In 1994, Schwimmer was cast as Ross Geller in NBC's situation comedy Friends, a series that revolved around a group of friends who live near each other in Manhattan. He played a hopeless-romantic paleontologist who works at a museum and later becomes a professor at a university.

Jan 18, 2025 · David Schwimmer, who we all know and love as Ross Geller from Friends, talked about a part of his acting past that he had kind of forgotten. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, he brought up a time when he was on Blossom, a show from the 90s, and played a character that made him feel uncomfortable looking back.

Oct 29, 2023 · Reese Witherspoon made a memorable guest appearance in Friends. In the sixth season of the show, she portrayed the character of Jill Green, the spoiled and manipulative younger sister of Rachel Green, played by Jennifer Aniston.

Jun 29, 2024 · David Schwimmer played Russ, a lookalike of his character Ross, on Friends. Schwimmer was credited as "Snaro" as a tribute to a friend and for the show's in-jokes. The episode "The One with Russ" contains significant moments in Friends' history.

Ross Eustace Geller [2] (born October 18, 1968) [3] portrayed by David Schwimmer, is one of the six main characters of the NBC sitcom Friends. Ross is considered by many to be the most intelligent member of the group and is noted for his goofy but lovable demeanor. [4]

Before being cast in Friends, Schwimmer played minor characters in The Wonder Years and NYPD Blue; his first regular series role was in the sitcom Monty. Schwimmer is the only cast member native to New York City. David also directed 10 episodes of Friends and several episodes of Joey. Recurring characters []

Russ is a man who dates Rachel for one episode in "The One With Russ", portrayed by David Schwimmer. Russ looks, sounds and acts eerily similar to Ross. This freaks out everyone except Rachel and Ross, who is very jealous of him.

He was the first Friends character to host Saturday Night Live in 1995, with all the other main cast members to follow in his footsteps over the rest of the seasons in the '90s, apart from Matt LeBlanc who never hosted. After the series finale of Friends in …

Sep 10, 2023 · While she didn't see it, Russ remarkably resembles Ross (David Schwimmer). Of course, Schwimmer portrayed both characters, but the credits caused confusion as the actor credited with...

Dec 23, 2023 · Schwimmer starred as the largely unfortunate Ross Geller in the popular sitcom, and his character became one of the most recognizable sitcom characters in TV history. But he is also recognized as the only leading cast member to have served as a director for several notable episodes of the show.