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Aliases: David Schwimmer Arquette , David Lawrence Schwimmer , Snaro

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 25

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

L.A. Law
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7

L.A. Law

(1986) City Attorney Dana Romney
Band of Brothers
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9

Band of Brothers

(2001) Herbert Sobel
American Crime Story
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8

American Crime Story

(2016) Robert Kardashian
Entertainment Tonight
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4
Extrapolations
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6

Extrapolations

(2023) Harris Goldblatt
John Carter
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6

John Carter

(2012) Young Thark Warrior
Wolf
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6

Wolf

(1994) Cop
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
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8

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Martin Solomon
2023 N/A
Harris Goldblatt
2022 Self
Self
2021 Self
2020 Jerry
Narrator
2019 Matthew Quirk
Ross Geller
Himself
2018 Self
Self - Guest
Boss
2017 Noah
2016 Tommy Moran
Self
Robert Kardashian
2014 Self
2013 Melman (voice)
2012 Josh Rosenthal
Melman (voice)
Self (uncredited)
Young Thark Warrior
2011 Newell L. Miller
David Schwimmer
2010 Himself
2009 Melman (voice)
2008 Ray Armstrong
Melman (voice)
2007 Self
Self - Guest
2006 Charlie
Greenzo / Jared
2005 Self
Duane Hopwood
Melman (voice)
N/A
2003 Self
2002 Self
2001 Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
Jonathan Danderfine
Herbert M. Sobel
Herbert Sobel
2000 David Schwimmer
Jehovah's Witness
Father Leo Jerome
1999 Chris
1998 Edward French
Kelly Goodich / J.T.
Frank Martin
Robert S. Levitt
Max Abbitt
1997 Dr. Kevin Saunders
Self
Self
1996 N/A
Self
Tom Thompson
1995 Ross Geller
1994 Ross Geller
Cop
Greg Richardson
1993 Neil Campbell
Evil Waiter
1992 John Anderson
1991 Duty Officer
1989 Rob Cuccio
1988 Michael
1986 City Attorney Dana Romney
1982 Patient
1981 Self
1975 Self - Host
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Executive Producer
2020 Executive Producer
2018 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2010 Producer
1998 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing


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