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 the experience , he recieved a bachelor's degree speech / theater. In 1988 , along with seven other northwestern graduates , he co-founded Chicago's lookingglass theater company -- an ensemble of actors , writers directors and designers (now 20 - members strong) dedicated to creating vibrant new works for the american stage.
Schwimmer plays various sports and enjoys a friendly game of poker .
He has residences in Los Angeles and chicago . His birthday is november 2.
Monica's older brother Ross has parlayed border line "geek" tendencies into 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 to 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 daugther, Emma. Now , Ross and Rachel share parenting, but aren't date each other. Could it be more complicated...?!!