David Schwimmer's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Friends Dr. Ross Ge… Band of Brothers Capt. Herbe…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Nothing But the Truth 2008 - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2006 - Big Nothing 2005 - Duane Hopwood 2005 - Madagascar 2001 - Hotel 2000 - Picking Up the Pieces 1998 - Apt Pupil 1998 - Six Days Seven Nights 1998 - Kissing a Fool 1997 - Breast Men 1996 - The Pallbearer 1994 - Wolf 1991 - Flight of the Intruder 1988 - Biloxi Blues

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was encouraged by a high school instructor to attend a summer program in acting at Northwestern University. Inspired by that experience, he returned to Northwestern where he received a bachelor's degree in speech/theater. In 1988, along with seven other Northwestern graduates, he co-founded Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company.


TRIVIA:

• Is on the board of directors of the Rape Foundation for the Rape Treatment Center of Santa Monica
• Has worked extensively on the stage both as actor and director
• Graduated from Northwestern University.
• He is related to _"So You Think You Can Dance" (2005)_ (qv) contestants 'Benji Schwimmer' (qv), 'Lacey Schwimmer' (qv) & 'Heidi Groskreutz' (qv).
• Went to the same High School as 'Angelina Jolie' (qv), 'Michael Klesic' (qv), 'Nicolas Cage' (qv), 'Lenny Kravitz' (qv), 'Jonathan Silverman (I)' (qv), 'Gina Gershon' (qv), 'Rhonda Fleming' (qv), 'Jackie Cooper (I)' (qv), 'Rob Reiner' (qv), 'Antonio Sabato Jr.' (qv), 'Pauly Shore' (qv), 'Michael Tolkin' (qv), 'Betty White (I)' (qv), 'Corbin Bernsen' (qv), 'Elizabeth Daily' (qv), 'Albert Brooks (I)' (qv) and 'Crispin Glover' (qv).
• Joy Gregory and he were nominated for a 2003 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Adaptation for "Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About" at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
• Has an older sister, 'Ellie Schwimmer' (qv) [b. 1965].
• David once said in an interview, he would like to become a public school teacher after Friends ended.