He landed his first regular series role as the liberal son of a conservative talk show host ( Henry Winkler) in the sitcom Monty. He made his feature film debut in Flight of the Intruder (1991), had a recurring role as a lawyer-turned-vigilante in NYPD Blue before auditioning, unsuccessfully, for a series pilot called Couples. Law in 1992, and the comedy-drama series The Wonder Years.
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Career 1989–1994: Early work Īfter his supporting role debut in the ABC television movie A Deadly Silence (1989), Schwimmer followed this with roles on the legal drama L.A. Subsequently, he returned to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. After graduating in 1988, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and speech, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. At the university, he studied theater and was in an improv group with Stephen Colbert, the No-Fun Mud Piranhas. Schwimmer enrolled in Northwestern University, where he had attended the summer acting program earlier. In 1984, Schwimmer graduated from Beverly Hills High and wanted to go straight into acting, but his parents insisted he go to college first so he would have something to fall back on. He noted that the experience was both "enlightening and exhilarating". Encouraged by his school drama teacher to further his acting, he flew to Chicago for a summer acting program at Northwestern University. Schwimmer enrolled in a drama class, where he appeared in stage productions. And I just wanted to get out of California.'" His best subjects were science and math and he thought he would become a doctor. Schwimmer admitted to being an outsider during his time at the school, recalling, "When I was there I always felt: 'This is not me, I'm surrounded by people with a different value system. His classmates included actor Jonathan Silverman. įollowing his mother's successful career as a divorce lawyer, the family moved to Beverly Hills, where Schwimmer attended Beverly Hills High School. Schwimmer then entered a contest in the Southern California Shakespeare Festival three years in a row, winning two first prizes. He recalls being riveted by the experience. In 1979, Schwimmer went to a Shakespeare workshop given by English actor Sir Ian McKellen in Los Angeles. His family subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where Schwimmer, at 10, had his first acting experience when he was cast as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella. He has an older sister named Ellie (born 1965). Schwimmer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City, to attorneys Arthur (born 1941) and Arlene Coleman-Schwimmer (born 1940).
Simpson, for which he received his second Primetime Emmy Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2016, he starred as lawyer Robert Kardashian in The People v. His feature film directorial debut followed in 2007 with the comedy Run Fatboy Run, and the following year he made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in Fault Lines. He made his Broadway debut in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in 2006. Schwimmer made his West End stage debut in the leading role in 2005's Some Girl(s). He was cast as the title character in the 2005 drama film Duane Hopwood, and voiced Melman the Giraffe in the computer-animated Madagascar film franchise, acted in the dark comedy Big Nothing (2006), and the thriller Nothing but the Truth (2008). Law, The Wonder Years, NYPD Blue, and Monty.Īfter the series finale of Friends in 2004, Schwimmer branched out into film and stage work. For much of the late 1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor, until he starred in the television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989 and appeared in a number of television roles in the early 1990s, including L.A. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. Schwimmer began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. He was then cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) as Herbert Sobel. While still acting in Friends, his first leading film role was in The Pallbearer (1996), followed by roles in Kissing a Fool, Six Days, Seven Nights, Apt Pupil (all 1998), and Picking Up the Pieces (2000). He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director and producer.
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