From the infectious TV series “Friends” and the theme song i'll be there for you made most of us want to be part of the show. David Schwimmer appeared way back in the early nineties as Ross Gellar. He was the ludicrous, stammering, PhD who married a lesbian and spent the early part of the series bumbling from one scene to another with a pet monkey on his shoulder.
After a while of this most men in the audience wanted to slap some sense into the guy, and in real life a "man and his monkey" is not a formula for popularity, but in this case it worked. He also become one half of the "Luke and Laura" of generation X. As he chased down Rachael (Jennifer Anniston) most of us quietly told ourselves she could do better, but secretly wanted to see them together. "Friends" is done now though, and David Schwimmer spends his residuals at the poker tables in Vegas.
Schwimmer took his passion for poker back to the small screen where he earned his fortune. He was one of the first players to appear on the show, "Celebrity Poker Showdown". Not only did he get to indulge his passion here though, but he got to preview the film that he and fellow Celebrity Poker alumni, Ben Affleck, are working on. They are filming a "Mockumentary" this year that centers around their shared addiction to Hold'em. The setting for this film is the Las Vegas's "Golden Nugget" and released in 2006.
Schwimmer, unlike many on "Celebrity Poker Challenge" is a true enthusiast. It may not be long before we see him playing with the big boys on the World Poker Tour or the World Series of Poker.
Schwimmer, unlike many on "Celebrity Poker Challenge" is a true enthusiast. It may not be long before we see him playing with the big boys on the World Poker Tour or the World Series of Poker.
About David Schwimmer: Born in Queens, NY and raised by his lawyer parents in Southern California, Schwimmer got his first taste for acting at age 10 when he was cast as the fairy godmother in a Jewish version of Cinderella. He continued to appear on stage at Beverly Hills High School where his classmates included Jonathan Silverman.
He landed his first regular series gig as the liberal son of a conservative talk show host in the failed Henry Winkler vehicle "Monty" before finding success on "Friends". Schwimmer successfully used his hangdog looks as Ross, the heartbroken hopeless romantic of the group and his anxious delivery coupled with the somewhat nebbish manner made him a standout on the show. He earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1995.
He landed his first regular series gig as the liberal son of a conservative talk show host in the failed Henry Winkler vehicle "Monty" before finding success on "Friends". Schwimmer successfully used his hangdog looks as Ross, the heartbroken hopeless romantic of the group and his anxious delivery coupled with the somewhat nebbish manner made him a standout on the show. He earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1995.
As the final season of "Friends" came to close in 2004—promising closure on the long-running Ross-Rachel relationship—Schwimmer set his sights on the future early on, directing episodes of the show's spin-off "Joey" starring his co-star Matt LeBlanc. In 2005 the actor made his London stage debut at the Gielgud Theater in the play "Some Girls" opposite Lesley Manville and Saffron Burrows.
He also voiced Melman the Giraffe in “Madagascar” , Disney’s animated adventure about four zoo animals who escape and inadvertently find themselves in Africa where the city slickers struggle to survive in the wild.
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He also voiced Melman the Giraffe in “Madagascar” , Disney’s animated adventure about four zoo animals who escape and inadvertently find themselves in Africa where the city slickers struggle to survive in the wild.
Source: launchpoker.com
