Ross Geller (David Schwimmer)

David Schwimmer, son of two lawyers, was born on November 12 (year ?) in Queens/NY and raised in Los Angeles. As a teenager attending Beverly Hills High, he portrayed Otto Frank in "The Diary of Anne Frank." After studying Speech/Theatre at Northwestern University (he received a B.S.), he co-founded (along with seven classmates from Northwestern University) the Lookingglass Theater, an ensemble of actors, writers and directors. There, he acted in "West," "The Odyssey," "Of One Blood," "In the Eye of the Beholder" and in "The Master & Margarita." Additionally, he directed "The Jungle" (6 Joseph Jefferson Awards), "The Serpent" and "Alice in Wonderland" (performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland).

On television, he appeared in "L.A. Law," "Blossom," and as host in "13th Annual Jost For Laughs Festival" and "Saturday Night Live." In "The Wonder Years," David Schwimmer portrayed Michael, the boy who married Kevin's sister Karen.

his role:

Ross is Monica's brother. He has a Ph.D. in paleontology and works for a museum. His wife divorced him after she realised/decided that she was a lesbian. Much of season one involved her pregnancy. She finally gave birth to Ross' son Ben and both she and her partner want Ross to be involved with the child to some degree despite the fact that he doesn't really get along with his ex-wife's wife. But that may be changing. He not only gave away the bride at her wedding but he even danced with her new wife. Ross speaks very precisely and is somewhat shy. He had a pet monkey named Marcel who he had to send to zoo when it hit puberty.

Ross has been madly in love with Rachel since the ninth grade. At the end of the first season, he gave up on Rachel and began seeing Julie, whom he knew in Grade School and re-met on a trip to China. When he found out that Rachel was interested in him, he broke up with Julie but blew it with Rachel when the list Chandler and Joey helped him make to help him decide between Julie and Rachel fell into Rachel's hands. But they got over their differences and became a couple. However, they broke up because their relationship was stressed by Rachel's busy schedule and Ross's jealousy. The next morning Rachel changed her mind and a reconciliation looked likely, until she found out that Ross has slept with Chloe, the navel-ringed copy store girl. Rachel can't forgive Ross but he claims innocence since they were on a break. Because of their strong feelings, they briefly got back together at the beach but it wasn't long before they broke up (Rachel still can't forgive Ross for Chloe, and he still insists they were on a break). In season 4, Ross met Emily Waltham, a woman visiting from London, and after a very hasty courtship, they decided to get married. However, at the wedding in London, Ross accidently spoke Rachel's name instead of Emily's. While they still went through with the wedding, their relationship quickly disintigrated. Emily decided she can never trust Ross, so they got divorced.

Ross and Rachel's friendship began improving again, but nothing new came up until the final episode of the fifth season, when they got drunk in Las Vegas and ended up getting married. By now (end of 5th season) Ross must be about 31 based on the following clues: We know he is older than Monica (she was 28 as of the start of the third season). In "TOW The Prom Video," Ross's father refers to him as a "college man" just as Monica and Rachel prepare for their high-school Prom.