David Schwimmer Biography: Net Worth, Siblings, Parents, Wife, Children, Movies, TV Shows, Awards   

David Schwimmer is an acclaimed American actor, director, comedian, and producer.

He is best known for his iconic portrayal of Ross Geller on the massively popular sitcom Friends, which aired for ten hugely successful seasons from 1994 to 2004.

Schwimmer’s breakout role as Ross on Friends earned him widespread global recognition and critical acclaim.

His nuanced and compelling performance as the lovable paleontologist garnered a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995.

Profile

• Full Name: David Lawrence Schwimmer
• Stage Name: David Schwimmer
• Born: November 2, 1966
• Age: 57 years old
• Birthplace: New York City, United States  
• Nationality: American
• Occupation: American actor, director, comedian, and producer
• Height: 1.85 m
• Parents: Arthur Schwimmer and Arlene Coleman-Schwimmer
• Siblings: Ellie Schwimmer
• Spouse: Zoe Buckman (m. 2010–2017)
• Children: Cleo Buckman Schwimmer
• Relationship: Single
• Net Worth: $120 million

Early Life And Education

David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor and director born November 2, 1966, in New York City, United States. He was born to attorneys Arthur and Arlene Coleman-Schwimmer and had an older sister named Ellie Schwimmer.

After his mother’s successful career as a divorce lawyer, the family moved to Beverly Hills, where Schwimmer attended Beverly Hills High School. He later attended Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and speech in 1988.

While at Northwestern, he was involved in the university’s improv group, the No-Fun Mud Piranhas, with fellow actor Stephen Colbert. Schwimmer‘s ethnicity is Jewish, and he practiced Christianity as his religion.

Career

David Schwimmer‘s acting career began with participating in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and speech, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company.

For much of the late 1980s, he struggled as an unemployed actor in Los Angeles until he landed his first major television roles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing in shows like L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, NYPD Blue, and Monty.

Schwimmer‘s big break came when he was cast as Ross Geller on the hit television sitcom Friends, which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. During his time on the show, Schwimmer honed his acting skills and gained experience as a director, helming several series episodes.

After Friends ended, Schwimmer branched out into film and stage work. He was cast in the lead role of the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood and voiced the character of Melman the Giraffe in the popular Madagascar animated film franchise.

Schwimmer also played roles in the dark comedy Big Nothing in 2006 and the thriller Nothing but the Truth in 2008. In addition to his on-screen work, Schwimmer made his West End stage debut in 2005 in the play Some Girl(s) and his Broadway debut in 2006 with The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.

He also tried his hand at directing, making his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with the comedy Run Fatboy Run and his Off-Broadway directorial debut the following year with Fault Lines. In recent years, Schwimmer has continued taking on various acting and directing projects.

In 2020, he was cast as a main character in the British sitcom Intelligence and also served as a celebrity reader on the CBeebies Bedtime Stories program. He was also featured in the 2022 documentary Jews Don’t Count, where he spoke about his experience as a Jewish actor in Hollywood.

Schwimmer’s versatility as an actor and director has allowed him to maintain a prolific and varied career over the past three decades. Schwimmer has continued to work steadily as both an actor and director.

In 2016, he received an Emmy nomination for his role as Robert Kardashian in The People v. O.J. Simpson. Most recently, he signed on to star in the second season of the Goosebumps anthology series, which is set for 2025.

Social Media

• Instagram handle: @_schwim_
• Twitter handle: @DSchwimmer

Personal Life

David Schwimmer‘s most recent marriage was to British artist Zoë Buckman. They wed in 2010 and have one child together, a daughter named Cleo.

However, Schwimmer and Buckman divorced in 2017 after 7 years of marriage. Before his marriage to Zoë Buckman, Schwimmer had relationships with a few other notable figures, including actress Mili Avital and singer Natalie Imbruglia.

Rumors and speculation about Schwimmer’s current relationship status have been ongoing since his divorce, but nothing has been officially confirmed by the actor. He has remained private about his personal life in recent years.

Filmography

Movies

• The Pallbearer (1996)   
• Kissing a Fool (1998)   
• Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)   
• Apt Pupil (1998)   
• Picking Up the Pieces (2000)   
• Madagascar (2005)   
• Big Nothing (2006)   
• Run Fatboy Run (2007)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)   
• Nothing But the Truth (2008)
• Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)   
• The Iceman (2012)   
• The Laundromat (2019)   

TV Shows

• Friends (1994-2004)   
• Band of Brothers (2001)   
• Uprising (2001)   
• Web Therapy (2011-2015)   
• American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson (2016)   
• Feed the Beast (2016)   
• Will & Grace (2017-2019)
• Intelligence (2020-2021)   
• Extrapolations (2023)   
• Captain Fall (2023)

Voice Roles

• Madagascar (2005)   
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)   
• Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)   
• Madly Madagascar (2013)   
• Penguins of Madagascar (2014)   
• Merry Madagascar (2017)

Net Worth

David Schwimmer’s estimated net Worth is $120 million. This substantial wealth can be primarily attributed to his iconic portrayal of Ross Geller in the wildly popular sitcom Friends.

Schwimmer’s performance as Ross Geller throughout the show’s 10-season run earned him significant fame and financial success. In addition to his lucrative acting career, Schwimmer has also made astute real estate investments, which have further contributed to the growth of his fortune.