David Schwimmer (b. 1966) is an American actor and director who is best known for playing Ross Geller on the television sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. He was raised in Los Angeles by parents who were both prominent attorneys. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, he and several alumni founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. In addition to Friends, Schwimmer’s other notable TV series include the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers (2001); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004); and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), in which he played lawyer Robert Kardashian. Schwimmer also appeared in such films as The Pallbearer (1995), Big Nothing (2006), and The Laundromat (2019).
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