David Schwimmer

DAVID SCHWIMMER recently directed the film Run, Fat Boy, Run which opens March 28th. He is a co-founder of Lookingglass, where he has acted in and directed many productions including West, The Master and Margarita, The Jungle, Eye of the Beholder, The Odyssey, The Idiot and his and Joy Gregory’s adaptation of Studs Terkel’s book RACE. He starred in the premieres of Roger Kumble’s D Girl and Turnaround in Los Angeles, Warren Leight’s Glimmer Brothers in Williamstown, Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s) in London and the revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial on Broadway. Notable television and film credits include the upcoming Nothing But The Truth, Madagascar, Duane Hopwood, Big Nothing, Band of Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Uprising, Six Days Seven Nights, Apt Pupil, The Pallbearer and the hit comedy series Friends, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He is on the Board of Directors of the Rape Foundation in Santa Monica, California.

hometown: Los Angeles
college: Northwestern
major: Theatre
favorite vacation destination: Phil’s place in Maine
favorite book: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
favorite band while in high school: Run DMC
favorite text Lookingglass has adapted: Alice in Wonderland