David Schwimmer


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BirthDate
BirthPlace
11/01/1966
Queens, NY
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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.