"Oh shoot, I can't tomorrow night. I'm suppose to fall off the Empire Sate Building and land on a bicycle with no seat." Ross

Stats:

Real Name: David Schwimmer
Character Name: Ross Geller
D.O.B: November 2, 1966 - Scorpio
Place of Birth: Queens, New York
Family: Parents, Arthur and Arlene; both lawyers, married in 1964. Sister Ellie, born 1965
Height: About 6' 2"
Eyes: Brown
Education: Northwestern University in Chicago
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer

Interesting Facts:

• David is Jewish.
• Made his acting debut as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella in 1977.
• Along with best friend & fellow actor Joey Slotnick, he helped and founded the Lookingglass Theater Company, based in Chicago, IL.
• Lives in Los Angeles, but has a studio in Chicago, where he resides mostly during the summer.
• David stars, directs and writes Band of Brothers and Dogwater.
• David has been among People’s 400 Hottest Celebrities.

Quotes

"Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?"

"I don't tolerate any kind of dishonesty. I bring a lot to the table with my relationships, so I really expect the same."

"I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad."

"I have a lot of girlfriends whom I've never been involved with. Those kinds of lines get drawn pretty early on."

"I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable."

"I was a geek in high school."

"I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships."

"If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it."

"It's a job - someone's gotta kiss Jennifer Aniston. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine."

"It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60."

"My favorite thing about my family is that my sister and I will go over to our parents' house on the weekend and play canasta."

"Oh my God, people really think I'm Ross!"

"There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.' "

"There are certain sacrifices that you make, and you feel like the only compensation you have as an actor is financial."

"There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing."

"With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!'"

"You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team."

Favorites:

Favourite food: Bagels and pizza
Favourite music: Oldies and classical and also supports unknown punk and rock bands
Interests: Playing softball, basketball, ping-pong, video games, poker with his buddies and writing. He also has a small collection of classic cars

Movies

Madagascar 2 (2008) (announced) (voice)
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2006) (announced)
Untitled Zak Penn Project (2005) (announced)
Big Nothing (2006) (filming)
Madagascar (2005) (voice)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Uprising (2001)
Hotel (2001)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Love & Sex (2000)
All the Rage (1999)
The Thin Pink Line (1998)
Apt Pupil (1998)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Kissing a Fool (1998)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
Breast Men (1997)
The Pallbearer (1996)
Wolf (1994)
Twenty Bucks (1993)
The Vaiter (1993)
Crossing the Bridge (1992)
Flight of the Intruder (1990)
A Deadly Silence (1989)

Producer

Kissing a Fool (1998) (executive)
Shoot the Moon (1996) (executive)

Director

Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Friends (1994-2004)

TV Appearances

Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen (2001)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Friends (1994-present)
Monty (1994)
The Wonder Years (1988)

Guest Appearances

Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002)
The Big Breakfast (2000)
The Single Guy (1997) Episode #2.18
ER (1996) Episode #3.1
The Single Guy (1995) Episode #1.6
Blossom (1993) Episode #4.6
NYPD Blue (1993) Episode #1.4
Blossom (1993) Episode #4.5
NYPD Blue (1993) Episode #1.3
NYPD Blue (1993) Episode #1.2
NYPD Blue (1993) Episode #1.1
LA Law (1993) Episode #7.13
LA Law (1993) Episode #7.11
LA Law (1992)Episode #7.8
LA Law (1992) Episode #7.6
LA Law (1992) Episode #7.2
Walter & Emily

David also works at the Lookingglass Theatre and has acted in plays such as "Idiot", "West", "The Odyssey", "Of One Blood", "In The Eye of the Beholder", "The Master & Margarita." He directed plays such as "The Jungle," which earned 6 Joseph Jefferson Awards and "The Serpent."

Quotes:

"It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60."

"It's a job - someone's gotta do it. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend (now husband) and I go home to a magazine. " - On what it's like to kiss Jennifer Aniston.

Write to David Schwimmer at:

David Schwimmer
300 Television Plaza
Building 136, Room 251
Burbank, CA 91505