Awards & Winners

David Schwimmer

Date of Birth 02-November-1966
Place of Birth Flushing
(Queens, New York, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as David Lawrence Schwimmer, David Schwimmer Arquette, Schwimmer, David Larry Schwimmer, Snaro
Profession Television Director, Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Theatre Director, Voice Actor
David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor, director and producer. He was born in New York City, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was two. He 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. His first leading film role was in The Pallbearer, which was followed by roles in Kissing a Fool, Six Days Seven Nights, Apt Pupil, and Picking Up the Pieces. He was then cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers as Herbert Sobel. After the series finale of Friends in 2004, Schwimmer was cast as the titular character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood. Other film roles include Melman in the computer animated Madagascar films, the dark comedy Big Nothing, and the thriller Nothing But the Truth. Schwimmer made his West End stage debut in the leading role in Some Girl 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.

Awards by David Schwimmer

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Schwimmer.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
TV Land "Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good" Award Friends
British Independent Film Award Douglas Hickox Award (Directorial Debut) Run Fatboy Run

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
TV Land Most Memorable Kiss Award Friends

2004


Glamour Award for Man of The Year

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends

2002


Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Honored for : Band of Brothers

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Band of Brothers

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends

1996


Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Honored for : Friends

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Razzie Award for Worst New Star Friends
\"Friends\" cast members turned movie-star-wanna-be's
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends
Role: Rachel Green","Role: Monica Geller","Role: Phoebe Buffay","Role: Joey Tribbiani","Role: Chandler Muriel Bing","Role: Ross Geller

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series Friends