David Schwimmer is an actor.
David Lawrence Schwimmer ( born November 2 , 1966 ) is an American actor , director , and producer . He starred in the television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989 and appeared in a number of television roles , including on L.A. Law , The Wonder Years , NYPD Blue , and Monty , in the early 1990s . After the series finale of Friends in 2004 , Schwimmer was cast as the title character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood .