More on David Schwimmer

[Skip Dahlgren <SDAHLGREN@liblan.uams.edu>]

Since Ralph Chapman's question about the actor David Schwimmer (the 
palaeontologist character from the NBC sitcom Friends) elicited fairly 
extensive but inconclusive discussion, I decided to do some investigation of 
my own.  I checked in the NBC area on America Online, and found the following 
bio on the actor, which I'm including in its entirety.  

Apologies in advance to anyone who could care less, but this does seem to 
suggest pretty conclusively that we are dealing with some sort of 
synchronicity or coincidence here - in other words, there seem to be at least 
two David Schwimmers!  :)

Also - since I've pasted the text into this e-mail message, it's conceivable 
that there might be extraneous character generation, as has been seen 
occasionally in the past.  I've done everything I can think of to prevent 
them, but if they turn up anyway, all I can say is: "I tried!"


Skip Dahlgren
Applications Programmer, Office of Educational Development
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Phone: 501/296-1087; FAX: 501/686-7053 (new FAX#!)
e-mail: sdahlgren@liblan.uams.edu; bcsskip@aol.com
-ex-archaeologist; lifelong afficionado of dinosaurs and their latter-day kin
"Cross-platform computing is much safer than downhill!"  :)

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DAVID SCHWIMMER (Ross) -- Born in Queens, NY, and raised in Los Angeles, 
David 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.  He recalls:  "I was sold on acting after that summer 
workshop because of my experience at Northwestern.  It was both enlightening 
and exhilarating."


After his graduation from high school he returned to Northwestern, where he 
received a B.S. degree in speech/theater.  Following his graduation in 1988, 
Schwimmer, along with seven other Northwestern graduates, founded the 
Lookingglass Theater Company in Chicago.  The group is an ensemble of actors, 
directors and writers.  A writer and director as well as an actor, Schwimmer 
describes the company as having "a very physical style that uses all of the 
circus arts -- dance, acrobatics, movement -- as well as the classic training 
of the theater."

Schwimmer's stage-acting credits with Lookingglass include "West," "The 
Odyssey," "Of One Blood," "In the Eye of the Beholder" and "The Master and 
Margarita."  His stage-directing credits include "The Jungle," which earned 
six Joseph Jefferson Awards; "The Serpent"; and "Alice in Wonderland," which 
was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.

In 1993 Schwimmer made his debut as a television-series regular on the comedy 
"Monty."  His other TV credits include recurring roles on such series as 
"NYPD Blue," "L.A. Law" and "The Wonder Years."  His feature films are 
"Crossing the Bridge," "Flight of the Intruder" and "Twenty Bucks."

Schwimmer was born on a November 12.  He enjoys writing and participating in 
such sports as softball and basketball.  He has residences in Los Angeles and 
Chicago.

  Fall 1994





Transmitted:  94-09-30 03:33:58 EDT