David Schwimmer

Schwimmer was born on November 2, 1966 (although some sources say November 12), in Flushing, Queens, New York City, to attorneys Arthur (1941–2024) and Arlene Coleman-Schwimmer (born 1940).{{Cite web | title=David Schwimmer to Debut on Broadway - David Schwimmer : People.com | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1183560,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205123736/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1183560,00.html | archive-date=2009-02-05 | access-date=2025-05-28}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-13-tm-1437-story.html|title=California Breakup : 'Divorce is...|date=March 13, 1988|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 12, 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/davidschwimmer/|title=Hello Magazine Profile — David Schwimmer |work=Hello!|publisher=Hello Ltd|access-date=January 16, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090604140601/http://hellomagazine.com/profiles/davidschwimmer/ | archive-date= June 4, 2009}} His family is Jewish.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3080030|title=David Schwimmer's serious side|work=NBC News|date=November 21, 2003|access-date=May 21, 2018|quote=David Schwimmer: 'And when it comes to certain prejudice and the hatred that still pervades this country I'm a Jew first and not a white person.{{'-}}}} He has an younger sister named Ellie Schwimmer (born 1965).{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=172712&apid=0|title=David Schwimmer|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=May 26, 2009}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} His mother was a high profile divorce attorney who had represented several high profile figures including Elizabeth Taylor and Rod Stewart. His family subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where Schwimmer, at 10, had his first acting experience when he was cast as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella. At the age of 12, Schwimmer went to a Shakespeare workshop given by English actor Sir 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. His classmates included actor Jonathan Silverman. Schwimmer admitted to feeling like 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.'"{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/25/features.magazine|title=Friends in high places|last=Cooper|first=Tim|date=November 25, 2001|work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=January 16, 2009 | archive-date = February 19, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140219061526/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/25/features.magazine | url-status=live}} His best subjects were science and math and he originally wanted to 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 spent a summer as a process server for his mother’s law firm.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/16/the-greatest-celebrity-anecdote-of-all-time-how-david-schwimmer-triggered-rod-stewarts-divorce | title=The greatest celebrity anecdote of all time! How David Schwimmer triggered Rod Stewart's divorce | work=The Guardian | date=January 16, 2025 | last1=Heritage | first1=Stuart }} Schwimmer enrolled in Northwestern University, where he had attended the summer acting program earlier. He had originally intended on becoming a surgeon, having studied various body systems but eventually decided to pursue acting professionally.{{Cite news |last=Pelley |first=Rich |date=June 19, 2021 |title=David Schwimmer: 'I was a roller-skating waiter' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/19/this-much-i-know-david-schwimmer-i-was-a-roller-skating-waiter-for-seven-years |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} At the university, he studied theater and was in an improv group with Stephen Colbert, the No-Fun Mud Piranhas.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PBou1uIhLYs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091128/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBou1uIhLYs&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBou1uIhLYs|title=David Schwimmer Had Kylo Ren Hair In College | work=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |date= February 3, 2016|access-date=April 22, 2016| time=00:32}}{{cbignore}} 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.

After his supporting role debut in the ABC television film A Deadly Silence (1989),{{cite journal|first=Daniel|last=Ruth|title=Nagging problems leave gaps in 'A Deadly Silence'|date=April 14, 1989|journal=Chicago Sun-Times|page=65}} 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.

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In 1994, Schwimmer was cast as 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4908086|title=Can David Schwimmer leave Ross Geller behind?|last=Couric|first=Katie|date=May 5, 2004|work=NBC News|access-date=January 17, 2009 }} Executive producer Kevin S. Bright said that he had previously worked with Schwimmer,{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/2002-04-23-friends.htm|title='Friends': Kevin Bright|date=January 1, 2005 | work = USA Today|access-date=January 20, 2009 | archive-date= July 15, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130715065109/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/community/chat/2002-04-23-friends.htm | url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4899445 |title='Friends' creators share show's beginnings |last=Lauer |first=Matt |date=May 5, 2004 |work=NBC News |access-date=January 20, 2009 }} Friends quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and Schwimmer receiving strong reviews. Much of the Friends success is attributed to the plotline between his character Ross and his on-again-off-again love interest Rachel, which has been described as one of the greatest TV couples of all time by various media outlets.{{Cite web |title=See our favorite pairings from Lucy and Desi to Ross and Rachel and more |url=https://www.tvguide.com/galleries/best-tv-couples-1026715/3/ |access-date=November 12, 2023 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Holly |title=25 of the best TV couples of all time |url=https://www.insider.com/best-tv-couples-2018-4 |access-date=November 12, 2023 |website=Insider |language=en-US}} The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was complimentary of Schwimmer, calling him "terrific".{{cite journal|first=Robert|last=Bianco|title=Six 'Friends' Sittin' Around, Talking|date=September 22, 1994|journal=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|page=C1}} Variety's television reviewer said: "All six of the principals, especially (Courteney) Cox and Schwimmer, appear resourceful and display sharp sitcom skills".{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117903158.html?categoryid=32&cs=1|title=Friends|last=Scott|first=Tony|date=September 22, 1994|work=Variety |access-date=June 19, 2009}} For this performance, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/21/arts/er-leads-nominations-for-emmy-awards.html|title='E.R.' Leads Nominations for Emmy Awards|date=July 21, 1995|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 20, 2009}}

Schwimmer starred in his first leading film role in the 1996 romantic comedy film, The Pallbearer with Gwyneth Paltrow.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9A02E4D71739F930A35756C0A960958260|title=Young Love at a Funeral|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=May 3, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 20, 2009}} In the film, Schwimmer plays a man asked to deliver the eulogy for a high school friend he cannot remember, and begins an affair with the friend's mother. Critics dismissed The Pallbearer as a poor imitation of the 1967 film The Graduate.{{cite journal|first=Dennis|last=King|title=The Pallbearer|date=May 4, 1996|journal=Tulsa World|page=D4}}{{cite journal|first=Daniel|last=Neman|title='Graduate' Returns As 'The Pallbearer'|date=May 4, 1996|journal=Richmond Times-Dispatch|page=B-7}} 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".{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905198.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=%22The+Pallbearer%22|title=The Pallbearer Review|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=April 29, 1996|work=Variety |access-date=January 29, 2009}} 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." Schwimmer was chosen to play a leading role in the 1997 Men in Black but he turned it down. He later regretted this decision. Ultimately, Will Smith got the role.{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=David Schwimmer Says Rejecting 'Men in Black' Offer Was a 'Brutal Decision' and It 'Would've Made Me a Movie Star'; He Chose to Direct a Film Instead |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/david-schwimmer-rejected-men-in-black-offer-brutal-decision-1236148577/ |website=Variety |date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024}}

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 smart-mouthed, but dapper and charming man.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/02/27/DD82740.DTL&type=printable|title=Film Review – New Angles Freshen 'Kissing'|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|date=February 27, 1998|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=January 20, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kissing_a_fool/|title=Kissing a Fool|date=February 27, 1998|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=January 20, 2009}} 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,{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9810/21/review.apt.pupil/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010509035523/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9810/21/review.apt.pupil/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 9, 2001|title=Review: 'Apt Pupil' gets an 'A'|last=Clinton|first=Paul|date=October 21, 1998|publisher=CNN: Showbiz/Movies|access-date=January 20, 2009}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Welkos|first=Robert W.|title=Young director follows up 'Usual Suspects'|journal=The Tampa Tribune|date=May 4, 1997}} (Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times.) He subsequently appeared opposite Woody Allen and Sharon Stone in Alfonso Arau's straight-to-cable comedy Picking Up the Pieces (2000).{{Cite web |title= David Schwimmer Credits |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-schwimmer/credits/3000029337/ |work= tvguide.com |access-date=January 21, 2024}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/band.brothers/index.html|title=Enlist TV for 'Band of Brothers'|last=Clinton|first=Paul|date=September 7, 2001|publisher=CNN: Showbiz/Movies|access-date=January 20, 2009}} Although Band of Brothers was met with largely positive reception,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/band_of_brothers/ |title=Band of Brothers |date=September 9, 2001 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=January 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126204130/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/band_of_brothers/ |archive-date=January 26, 2009 }} 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."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1544232.stm|title=Band of Brothers impresses|last=Hill|first=Aubrey|date=September 14, 2001|work=BBC News |access-date=January 20, 2009}} Later that year he portrayed Yitzhak Zuckerman in the war drama Uprising, based on the true events of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/11/02/DD157481.DTL|title='Uprising' has Emmy potential|last=Carman|first=John|date=November 2, 2001|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=January 30, 2009 | archive-date= May 25, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130525220454/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Uprising-has-Emmy-potential-Miniseries-about-2861522.php | url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117916244.html?categoryid=32&cs=1&query=%27Uprising%27|title=Uprising Review|last=Oxman|first=Steven|date=October 31, 2001|work=Variety |access-date=January 30, 2009}}

In March 2004, Schwimmer appeared as himself on HBO's comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm.{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Walker|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/small-world-how-television-ate-itself-1811071.html|title=Small world: How television ate itself|access-date=June 21, 2010|date=October 29, 2009|work=The Independent |location=UK}} During the lengthy run of Friends, Schwimmer directed ten of the show's episodes.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/21/PKUNVG5N8.DTL|title=Schwimmer directs 1st film, 'Run, Fat Boy'|last=Stein|first=Ruthe|date=March 21, 2008|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=January 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/schwimmer-directing-little-britain-1117986969/|title=Schwimmer directing 'Little Britain'|last=Fleming|first=Michael|date=June 5, 2008|work=Variety |access-date=January 20, 2009}} The show's tenth and final season ended on May 6, 2004.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4917464 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701092139/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/4917464 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 1, 2010 |title=Goodbye, old Friends |publisher=MSNBC|date=March 4, 2005 |access-date=January 20, 2009}}

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In 2004, Schwimmer was director and executive producer on Nevermind Nirvana, a sitcom about an Indian American family that was not picked up by NBC.{{cite news |title=Schwimmer trying to find new friends on TV pilots|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/schwimmer-trying-to-find-new-friends-on-tv-pilots-deck/article995184/ |access-date=October 29, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=March 6, 2004}}{{cite news |last1=Adalian |first1=Josef |title=Inside Move: Team attains 'Nirvana' |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/inside-move-team-attains-nirvana-1117912281/ |access-date=October 29, 2023 |work=Variety |date=October 20, 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/duane-hopwood|title=Duane Hopwood (2005): Reviews|date=November 11, 2005|website=Metacritic|access-date=January 20, 2009}} 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".{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051117%2FREVIEWS%2F51114001%2F1023|title=Duane Hopwood|date=November 18, 2005|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=January 20, 2009|archive-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105192643/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051117%2FREVIEWS%2F51114001%2F1023|url-status=dead}} Duane Hopwood was screened at a special presentation at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-01-24-sundance_x.htm|title=Sundance festival fills small town to the rafters|last=Puig|first=Claudia|date=January 24, 2005|work=USA Today|access-date=January 20, 2009}} Furthermore, in the same year he voiced Melman, a hypochondriac giraffe, in the animated film Madagascar (2005).{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/27/review.madagascar/index.html|title=Review: Enjoyable trip to 'Madagascar'|last=Clinton|first=Paul|date=May 27, 2005|publisher=CNN: Showbiz/Movies|access-date=January 20, 2009}} The Washington Post noted that Schwimmer is particularly appealing as Melman.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/26/AR2005052601775.html?sub=AR|title=A Roar of Approval|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=May 26, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 11, 2009}} Despite the mixed response from critics,{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/madagascar|title=Madagascar (2005): Reviews|date=May 27, 2005|website=Metacritic|access-date=January 20, 2009}} the film was a commercial success, earning US$532 million worldwide,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madagascar.htm|title=Madagascar (2005)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=August 11, 2012}} making it one of the biggest hits of 2005.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2005&p=.htm|title=2005 Yearly Box Office Results|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 21, 2009}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4297091.stm|title=Friends star set for London stage|date=February 25, 2005|work=BBC News |access-date=January 20, 2009}} In the production, he plays a teacher who is ready to settle down and marry, but decides to visit four ex-girlfriends first.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article526315.ece|title=Some Girl(s)|last=Nightingale|first=Benedict|date=May 25, 2005|work=The Times |location=UK |access-date=June 19, 2009 |archive-date= June 15, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094301/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article526315.ece}} 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."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4578615.stm|title=Press views: Some Girl(s)|date=May 25, 2005|work=BBC News |access-date=January 20, 2009}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1183560,00.html|title=David Schwimmer to Debut on Broadway|last=Chiu|first=Alexis|date=April 16, 2006|work=People|access-date=January 21, 2009|archive-date=February 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205123736/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1183560,00.html|url-status=dead}} Schwimmer played the role of Lieutenant Barney Greenwald in the production, which was directed by Jerry Zaks.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2005-12-08-schwimmer-broadway_x.htm|title=David Schwimmer to make his Broadway debut|date=December 8, 2005|agency=Associated Press|work=USA Today|access-date=January 21, 2009}} 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 wasn't hot on the director, or there was another star attached that I wasn't jazzed about working with."{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/16847/|title=Seriously, Folks|last=Dobkin|first=Matt|date=May 1, 2006|work=New York|access-date=January 21, 2009|archive-date= September 18, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130918074725/http://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/16847/}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/dec/01/comedy1|title=Big Nothing|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=December 1, 2006|work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=January 20, 2009}}

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."{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-schwimmer_0328gl.State.Edition1.25342d2.html|title=Challenging script drew David Schwimmer to direct 'Run Fatboy Run'|last=Becker|first=Stephen|date=March 28, 2008|work=The Dallas Morning News|access-date=January 21, 2009 | archive-date= April 3, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080403043355/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-schwimmer_0328gl.State.Edition1.25342d2.html}} 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."{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/03/28/2008-03-28_run_fatboy_run_logs_few_smiles.html|title='Run, Fatboy, Run' logs few smiles|last=Neumaier|first=Joe|date=March 28, 2008|work=Daily News (New York)|access-date=June 11, 2009|archive-date=January 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112024609/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/03/28/2008-03-28_run_fatboy_run_logs_few_smiles.html|url-status=dead}} USA Today, however, was favorable towards Schwimmer, reporting he possesses filmmaking finesse "having wisely chosen strong comic material for his debut behind the camera".{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-03-27-run-fat-boy_N.htm|title=Romantically funny 'Fat Boy' is a winner|last=Puig|first=Claudia|date=March 27, 2008|work=USA Today|access-date=January 21, 2009}} For his directorial work, he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award in the category of Best Debut Director.{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117974503.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1|title='Control' leads BIFA race|last=Thomas|first=Archie|date=October 28, 2007|work=Variety |access-date=February 23, 2009}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/criticscorner/2007-11-07-critics-corner_N.htm|title=Critic's Corner Thursday|last=Bianco|first=Robert|date=November 7, 2007|work=USA Today|access-date=June 12, 2009}} 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).{{cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/01/nothing-but-the-truth.html|title=Nothing But the Truth|last=Medina|first=Jeremy|date=January 8, 2009|work=Paste|access-date=January 29, 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090119063632/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/01/nothing-but-the-truth.html | archive-date=January 19, 2009| url-status=live}} The movie received generally favorable reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nothing-but-the-truth|title=Nothing But the Truth (2008): Reviews|date=December 17, 2008|website=Metacritic|access-date=June 10, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madagascar2.htm|title=Madagascar:Escape 2 Africa|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=August 11, 2012}} Schwimmer took part in directing in-studio segments for Little Britain USA, an American spin-off of the British BBC television series Little Britain.{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/lost-in-translation-british-tv-goes-abroad-13924014.html|title=Lost in translation: British TV goes abroad|date=July 29, 2008|work=The Belfast Telegraph| access-date=January 21, 2009}} In regard to this, he commented that he had "a good time directing episodes" for the show.{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/10/27/schwimmer-wants-more-little-britain-115875-20844836/|title=Schwimmer wants more Little Britain|date=October 27, 2008|work=Daily Mirror |location=UK|access-date=May 26, 2009}}

In October 2008, Schwimmer made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in Fault Lines at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/am-fault1002,2,3228021.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803130405/http://www.latimes.com/news/am-fault1002,2,3228021.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2012|title='Fault Lines': David Schwimmer's Off-Broadway debut nothing new|last=Windman|first=Matt|date=October 2, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2009}} The production won a mixed review from the Los Angeles Times, which wrote: "Based on Fault Lines ... we can't really tell whether Schwimmer has much talent as a director. We're surprised he didn'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".{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/item_wVAR0XywtA11ZvX7S6E55L;jsessionid=4A71583620086427D6B0CBDFF17888A9 |title=Booze-Fueled Night Lasts a Round too Long |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=October 1, 2008 |work=New York Post |access-date=June 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019013453/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/item_wVAR0XywtA11ZvX7S6E55L%3Bjsessionid%3D4A71583620086427D6B0CBDFF17888A9 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 }} 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.{{cite news|url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/02/our-town.html|title=Schwimmer the emotional core of 'Our Town' in search of a small town|last=Jones|first=Chris|date=February 23, 2009|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 10, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939754.html?categoryid=33&cs=1|title=Theater Review: Our Town|last=Oxman|first=Steven|date=February 23, 2009|work=Variety |access-date=June 10, 2009}} "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.{{cite magazine|url=http://watching-tv.ew.com/2009/08/03/entourage-review-aug-2/|title='Entourage': Send in the Schwimmer!|last=Tucker|first=Ken|date=August 2, 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 3, 2009}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59E12120091015| title=Owen, Keener to star in Schwimmer's "Trust"| last=Kit| first=Borys|date=October 15, 2009|work=The Hollywood Reporter|agency=Reuters |access-date=October 27, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPPyJ7GuNJUMmNNzeXNpQoC-WpQAD9CAQ3Q00 |first=Mike |last=Householder |title=Schwimmer back in the director's chair for 'Trust' |access-date=December 2, 2009 |date=December 1, 2009 |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524192255/https://www.webcitation.org/5lj5fD0BE?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPPyJ7GuNJUMmNNzeXNpQoC-WpQAD9CAQ3Q00 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |url-status=dead }} Trust premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite news|first=Jane|last=Stevenson|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/tiff/2010/2010/09/11/15320176.html|title='Trust' spotlights online horror|access-date=September 14, 2010|date=September 11, 2010|newspaper=Toronto Sun}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7772326-david-schwimmer-cameos-on-controversial-come-fly-with-me |title=David Schwimmer cameos on controversial 'Come Fly With Me' |work=allvoices |date=January 2, 2011 |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122055335/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7772326-david-schwimmer-cameos-on-controversial-come-fly-with-me |archive-date=January 22, 2011 }} The following year, he returned to voice Melman the Giraffe in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/david-schwimmer-talks-madagascar-3-europe-s-most-wanted-1.3753112|title=David Schwimmer talks 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'|first=Frank|last=Lovece|newspaper=Newsday|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=March 29, 2020}} In 2013, Schwimmer appeared as Josh Rosenthal, a mobster who was brought up by the notorious Roy DeMeo and part of the Gambino Family, alongside Michael Shannon in The Iceman.

In 2014, Schwimmer was cast as the lead in the ABC comedy pilot Irreversible, playing "one half of a somewhat eccentric, self-absorbed couple".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/friends-alum-david-schwimmer-star-676298 |title='Friends' Alum David Schwimmer to Star in ABC Comedy 'Irreversible'|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} In 2016, Schwimmer played Robert Kardashian in the first season of the FX anthology series American Crime Story. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/david-schwimmer-robert-kardashian-american-crime-story-1201383917/ |title=David Schwimmer Cast as Robert Kardashian in FX's 'American Crime Story'|magazine=Variety |date=December 19, 2014}} In January 2016, Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess were cast to star in the new AMC crime drama Feed the Beast. The series premiered on June 5, 2016, and aired 10 episodes through August before being canceled.{{cite magazine|last1=Andereeva|first1=Nellie|title='Feed The Beast' Canceled By AMC After One Season|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/feed-the-beast-canceled-amc-one-season-no-season-2-1201812886/|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 30, 2016}} In November 2016, it was announced that Schwimmer would star in his first audio series.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/oscar-isaac-catherine-keener-and-david-schwimmer-a-245206|title=Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, and David Schwimmer are making a podcast|first=Sam|last=Barsanti|magazine=The A.V. Club|access-date=July 26, 2018}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a9215169/david-schwimmer-interview-sigal-avin-harassment/|title=David Schwimmer Launches New Campaign to Fight Sexual Harassment|date=April 3, 2017|magazine=Cosmopolitan|access-date=July 26, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/12/david-schwimmers-sexual-harassment-videos-are-good-but-theyre-womens-work|title=David Schwimmer's sexual harassment films are good. But this is women's work - Van Badham|first=Van|last=Badham|date=April 12, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|location=UK|access-date=July 26, 2018}}

In 2020, Schwimmer was cast as a main character in the British sitcom Intelligence broadcast on Sky One.{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1240926/Intelligence-Sky-release-date-cast-trailer-plot-when-is-new-series-out-NOW-TV|title=Intelligence on Sky release date cast trailer plot: When is the new series out?|last=Mitchell|first=Molli|date=February 11, 2020|newspaper=Daily Express|location=UK|language=en|access-date=February 12, 2020}} In the same year, he was a celebrity reader on CBeebies Bedtime Stories,{{Citation|title=Bedtime Stories {{!}} David Schwimmer {{!}} If I Had a Sleepy Sloth {{!}} CBeebies| date=February 27, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE0FTns5yX0|language=en|access-date=November 5, 2021}} and was signed as the face of British banking chain TSB.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/friends-star-david-schwimmer-urges-the-uk-to-get-the-most-out-of-life-in-tsb-spot|title=Friends Star David Schwimmer Urges the UK to Get the Most Out of Life in TSB Spot|date=December 23, 2020|access-date=January 27, 2021}}

Schwimmer featured in Jews Don't Count, a 2022 documentary by British Jewish comedian David Baddiel on the subject of antisemitism. Schwimmer's contribution, in which he said that he has never felt white, was described as "erudite" by Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian.{{cite news |last1=Nicholson |first1=Rebecca |title=David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count review – a doc so shocking it sounds like a siren |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/21/david-baddiel-jews-dont-count-review-a-doc-so-shocking-it-sounds-like-a-siren |access-date=October 29, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=November 21, 2022}}

From January 2025, Schwimmer starred in season 2 of the anthology horror series Goosebumps, based on the book series of the same name.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/david-schwimmer-goosebumps-anthology-series-season-2-1235863622/|title=David Schwimmer To Lead Season 2 Of Disney+ Anthology Series 'Goosebumps'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=March 20, 2024|access-date=October 21, 2024|archive-date=March 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320220036/https://deadline.com/2024/03/david-schwimmer-goosebumps-anthology-series-season-2-1235863622/|url-status=live}}

Schwimmer dated singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia in the late 1990s. Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston admitted to having crushes on each other early on while filming Friends during HBO Max's Friends: The Reunion.{{cite news| url=https://people.com/tv/friends-reunion-jennifer-aniston-david-schwimmer-crushed-on-each-other/| title= Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer Admit They Used to 'Crush' on Each Other| access-date=May 27, 2021|date=May 27, 2021}} Schwimmer began a relationship with British artist Zoë Buckman in 2007 and they married on June 4, 2010. Their daughter Cleo Buckman Schwimmer was born in 2011.{{Cite web |title=All About David Schwimmer's Child Cleo Buckman Schwimmer |url=https://people.com/all-about-david-schwimmer-daughter-cleo-buckman-schwimmer-7570611 |access-date=November 12, 2023 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}{{cite news| url=https://people.com/celebrity/david-schwimmer-is-engaged/| title=David Schwimmer Is Engaged!| access-date=March 14, 2010|date=March 14, 2010|work=People}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/track/star_tracks/view.bg?articleid=1288468&position=also |title=David Schwimmer marries Zoe Beckman |access-date=October 13, 2010 |date=October 13, 2010 |work=Boston Herald |archive-date=October 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016045145/http://www.bostonherald.com/track/star_tracks/view.bg?articleid=1288468&position=also |url-status=dead }}Jennifer Lipman. [http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/39271/david-schwimmer-marries-secret "David Schwimmer marries in secret"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224172454/https://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/39271/david-schwimmer-marries-secret |date=February 24, 2021 }}. The Jewish Chronicle. October 12, 2010. "The Jewish actor, star of the hit series Friends, tied the knot with Zoe Buckman in a small private ceremony".{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Sarah Anne |date=May 23, 2011 |title=David Schwimmer and wife welcome baby girl |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/david-schwimmer-and-wife-welcome-baby-girl/2011/05/23/AFddXt9G_blog.html |access-date=May 23, 2011}} The couple announced in April 2017 that they were "taking some time apart".{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/david-schwimmer-wife-zoe-buckman-taking-some-time-apart-w475045|title=David Schwimmer, Wife Zoe Buckman Taking 'Some Time Apart' After Six Years of Marriage|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=April 5, 2017|work=Us Weekly|first=Stephanie|last=Webber|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180226221140/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/david-schwimmer-wife-zoe-buckman-taking-some-time-apart-w475045/|url-status=live}} They divorced later that year.{{Cite news|last=Mulkerrins|first=Jane|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/david-schwimmer-friends-new-sitcom-fears-billie-eilish/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/david-schwimmer-friends-new-sitcom-fears-billie-eilish/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Schwimmer on Friends, his new sitcom, and his fears for Billie Eilish|date=February 20, 2020|work=The Telegraph|access-date=March 16, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} Schwimmer and his ex-wife are on good terms and continue to co-parent their child amicably. He tends to keep his personal life away from the media to preserve his daughter's childhood.

Schwimmer primarily lives in East Village, Manhattan.{{cite web | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-schwimmer-east-village-demolition_n_1257496/amp | title=David Schwimmer Destroys Historic East Village Townhouse to Build His New Mansion | date=February 6, 2012 }} He previously had a loft in Near West Side, Chicago as well as a house in Hancock Park, Los Angeles.{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-david-schwimmer-20200203-k4kvefgxwffhfl22anhla3dvhi-story.html | title=David Schwimmer sells longtime Near West Side home for $965,000 | website=Chicago Tribune | date=February 3, 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://la.curbed.com/2011/11/11/10425598/david-schwimmer-lists-his-hancock-park-mediterranean | title=David Schwimmer Lists His Hancock Park Mediterranean | date=November 11, 2011 }}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/david-schwimmer-wins-judgment-in-defamation-suit |title=David Schwimmer Wins Judgment in Defamation Suit|date=June 19, 2006|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Fox News|access-date=January 21, 2009}}

Schwimmer is an active director of the Rape Treatment Center in Santa Monica, which specializes in helping victims of date rape and child rape.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/david-schwimmer-dont-use-the-fword-490230.html|title=David Schwimmer: Don't use the F-word|last=Cooper|first=Tim|date=May 14, 2005 | work = The Independent |location=UK|access-date=January 21, 2009 | archive-date=March 23, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120323022743/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/david-schwimmer-dont-use-the-fword-6146235.html |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/27732-hollywood-star-helps-childrens-charity-to-raise-awareness-of-online-sexual-abuse |title=Friends star helps Edinburgh charity raise awareness of online child abuse |publisher=STV|location=Scotland |first=Maxine |last=Finlay |date=November 19, 2011 |access-date=November 19, 2011 | archive-date= January 25, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120125023531/http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/27732-hollywood-star-helps-childrens-charity-to-raise-awareness-of-online-sexual-abuse/}}

In October 2023, he was one of many Hollywood signatories of a letter calling on President Joe Biden to work toward the release of all Israeli hostages after the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=2023-10-23 |title=Hollywood Stars and Executives Thank President Biden for Leadership, Call for Release of All Hamas Hostages |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/hamas-hostages-hollywood-stars-open-letter-biden-1235765726/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=NoHostageLeftBehind |url=https://www.nohostageleftbehind.com/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000623/https://www.nohostageleftbehind.com/ |archive-date=October 24, 2023 }} In January 2024, he signed an open letter calling on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to include Jews in its representation and inclusion standards.{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Benjamin |date=2024-01-09 |title=Julianna Margulies, David Schwimmer and Over 260 More Implore Academy to Include Jews in Inclusion Standards {{!}} Exclusive |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jewish-inclusion-academy-open-letter-julianna-marguiles-david-schwimmer/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Letter To The Motion Picture Academy On Its Diversity Requirements |url=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdPwEa3bz1R8O1nglZPSfT9nWtiEbNjg8uJUSvvyy4I_eTvg/viewform |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Google Docs |language=en}} He has spoken about antisemitism at the Anti-Defamation League's "Never is Now" conference.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk2dBRMFJ44 |title=ADL's 2022 Never Is Now {{!}} A Conversation with David Schwimmer and Michael Eric Dyson |date=2022-11-14 |last=Anti-Defamation League |access-date=2025-03-05 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vQNOEX1lVs |title=David Schwimmer Presents the ADL Heroes Against Hate {{!}} Never Is Now 2025 |date=2025-03-04 |last=Anti-Defamation League |access-date=2025-03-05 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Steven Zeitchik,Zoe G. |date=2025-03-05 |title=David Schwimmer Asks Jewish Hollywood Leaders to Speak Up Against Antisemitism: "Stand Up" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/david-schwimmer-jewish-hollywood-speak-up-antisemitism-1236154918/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In 2012, he rebutted two longstanding rumors: one that he appeared as a soldier on a train in Biloxi Blues (1988), saying, "No. I don't know why that's on IMDb, but I never was in that" (the credit has since been removed), 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".Schwimmer, in {{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/david-schwimmer-talks-madagascar-3-europe-s-most-wanted-1.3753112 |author-link=Frank Lovece |last=Lovece |first=Frank |work=Newsday |title=David Schwimmer talks 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted' |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615184914/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/david-schwimmer-talks-madagascar-3-europe-s-most-wanted-1.3753112 |url-status=live }}

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• Back Stage West Garland Awards, for his Lookingglass Theatre Company, production of Arabian Nights

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• Lawrence, Will. "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3667590/David-Schwimmer-From-Central-Perk-to-the-East-End.html David Schwimmer: From Central Perk to the East End]." The Daily Telegraph. August 31, 2007. Accessed June 10, 2009.
• Greenstreet, Rosanna. "[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/sep/08/1 Q&A: David Schwimmer]." The Guardian. September 8, 2007. Accessed June 10, 2009.
• Pratt, Steve. "[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/1674716.new_direction/ New direction]." The Northern Echo. September 8, 2007. Accessed June 10, 2009.

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