Cast & creator
David Schwimmer
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: David Lawrence Schwimmer, Snaro
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film credits
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television credits
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1975–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (98)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
The View
Self
1997
Friends
Ross Geller
1994Friends
Director
1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Curb Your Enthusiasm
David Schwimmer
2000
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
30 Rock
Greenzo / Jared
2006
Entourage
David Schwimmer
2004
L.A. Law
Dana Romney
1986L.A. Law
City Attorney Dana Romney
1986
The Wonder Years
Michael
1988
Band of Brothers
Herbert M. Sobel
2001
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self
2009
American Crime Story
Robert Kardashian
2016The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Will & Grace
Noah
2017
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
2018
Joey
Director
2004
The Single Guy
Ross Geller
1995
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Melman (voice)
2012
Episodes
David Schwimmer
2011
Madagascar
Melman (voice)
2005
Extrapolations
Harris Goldblatt
2023
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Melman (voice)
2008
John Carter
Young Thark Warrior
2012
Web Therapy
Newell L. Miller
2011
Growing Up Fisher
Director
2014
Band of Brothers: Legacy
Self
2026
Six Days Seven Nights
Frank Martin
1998
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
Anthony Brewer
2025
The Laundromat
Matthew Quirk
2019
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Captain Fall
2023
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
2003
Monty
Greg Richardson
1994
Merry Madagascar
Melman (voice)
2009
Little Britain USA
Director
2008
Trust
Director
2010Trust
Producer
2010
Run Fatboy Run
Man with Beer (uncredited)
2007Run Fatboy Run
Director
2007
Breast Men
Dr. Kevin Saunders
1997
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Self
2019
Intelligence
Jerry
2020Intelligence
Executive Producer
2020
Wolf
Cop
1994
Friends: The Reunion
Self
2021Friends: The Reunion
Executive Producer
2021
Madly Madagascar
Melman (voice)
2013
E! True Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
1996
Nothing But the Truth
Ray Armstrong
2008
Feed the Beast
Tommy Moran
2016
The Iceman
Josh Rosenthal
2012
Come Fly with Me
Himself
2010
Love & Sex
Jehovah's Witness
2000
Apt Pupil
Edward French
1998
Uprising
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
2001
Uprising
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
2001
Flight of the Intruder
Duty Officer
1991
The Pallbearer
Tom Thompson
1996
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Self (archive footage)
2025
Big Nothing
Charlie
2006
Twenty Bucks
Neil Campbell
1993
Picking Up the Pieces
Father Leo Jerome
2000
Kissing a Fool
Max Abbitt
1998Kissing a Fool
Executive Producer
1998
Since You've Been Gone
Robert S. Levitt
1998Since You've Been Gone
Director
1998
It's the Rage
Chris
2000
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
That's Harassment
Boss
2018That's Harassment
Executive Producer
2018
Little Death
Martin Solomon
2024
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
The Thin Pink Line
Kelly Goodich / J.T.
1998
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Melman (voice)
2012
Mysterious Planet
Narrator
2020
National Theatre Live: LOVE
Executive Producer
2018
Crossing the Bridge
John Anderson
1992
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self
2001
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
2022
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
Ross Geller
2019
National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie
Self (uncredited)
2012
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
2022
Hotel
Jonathan Danderfine
2001A Sprinkle of History
Bill Rosenberg
2027Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
A Deadly Silence
Rob Cuccio
1989
Duane Hopwood
Duane Hopwood
2005The Waiter
Evil Waiter
1993New Car Smell
Director
2005