Famously known as the geeky, quirky Dr Ross Geller in the hit TV sitcom, Friends, David Schwimmer started out his professional acting career in Los Angeles, having co-founded the Lookingglass Theater Company whilst living in Chicago and performing in various small productions. He graduated from Chicago’s Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech in 1988 and then started getting small roles in television after moving to Los Angeles towards the end of that same year. He appeared in L.A. Law, Police Squad, Monty, The Wonder Years, and LAPD Blue, as well as working on the TV movie A Deadly Silence in 1989.

He worked on some feature films in the early 90’s including The Waiter, Crossing the Bridge, and Twenty Bucks, before he landed his first leading role in a feature film in 1996 called The Pallbearer. David Schwimmer co-starred opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, and got to work alongside Barbara Hershey, Toni Collette, and Michael Rapaport. Movie roles started coming in thick and fast with Schwimmer being cast in Breast Men, Kissing a Fool, Since You’ve Been Gone, Six Days Seven Nights, Apt Pupil, and All the Rage up to the end of 1999.

Moving into the new millennium, David Schwimmer, began taking on more directing opportunities. He started out directing a few episodes of Friends, and then directed the TV movie he was in, Since You’ve Been Gone. He also directed Americana, 10 episodes of Friends up until the end of the series in 2004, The Tracy Morgan Show in 2004, and another TV movie, Nevermind Nirvana, also in 2004.

In 2001, David Schwimmer, landed the dramatic role of Herbert M. Stobel in the mini-series Band of Brothers, which was an instant success, and in which he won a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series, TV Movie. During 2004 and 2005, David Schwimmer worked with Friend’s co star, Matt LeBlanc on his spin off TV show, Joey, based on his Friends character Joey Tribbiani, directing two episodes. He then made his directorial debut for the feature film Run, Fatboy, Run, which received mixed reviews. He also directed six episodes of Little Britain, and on his third feature film, Trust, starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener, which was released in 2010.

After the series finale of Friends, David Schwimmer landed the title role in the movie Duane Hopwood, which received rave reviews and put Schwimmer on the map as a top film actor. He also made his stage debut in London with the leading role in Some Girl(s). Getting back into stage acting was something close to Schwimmer’s heart as this was where he started. He made his Broadway debut in 2006 in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and directed Fault Lines off Broadway in 2008. He returned to the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago to play George Gibbs in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. He has since played himself in Entourage, and appeared as a guest star in the comedic British series, Come Fly With Me.