David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1966-11-02 (58 years old)
  • Place of birth: Astoria, New York, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.85 m
  • Net worth: $100,000,000
  • twitter: DavidSchwimmer
  • instagram: _schwim_
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
Goosebumps
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 72%
role:
Anthony Brewer
2023

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
72%
Extrapolations
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 57%
role:
Harris Goldblatt
2023

Drama

6.2
57%
Friends: The Reunion
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 80%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2021

Comedy

Documentary

TV Movie

8.0
80%
Intelligence
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Jerry
2020

Comedy

6.3
61%
The Laundromat
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 60%
role:
Matthew Quirk
2019

Comedy

Crime

Drama

6.3
60%
2019

Comedy

Drama

3.5
85%
Feed the Beast
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 62%
role:
Tommy Moran
2016

Drama

6.7
62%
Madly Madagascar
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 65%
role:
Melman (voice)
2013

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.3
65%
The Iceman
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Josh Rosenthal
2012

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.8
65%
2012

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.8
66%
John Carter
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 62%
role:
Young Thark Warrior
2012

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
62%
Trust
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2010

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.9
66%
Merry Madagascar
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 63%
role:
Melman (voice)
2009

Animation

Family

6.6
63%
Nothing But the Truth
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Ray Armstrong
2008

Drama

Thriller

7.1
69%
2008

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.6
65%
Run, Fatboy, Run
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 61%
role:
Director
2007

Comedy

Romance

6.5
61%
Big Nothing
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 65%
role:
Charlie
2006

Action

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

6.7
65%
Madagascar
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Melman (voice)
2005

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.9
69%
Band of Brothers
IMDB 9.4
TMDB 86%
role:
Herbert Sobel
2001

Drama

War & Politics

9.4
86%
Picking Up the Pieces
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 44%
role:
Father Leo Jerome
2000

Comedy

Mystery

Thriller

4.7
44%
Love & Sex
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 62%
role:
Jehovah's Witness
2000

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.1
62%
Apt Pupil
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Edward French
1998

Drama

Thriller

6.7
66%
Six Days Seven Nights
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Frank Martin
1998

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

5.9
60%
The Pallbearer
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 50%
role:
Tom Thompson
1996

Comedy

Romance

5.0
50%
Friends
IMDB 8.9
TMDB 84%
role:
Ross Geller
1994

Comedy

Drama

8.9
84%
Wolf
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Cop
1994

Drama

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
61%
Flight of the Intruder
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Duty Officer
1991

Action

War & Politics

5.8
55%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving David Schwimmer are, for example, Goosebumps, Extrapolations and The Laundromat.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best StreamFat ratings are Band of Brothers (9.0), Goosebumps (7.0) and Nothing But the Truth (7.0).