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David Schwimmer In the debut season (1994-95) of �Friends,� David Schwimmer's performance as Ross, a sensitive, hopeless romantic, earned him an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Receiving both popular and critical acclaim for his work, he has displayed his versatility on stage, in film and television in a wide variety of roles. 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-- an ensemble of actors, writers, directors and designers now 20 members strong, dedicated to creating vibrant new works for the American stage. Schwimmer's stage acting credits with Lookingglass include Dostoyevsky's �The Idiot,� as well as �The Master and Margarita,� �Arabian Nights,� �In the Eye of the Beholder,� �West,� �Of One Blood� and �The Odyssey.� In addition, he starred in the premiers of Roger Kumble's �D Girl� in Los Angeles and Warren Leight's �Glimmer Brothers� in Williamstown. Schwimmer's stage directing credits include his adaptation of �The Jungle� by Upton Sinclair, which received six Joseph Jefferson Awards, �The Serpent� and �Alice in Wonderland,� which toured to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. He also directed the feature film �Since You've Been Gone� for Miramax, and recently began directing episodes of �Friends.� Schwimmer just completed work for Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in HBO's �Band of Brothers,� a miniseries based on World War II historian Stephen Ambrose's book about an Army rifle company that parachuted into France on D-Day. Before that, he will appear in �It's the Rage,� with Gary Sinise, Giovanni Ribisi, Joan Allen and Andre Braugher. His feature film acting credits include �Picking Up the Pieces,� �Six Days, Seven Nights,� �Apt Pupil,� �Kissing a Fool,� �The Pallbearer,� �Crossing the Bridge� and the critically acclaimed cable film �Breast Men.� Television credits include roles on such series as �Montey� with Henry Winkler, �NYPD Blue�, �The Wonder Years� and NBC's �L.A. Law.� Schwimmer is on the Advisory Board of the Rape Treatment Center of Santa Monica, plays various sports and enjoys a friendly game of poker. He has residences in Los Angeles and Chicago. His birthday is November 2. Thanks to NBC |