David Schwimmer
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David Schwimmer was born on November 12th, 1966 in Queens, New York. But he was raised in the southern California.
He went to the Beverly Hills  high school. He went  Chicagos north western University to become a lawyer (tradition in his family), but got more comitted to acting. He gained a lot of stage-experience in the Chicago theatre.

In 1989 he made his first attemt to break into Hollywood when he was cast as a killer fot the tv-thriller "A deadly silence", but this was an unpleasant experience, so he returned back to Chicago. He also starred in several tv-series, but especially after "Monty" in 1993  he swore to himself to never star in a comedy show anymore

In 1994 he accepted the role of Ross Geller in FRIENDS, it was especially written for him. He even earned an Emmy nomination for best outstanding actor in a comedy serie.People loved the character "Ross" and so he became big star.

Until FRIENDS he only could play small roles in films, but now he got lot of offers. He played in " Pallbearer", with Gwyneth Paltrow. This character was  lot like Ross. He wasn`t very successful with his films... but even though he got a seven digit contract with Miramax, which doesn`t only allow him to star in several pictures he even can direct them

He lives in Los Angeles, but he also has a studio in Chicago. He owns a theatre there, where he supports unknown actors. His current girlfriend is Mili Avital, who he meet during the shooting of "Kissing a fool".
a short biographie:
filmographie:
1975: The saturday night live

1986: L.A. law

1989: A deadly silence

1990: Fight with the intruder

1992: Crossing the bridge

1993: The waitor

1993: N.Y.P.D. blue

1993: Twenty bucks

1994: Wolf

1994: Monty

1994: ER

1994: FRIENDS

1996: The Pallbearer

1997: Breast man

1998: Apt pupil

1998: Since you`e been gone (is also Director)

1998: Six days, seven nights

1998: Kissing a fool

1998: The thin pink line

2000: It`s  the rage

2000: Love & Sex

2000: Picking up the pieces

2001: Hotel

2001: Uprising

2001: Band of brothers
Schwimmer in "The Pallbearer":
Schwimmer in "Six days, seven nights":
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