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DAVID SCHWIMMER ROSS GELLER
Monica's older brother Ross has parlayed borderline "geek" tendencies into a career in paleontology (uh, that's dinosaur bones and stuff). Ross has quite a history with the ladies. He was married to Carol - a lesbian who gave birth to Ross's son Ben. Then he married Emily, a Brit who was completely jealous of Ross's relationship with Rachel. In fact, after they were married, Ross realized his true feelings for Rachel and said "ta-ta" to Emily. Then he married Rachel, but that was a drunken, spontaneous Las Vegas thing, so it doesn't really count, right? What does count, however, is the time they secretly hooked-up which led to Rachel's pregnancy and the birth of their daughter, Emma. Now, Ross and Rachel share parenting, but aren't dating each other. Could it BE more complicated?
Birthday: November 12, 1966
Birth Place: Queens, New York, USA
    David Schwimmer�s performance as Ross, a sensitive, hopeless romantic, has earned him an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as popular and critical acclaim for 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 continues to direct episodes of �Friends.�
     Schwimmer is currently adapting the book �Race,� by Studs Terkel, which he will direct as the opening production for his drama company�s new theater, now under construction, in Chicago in May 2003.
     Among Schwimmer�s feature credits are �Hotel� (a dark comedy from Mike Figgis) �It�s the Rage,� �Picking up the Pieces,� �Six Days, Seven Nights,� �Apt Pupil,� �Kissing a Fool,� �The Pallbearer,� �Crossing the Bridge� and the critically acclaimed HBO TV projects longform projects �Band of Brothers� and �Breast Men.� His television credits include �Uprising,� Jon Avnet�s 2001 miniseries about the Warsaw Ghetto resistance during World War II, as well as recurring roles on such series as �NYPD Blue,� �The Wonder Years� and �L.A. Law.�
     Schwimmer is on the board of directors of the Rape Foundation for 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.
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