David Schwimmer |
Ross GellerDavid Schwimmer plays Ross Geller a geeky paleonthologist working at a museum. People say "He's the hunkiest geek on TV" and maybe that's how it is. Before the series actually starts he's been married to a woman named Carol, who during the marriage finds out she's a lesbian. After the divorce she comes to Ross with fantastic news: She's pregnant - he totally flips out and don't know what to do - but during the first season of the series they work it out. He have had a crush on Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) since god knows how long, and during the series they finally get together for a while. Rachel breaks up with him, and and after a long line of arguments and stuff they go separate ways. Anyhow it seems like none of them really wanted it to end, so they try to convince them selves, using new boyfrinds/girlfriends, but it does not seem to work. Then Ross finds a girl named Emily Waltham from England, and in the last episode of season 4 the whole gang go to England to celebrate the wedding of those two. But it seems like Rachel has some trouble with it, when she's trying to call of the Wedding, and Ross accidently calls Emily "Rachel". Well how this is going to work out is yet to be seen in the future. Ross is apparently their parents favourite, no matter how stupid things he does, it's the right thing to do according to them. Ross is a smart person, and sometimes his Friends finds that annoying. He has this "little" habit - he overprenounce every word that comes out of his mouth, which the other Friends often joke about. He's a loveable character, and he often takes good advices from his Friends. About himself: In the debut season (1994-95) of "Friends," David Schwimmer's performance as Ross, a sensitive, hopeless romantic, earned him an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Born in Queens, New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was first exposed to acting when he enrolled in a high school drama class on a whim. After he completed the course, an instructor encouraged him to attend a summer program in acting at Northwestern University in Chicago. After his graduation from high school he returned to Northwestern, where he received a B.S. degree in speech/theatre. In 1988 Schwimmer, along with seven other Northwestern graduates, founded Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company - an ensemble of actors, writers, directors and designers dedicated to creating vibrant new works for the American stage. Schwimmer says the company, which is now twenty members strong, "possesses a unique combination of talent, drawing its strength from training in the classics, acrobatics, gymnastics, dance and music." Schwimmer's stage acting credits with Lookingglass include "The Master and Margarita," "In the Eye of the Beholder," "West," "Of One Blood" and "The Odyssey." This Fall he will be bringing the company out to Los Angeles, where he will act with them in "The Arabian Nights." Theatre being a passion for him, he most recently starred on the Los Angeles stage as a devious screenwriter in the hit play "D Girl." His stage directing credits include "The Jungle," which he also adapted and which earned six Joseph Jefferson Awards, "The Serpent," and "Alice in Wonderland," which toured to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. In 1993, Schwimmer made his debut as a television series regular on the comedy "Monty," with Henry Winkler. His other television credits include recurring roles on such series as "NYPD Blue," "L.A. Law" and "The Wonder Years." His feature film acting credits include "The Pallbearer," "Twenty Bucks," "Crossing the Bridge" and "Since You've Been Gone," which he also directed and which stars his pals from the Lookingglass Theatre Company. He recently completed filming "Apt Pupil," adapted from a Steven King novella, "Breast Men" for HBO, "Kissing a Fool," and Ivan Reitman's "6 Days, 7 Nights" with Harrison Ford. Schwimmer enjoys playing softball, basketball, ping-pong and poker with his buddies. |