer | 1998-02-27 | An egotistical television personality enlists the assistance of his best friend in putting the fidelity of his fiancé to the test in this amiable com… |
| Executive Producer | When an arrogant, maverick National Security Agent comes over from the US to join a newly-formed team tackling cybercrime at Britain’s security headqu… | ||
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