| Vied with Silverman and Jon Cryer for a role in the TV pilot for Couples. ABC passed on the show, which was later retooled and sold to NBC as Friends. Schwimmer was the first actor cast |
| Toyed with the idea of becoming a lawyer; his parents and sister are all attorneys. |
| Appeared in several productions at Beverly Hills High School, where one of his classmates was actor Jonathan Silverman. |
| Cofounded Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company, along with seven other Northwestern University students, in 1988. |