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Born November 12, 1966 in Queens, New York
Actor, Director, Writer
Claim to Fame:
Plays Ross Geller on the hit NBC comedy sitcom, Friends (1994-present)
Quote:
"It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60." --Entertainment Weekly, April 1996
Significant Other(s):
Mili Avital, actress
Natalie Imbruglia, singer; together 1996-97
Sarah Trimble, law clerk; together 1993-96
Family:
Father: Arthur Schwimmer, appellate lawyer; married 1964
Mother: Arlene Coleman-Schwimmer, attorney; handled divorces of Roseanne, Julianne Phillips and Elizabeth Taylor; born 1940
Sister: Ellie Schwimmer, born 1965
Awards:
1995: Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series, Friends; shared award with series cast
Factoid:
Made acting debut as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella (1977)
Education:
Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California (classmate of actor Jonathan Silverman)
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; B.S., Speech, 1988; cofounded Lookingglass Theatre during senior year
Filmography:
It's the Rage (2000)
Apt Pupil (1998)
Kissing a Fool (1998)
Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
Breast Men (1997)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
The Pallbearer (1996)
Friends (1994)
Monty (1994)
Wolf (1994)
Twenty Bucks (1993)
Vaiter, The (1993)
Crossing the Bridge (1992)
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Flight of the Intruder, The (1990)
Wonder Years (1988)
Directed:
Since You've Been Gone (1998)
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