David Schwimmer - wikipedia David Schwimmer This article is about the American actor. For the American banker, now CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group, see David Schwimmer ( banker ). David Schwimmer Schwimmer in 2011 David Lawrence Schwimmer ( 1966 - 11 - 02 ) November 2, 1966 ( age 51 ) Flushing, Queens, New York, U.S. Nationality American Education Beverly Hills High School Alma mater Northwestern University ( B.A. ) Occupation Actor, producer, director Years active 1989 -- present Known for Friends Madagascar film series Net worth $85 - million Spouse ( s ) Zoë Buckman ( m. 2010 ; sep. 2017 ) Children Parent ( s ) Arthur Schwimmer ( father ) Arlene Coleman ( mother ) Relatives Ellie Schwimmer ( sister ) David Lawrence Schwimmer ( born November 2, 1966 ) is an American actor, director, and producer. He is known for playing Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends. Schwimmer began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. For much of the late 1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor. He starred in the television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989 and appeared in a number of television roles, including on L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, NYPD Blue, and Monty, in the early 1990s. Schwimmer later gained worldwide recognition for playing Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. His first leading film role was in The Pallbearer ( 1996 ), followed by roles in Kissing a Fool ( 1998 ), Six Days, Seven Nights ( 1998 ), Apt Pupil, and Picking Up the Pieces ( both 2000 ). He was then cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers ( 2001 ) as Herbert Sobel. After the series finale of Friends in 2004, Schwimmer was cast as the title character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood. Other film roles include the voice of Melman the Giraffe in the computer - animated Madagascar film franchise, the dark comedy Big Nothing ( 2006 ), and the thriller Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ). Schwimmer made his West End stage debut in the leading role in Some Girl ( s ) in 2005. In 2006, he made his Broadway debut in The Caine Mutiny Court - Martial. Schwimmer made his feature film directorial debut with the 2007 comedy Run Fatboy Run. The following year, he made his Off - Broadway directorial debut in the 2008 production Fault Lines. In 2016, he starred as lawyer Robert Kardashian in American Crime Story, for which he received his second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 1989 -- 1994 : Early work 2.2 1994 -- 2004 : Breakthrough 2.3 2004 -- 2010 : Directing 2.4 2010 -- present : Return to television 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Director / Producer 5 Awards and Nominations 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Early life Schwimmer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City, to attorneys Arthur and Arlene Coleman - Schwimmer. Schwimmer is Jewish. He has an older sister named Ellie. His family subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where Schwimmer had his first experiences of acting, at the age of 10, when he was cast as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella. In 1979, Schwimmer went to a Shakespeare workshop given by English actor Ian McKellen in Los Angeles. He recalls being riveted by the experience. Schwimmer then entered a contest in the Southern California Shakespeare Festival three years in a row, winning two first prizes. Following his mother 's successful career as a divorce lawyer, the family moved to Beverly Hills, where Schwimmer attended Beverly Hills High School. Schwimmer admitted to being an outsider during his time at the school, recalling, `` When I was there I always felt : ' This is not me, I 'm surrounded by people with a different value system. And I just wanted to get out of California. ' '' He was best at the subjects of science and math and thought he would become a doctor. Schwimmer enrolled in a drama class, where he appeared in stage productions. Encouraged by his school drama teacher to further his acting, he flew to Chicago for a summer acting program at Northwestern University. He noted that the experience was both `` enlightening and exhilarating ''. In 1984, Schwimmer graduated from Beverly Hills High and wanted to go straight into acting, but his parents insisted he go to college first so he would have something to fall back on. Schwimmer moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where he had attended a summer drama course when he was 16 years old. At the university, he studied theater and was in an improv group with Stephen Colbert, the No - Fun Mud Piranhas. After graduating in 1988, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and speech, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. Subsequently, he returned to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Career 1989 -- 1994 : early work After his supporting role debut in the ABC television movie A Deadly Silence ( 1989 ), Schwimmer followed this with roles on the legal drama L.A. Law in 1992, and the comedy - drama series The Wonder Years. He made his feature film debut in Flight of the Intruder ( 1991 ), had a recurring role as a lawyer - turned - vigilante in NYPD Blue before auditioning, unsuccessfully, for a series pilot called Couples. He landed his first regular series role as the liberal son of a conservative talk show host ( Henry Winkler ) in the sitcom Monty. 1994 -- 2004 : breakthrough David at the London premiere of Madagascar, 2005 In 1994, Schwimmer was cast as Dr. Ross Geller in NBC 's situation comedy Friends, a series that revolved around a group of friends who live near each other in Manhattan. He played a hopeless - romantic paleontologist who works at a museum and later becomes a professor at a university. Schwimmer initially turned down the role as Ross, but accepted later. Executive producer Kevin S. Bright said that he had previously worked with Schwimmer, the character of Ross was written with him in mind, and he was the first actor cast. The show debuted on September 22, 1994, and was watched by almost 22 million American viewers. Friends quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and Schwimmer receiving strong reviews. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was complimentary of Schwimmer, calling him `` terrific ''. Variety 's television reviewer, said : `` All six of the principals, especially ( Courteney ) Cox and Schwimmer, appear resourceful and display sharp sitcom skills ''. For this performance, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. Schwimmer starred in his first leading film role in the 1996 romantic comedy film, The Pallbearer with Gwyneth Paltrow. In the film, Schwimmer plays a man asked to deliver the eulogy for a high school friend he can not remember, and begins an affair with the friend 's mother. Critics dismissed The Pallbearer as a poor imitation of the 1967 film The Graduate. Variety 's film reviewer complimented the actor, writing that he had enjoyed his performance, stating that he displayed `` a winning, if rather deadpan, personality along with good comic timing ''. It also concluded that Schwimmer had a `` promising bigscreen future ''. Janet Maslin of The New York Times cited that his first film `` relegates him to a drab role ''. When asked why he decided to accept the role, Schwimmer admitted the decision was to `` make an effort to find roles that are as far away from the character of Ross as possible ''. He was offered a role to star alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the 1997 science - fiction comedy Men in Black after Chris O'Donnell turned down the role, but turned it down because of a prior commitment to direct his first film with his theatre company friends starring before the role was given to Will Smith. His next film roles, in 1998, were Kissing a Fool, Six Days, Seven Nights, and Apt Pupil. In Kissing a Fool, a romantic comedy, Schwimmer played Max, a dapper, smart - mouthed ladies ' man. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, `` Fans of the sitcom Friends may be surprised by David Schwimmer in Kissing a Fool. (... ) Take it from someone who has never seen Friends and comes at Schwimmer with no preconceptions : He does just fine. As a TV sports reporter in Kissing a Fool, he oozes the command and self - satisfaction of a young, successful man ''. The film was critically and financially unsuccessful. In Six Days, Seven Nights, he played the boyfriend of Anne Heche 's character. In Apt Pupil, adapted from a novella of the same name by Stephen King, he had a supporting role as a school guidance counselor. `` I was scared of the part '', Schwimmer said, `` but I wanted to be part of the movie ''. At the time, he noted it was a `` little frustrating '' that people would typecast him due to his role on Friends. He subsequently appeared opposite Woody Allen and Sharon Stone in Alfonso Arau 's straight - to - cable comedy Picking Up the Pieces ( 2000 ). In 2001, Schwimmer played Captain Herbert M. Sobel in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks ' HBO World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. The television miniseries is based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. Although Band of Brothers was met with largely positive reception, Schwimmer 's performance was criticized ; the BBC News concluded, `` Part of the problem... may have been the ridiculous fact that Friends favourite David Schwimmer plays the hard and cruel Captain Herbert Sobel. The only thing believable about Schwimmer 's acting is when he cowers in the face of true battle. His puppy dog eyes make him appear even more pitiful ''. Later that year he portrayed Yitzhak Zuckerman in the war drama Uprising, based on the true events of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. In March 2004, Schwimmer appeared as himself on HBO 's comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm. During the lengthy run of Friends, Schwimmer directed ten of the show 's episodes. The show 's tenth and final season ended on May 6, 2004. 2004 -- 2010 : directing After Friends, Schwimmer starred in the 2005 independent drama Duane Hopwood, as the title character, who is an alcoholic whose life is spiraling downward rapidly after a divorce and is looking to turn his life around. The film received ambivalent reviews. Despite the reception, Schwimmer 's performance was favored by critics ; Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun - Times reported that the role was Schwimmer 's `` career - transforming performance ''. Duane Hopwood was screened at a special presentation at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Furthermore, in the same year he voiced Melman, a hypochondriac giraffe, in the computer animated film Madagascar ( 2005 ). The Washington Post noted that Schwimmer is particularly appealing as Melman. Despite the mixed response from critics, the film was a commercial success, earning US $532 million worldwide, making it one of the biggest hits of 2005. Schwimmer starred on the London stage in May 2005, with Catherine Tate, Lesley Manville, Sara Powell, and Saffron Burrows, in Neil LaBute 's Some Girl ( s ) at the Gielgud Theatre. In the production, he plays a teacher who is ready to settle down and marry, but decides to visit four ex-girlfriends first. For his performance, Schwimmer received critical reviews. The Independent wrote that Schwimmer `` is not called upon to extend his range nearly as far as one might have expected in Some Girl ( s ). (... ) Schwimmer remains bland, competent, and boyish -- though not fatally boyish in the manner that appears to have turned these women on ''. However, Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph praised Schwimmer, reporting he `` proves inspired casting. He takes to the stage with... his endearing gaucheness seems designed to ensure our continued sympathy. Schwimmer mercilessly lays bare his character 's opportunism, casual cruelties, and chronic self - deception ''. In 2006, he made his Broadway debut in Herman Wouk 's two - act play The Caine Mutiny Court - Martial. Schwimmer played the role of Lieutenant Barney Greenwald in the production, which was directed by Jerry Zaks. In an interview with New York magazine, he revealed that he had wanted to try Broadway, however said `` a couple of things came up that just never quite felt right. Either because I liked the play but was n't hot on the director, or there was another star attached that I was n't jazzed about working with ''. He further added that when showed a copy of Wouk 's novel ``... I was shocked at how good the writing was ''. His next film role was in the 2006 black comedy Big Nothing, in which he played a bitter, unemployed scientist. Schwimmer made his directorial feature debut in the 2007 British comedy film Run Fatboy Run. The film stars Simon Pegg as an out of shape man who signs up for a marathon to convince his former fiancée and five - year - old son that he has turned his life around. When asked why he decided to direct the film, Schwimmer said : `` As a director, I was struck by the challenge that I thought the script presented, which was that it was kind of three films in one. You had some great, big physical comedy, and I thought funny dialogue and characters. And then there was some real emotion to it with the relationship between the father and the son and the romance aspect ''. Run Fatboy Run garnered mixed reception, with the New York Daily News rating it one - and - a-half out of five stars and writing, `` Most disappointing is how Schwimmer -- who spent 10 seasons on a sitcom filled with hyperverbal characters -- manages to bumble ' Fatboy 's ' tender moments ''. USA Today, however, was favorable towards Schwimmer, reporting he possesses filmmaking finesse `` having wisely chosen strong comic material for his debut behind the camera ''. For his directorial work, he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award in the category of Best Debut Director. On November 8, 2007, Schwimmer made a guest appearance in the second season of the television series 30 Rock, where he played Greenzo, an NBC environmental mascot. The following year, he was part of an ensemble cast that included Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, Angela Bassett, and Noah Wyle in the thriller Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ). The movie received generally favorable reviews. The success of Madagascar led Schwimmer to return to the role of Melman in the 2008 sequel, Madagascar : Escape 2 Africa. The film earned US $603 million at the international box office. Schwimmer took part in directing in - studio segments for Little Britain USA, an American spinoff of the British BBC television series Little Britain. In regard to this, he commented that he had `` a good time directing episodes '' for the show. In October 2008, Schwimmer made his Off - Broadway directorial debut in Fault Lines at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. The production won a mixed review from the Los Angeles Times, which wrote : `` Based on Fault Lines... we ca n't really tell whether Schwimmer has much talent as a director. We 're surprised he did n't try something more challenging for his debut. If not much else, Schwimmer has encouraged his actors to intense their energy levels and comic timing at all costs ''. The New York Post, however, noted that Schwimmer `` knows a thing or two about freewheeling banter... and for a good while the play crackles with terrific dialogue, expertly delivered ''. In February 2009, he returned to theater in a Chicago production of Thornton Wilder 's three - act play Our Town as George Gibbs at the Lookingglass Theatre. `` Schwimmer... turns in a poignant, richly textured and demonstrably heartfelt performance as George Gibbs. I 've seen a fair bit of Schwimmer 's post-Friends stage work in London and New York, and I 've never seen him better '', commented the Chicago Tribune. On August 2, 2009, Schwimmer played himself in the sixth season of the HBO television series, Entourage. In the episode, Ari Gold 's ( Jeremy Piven ) agency tries to steer his career back to television. Schwimmer directed his second feature, Trust, starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener. The film, a drama, is about a family whose teenage daughter becomes victim of an online sexual predator. Trust premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. 2010 -- present : return to television On January 1, 2011, Schwimmer guest - starred on the British comedy series Come Fly With Me starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, whom he directed in Little Britain USA. David Schwimmer appeared in the cast of The Iceman ( film ) in 2013 as Josh Rosenthal, a mobster who was brought up by the notorious Roy Demeo and part of the Gambino Family. The movie starred Michael Shannon as Richard Kuklinski In 2014, it was announced that Schwimmer has been cast as the lead in the ABC comedy pilot Irreversible. He would play `` one half of a somewhat eccentric, self - absorbed couple '' in his first comedic television role since Friends finished in 2004. In 2016, Schwimmer played Robert Kardashian in the first season of the FX anthology series American Crime Story. The series was developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and was based on the novel The Run of His Life : The People v. O.J. Simpson, by Jeffrey Toobin. In January 2016, it was announced that Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess would be starring in the new AMC crime drama, Feed the Beast. The series premiered on June 5, 2016, and aired ten episodes until August. The series was canceled because of poor reviews and low ratings. In November 2016, it was announced that Schwimmer would star in his first audio series. Gimlet Media 's podcast Homecoming began airing on November 16, 2016. In April 2017 Schwimmer helped adapt the films of Sigal Avin for a US audience. The six short features depict sexual harassment at work by men on women. Personal life In the late 1990s, Schwimmer dated Australian pop singer Natalie Imbruglia. In the early 2000s, he dated Israeli actress Mili Avital, and American actress Rochelle Ovitt. In 2007, Schwimmer and British artist Zoë Buckman began a relationship. In March 2010, Schwimmer announced their engagement and married Buckman in a small private ceremony that June. On May 8, 2011, the couple had a daughter, Cleo Buckman Schwimmer. The couple announced in April 2017 that they were `` taking some time apart ''. In June 2006, Schwimmer won a US $400,000 defamation lawsuit against Aaron Tonken, a former charity fundraiser. Tonken claimed Schwimmer had demanded Rolex watches in order to appear at his own charity event, a claim that Schwimmer had denied. Schwimmer is an active director of the Rape Treatment Center in Santa Monica, which specializes in helping victims of date rape and child rape. He has also campaigned for legislation to ban drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB. In November 2011, he gave the Scottish charity Children 1st permission to screen his film Trust to commemorate World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse and Violence against Children. In 2012, he rebutted two longstanding rumors : one that he appeared as a soldier on a train in Biloxi Blues ( 1988 ), saying, `` No. I do n't know why that 's on IMDb, but I never was in that '', and the other that he is related to dancer Lacey Schwimmer, saying, `` No, not at all. Please set the record straight. I guess it 's a natural assumption because we have the same last name, but no. I 've never even met her ''. Politically, Schwimmer is a Democrat. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 Flight of the Intruder Duty Officer film debut Crossing the Bridge John Anderson 1993 Twenty Bucks Neil Campbell The Waiter Evil Waiter Short Film The Pitch Vinnie Short Film Wolf Cop 1995 The Party Favor unknown Short Film The Pallbearer Tom Thompson 1998 Kissing a Fool Max Abbitt also Executive Producer Six Days Seven Nights Frank Martin Apt Pupil Edward French The Thin Pink Line Kelly Goodish / J.T. 1999 All the Rage Chris 2000 Love & Sex Jehovah 's Witness uncredited Picking Up the Pieces Father Leo Jerome 2001 Hotel Jonathan Danderfine 2005 Duane Hopwood Duane Hopwood Madagascar Melman voice role 2006 Big Nothing Charlie 2007 Run, Fatboy, Run Man Holding Dennis a Beer During Race uncredited 2008 Nothing But the Truth Ray Armstrong 2008 Madagascar : Escape 2 Africa Melman voice role 2012 John Carter Young Thark Warrrior Madagascar 3 : Europe 's Most Wanted Melman voice role The Iceman Josh Rosenthal 2013 Madly Madagascar Melman voice role Short Film 2018 That 's Harassment Boss Short Film also Executive Producer Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 Police Squad ! Patient television debut Episode : `` A Substantial Gift ( The Broken Promise ) '' uncredited A Deadly Silence Rob Cuccio Television Movie The More You Know Himself episode unknown 1991 - 1992 The Wonder Years Michael recurring role ; 4 episodes 1992 - 1993 L.A. Law City Attorney Dana Romney recurring role ; 5 episodes 1993 NYPD Blue Josh ' 4B ' Goldstein 4 episodes Blossom Sonny Catalano 2 episodes 1994 - 1994 Monty Greg Richardson series regular ; 14 episodes 1994 - 2004 Friends Ross Geller series regular ; 236 episodes 1995 The Single Guy Ross Geller Episode : `` Neighbors '' uncredited Saturday Night LIVE ! Himself Host Episode : `` David Schwimmer / Natalie Merchant '' ER Dr. Karubian Episode : `` Doctor Carter, I Presume '' voice / uncredited 1997 Breast Men Dr. Kevin Saunders Television Movie 1998 Since You 've Been Gone Robert S. Levitt Television Movie 2001 Uprising Yitzhak Zuckerman Television Movie Band of Brothers Herbert M. Sobel Television Miniseries 3 episodes 2003 MADtv Himself Episode : `` 9.3 '' Curb Your Enthusiasm 3 episodes 2007 30 Rock Greenzo / Jared Episode : `` Greenzo '' 2009 Entourage Himself Episode : `` Running on E '' 2009 Merry Madagascar Melman voice role Television Short 2010 Come Fly With Me ( U.K. BCC ) Himself Season 1 Ep. 2 2012 Web Therapy Newell L. Miller 4 episodes 2015 Episodes Himself Episode : `` Episode Five '' 2016 - 2016 Feed the Beast Tommy Moran series regular ; 10 episodes 2016 American Crime Story : The People v. O.J. Simpson Robert Kardashian Television Miniseries 10 episodes Director / Producer Year Title Notes Shoot the Moon Executive Producer 1998 Since You 've Been Gone Director ; Television Movie 1999 - 2004 Friends Director ; 10 episodes 2003 Humanoid Executive Producer Americana Director ; Television Movie The Tracy Morgan Show Director ; Episode : `` Miracle Street '' Nevermind Nirvana Director / Executive Producer ; Television Movie 2004 - 2005 Joey Director ; 2 episodes `` Joey and the Perfect Storm '' ( 2004 ) `` Joey and the Taste Test '' ( 2005 ) 2005 New Car Smell Director ; Television Movie 2007 Run, Fatboy, Run Director 2008 Little Britain USA Director ; 6 episodes Fly Like Mercury Executive Producer Trust Director 2014 Growing Up Fisher Director / Executive Producer ; Episode : `` Pilot '' Irreversable Director / Executive Producer ; Television Movie Awards and nominations Schwimmer 's work in film and television has been recognized and nominated for multiple awards. His best - known role is as Ross Geller on the sitcom Friends ( 1994 - 2004 ), which earned him a Primetime Emmy award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995, and seven Screen Actors Guild award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series winning in 1996. Nearly 20 - years later he earned his second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance as Robert Kardashian in the miniseries American Crime Story ( 2016 ). American Comedy awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a Television Series Friends Nominated David Hyde Pierce ( Frasier ) Behind the Voice Actors awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 2013 Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film Madagascar 3 : Europe 's Most Wanted Nominated Cast of ( Wreck - It - Ralph ) Blockbuster Entertainment awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 1999 Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy / Romance Six Days Seven Nights Nominated Greg Kinnear ( You 've Got Mail ) British Independent Film awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 2007 Douglas Hickox award Run Fatboy Run Nominated Anton Corbjin ( Control ) Deauville Film Festival awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 2011 Grand Special Prize award Trust Nominated Jeff Nichols ( Take Shelter ) Gold Derby awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 2008 Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 30 Rock Nominated Will Arnett ( 30 Rock ) Golden Raspberry awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 1997 Worst New Star ( shared with Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc ) The Pallbearer Nominated Pamela Anderson ( Barb Wire ) Online Film & Television Association awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 1997 Best Ensemble in a Series Friends Nominated Cast of ( ER ) Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won 1998 Best Ensemble in a Series Nominated Cast of ( ER ) Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated Cast of ( Ally McBeal ) 1999 Nominated 2000 Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated Sean Hayes ( Will & Grace ) Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated Cast of ( Will & Grace ) 2001 Nominated 2002 Best Direction in a Comedy Series Nominated Gilmore Girls 2016 Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series American Crime Story : The People v. O.J. Simpson Nominated Sterling K. Brown ( American Crime Story : The People v. O.J. Simpson ) Primetime Emmy awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Friends Nominated David Hyde Pierce ( Frasier ) 2016 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie American Crime Story : The People v. O.J. Simpson Nominated Sterling K. Brown ( American Crime Story : The People v. O.J. Simpson ) Satellite awards Year Category Tilte Results Lost to Ref 2002 Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Band of Brothers Won Screen Actors Guild awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends Won 1999 Nominated Cast of ( Ally McBeal ) 2000 Nominated Cast of ( Frasier ) 2001 Nominated Cast of ( Will & Grace ) 2002 Nominated Cast of ( Sex and the City ) 2003 Nominated Cast of ( Everybody Loves Raymond ) Nominated Cast of ( Sex and the City ) TV Guide awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 2000 Editor 's Choice award Friends Won TV Land awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 2006 Most Memorable Kiss ( shared with Jennifer Aniston ) Friends Nominated Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler ( Little House on the Prairie ) 2007 Break - Up That Was So Bad It Was Good ( shared with Jennifer Aniston ) Nominated Ted Danson, Shelley Long ( Cheers ) Viewers for Quality Television awards Year Category Title Results Lost to Ref 1995 Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series Friends Nominated David Hyde Pierce ( Frasier ) See also Back Stage West Garland Awards, for his Lookingglass Theatre Company, production of Arabian Nights References Jump up ^ `` David Schwimmer : Director, Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor ( 1966 -- ) ''. 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Awards for David Schwimmer Glamour Awards Man of the Year David Schwimmer ( 2004 ) Usher ( 2005 ) Paul Bettany ( 2006 ) Eric Mabius ( 2007 ) Mark Ronson ( 2008 ) Kanye West ( 2009 ) Aaron Johnson ( 2010 ) Garrett Hedlund ( 2011 ) Tom Hiddleston ( 2012 ) Daniel Radcliffe ( 2013 ) Sam Claflin ( 2014 ) Calvin Harris ( 2015 ) James Norton ( 2016 ) Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film Stanley Tucci ( 1996 ) Vondie Curtis - Hall ( 1997 ) David Clennon ( 1998 ) David Schwimmer ( 2001 ) Linus Roache ( 2002 ) Justin Kirk ( 2003 ) Bill Nighy ( 2004 ) Randy Quaid ( 2005 ) Tony Plana ( 2006 ) David Zayas ( 2007 ) Nelsan Ellis ( 2008 ) John Lithgow ( 2009 ) David Strathairn ( 2010 ) Peter Dinklage / Ryan Hurst ( 2011 ) Neal McDonough ( 2012 ) Aaron Paul ( 2013 ) Rory Kinnear ( 2014 ) Christian Slater ( 2015 ) Ben Mendelsohn ( 2016 ) Michael McKean ( 2017 ) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series ( 1994 -- 1999 ) Seinfeld, season 5 / season 6 ( 1994 ) : Alexander ; Louis - Dreyfus ; Richards ; Seinfeld Friends, season 1 / season 2 ( 1995 ) : Aniston ; Cox ; Kudrow ; LeBlanc ; Perry ; Schwimmer Seinfeld, season 7 / season 8 ( 1996 ) : Alexander ; Louis - Dreyfus ; Richards ; Seinfeld Seinfeld, season 8 / season 9 ( 1997 ) : Alexander ; Louis - Dreyfus ; Richards ; Seinfeld Ally McBeal, season 1 / season 2 ( 1998 ) : Bellows ; Carson ; de Rossi ; Flockhart ; Germann ; Krakowski ; Liu ; MacNicol ; Shepard ; Thorne - Smith Frasier, season 6 / season 7 ( 1999 ) : Butler ; Gilpin ; Grammer ; Leeves ; Mahoney ; Pierce Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- 2019 ) BNE : XX1341926 BNF : cb14025134x ( data ) GND : 138209081 ISNI : 0000 0000 8162 3517 LCCN : n96049518 SNAC : w62j91pr SUDOC : 15237096X VIAF : 88259542 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Schwimmer&oldid=843124035 '' Categories : 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors 1966 births American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male voice actors American television directors Back Stage West Garland Award recipients Film directors from New York ( state ) Living people Male actors from New York City Beverly Hills High School alumni Northwestern University School of Communication alumni People from Astoria, Queens People from Flushing, Queens People from the Greater Los Angeles Area American theatre directors Alumni of the British American Drama Academy Jewish American male actors Hidden categories : Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Use mdy dates from June 2011 Articles with hCards Good articles Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Български Català Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto فارسی Français Gaeilge Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Íslenska Italiano עברית Latina Latviešu Lietuvių Magyar Malagasy Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Polski Português Română Русский Scots Shqip Simple English Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Tagalog தமிழ் Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt ייִדיש 中文 43 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 May 2018, at 01 : 33. 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Question: who did david schwimmer play in the wonder years
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