David Schwimmer

Role in friends:            Ross Geller

Family:                        Son of a lawyer

Age:                              Born 2nd of November, in Queens and raised in Los Angeles.

Education:                       David Schwimmer was first exposed to acting when he enrolled in a high school drama
                                       class.  It was after completing this course that an instructor encouraged him to attend a
                                       summer program in acting at Northwestern University in Chicago.

                                        He graduated from high school and he returned to Northwestern, where he received a
                                       bachelor’s degree in speech/theater.

Career:                          In 1988, David Schwimmer joined the Chicago's Looking glass Theater Company—an
                                       ensemble of actors, writers, directors and designers dedicated to creating vibrant new
                                      works for the American stage. Schwimmer says the company, which is now 20 members
                                      strong, "possesses a unique combination of talent, drawing its strength from training in the
                                      classics, acrobatics, gymnastics, dance and music."

                             His participation in friends between 1994-95 in the series Friends as Ross earned him an
                                     Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Schwimmer’s stage-acting credits include:
                                     David  Schwimmer can be next seen the Woody Allen project, which is still in production.
                                     In his spare time, Schwimmer plays softball, basketball, Ping-Pong and poker with his
                                     friends. He has friends and family in Los Angeles and Chicago.

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