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David Schwimmer's performance as Ross Geller, a sensitive, hopeless romantic, earned him an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in the show's debut season. Ross, a 26-year-old palaeontologist, has had a hard time since his wife left him and announced that she was a lesbian. Intelligent, highly emotional and romantic, he misses married life and worries that there might have been only one woman in the world for him . . . and unfortunately, there was only one woman in the world for her. Ross is dreading the life of a single guy. He hates dating and he doesn't want to have to put together all that IKEA furniture by himself. Ross also has a massive crush on Rachel, which he's harboured since high school!

Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was encouraged by a high school mentor to attend a summer acting program at Northwestern University.
In 1988 along with seven other Northwestern graduates Schwimmer co-founded Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company, an ensemble of actors, writers, directors and designers dedicated to creating vibrant new works for the American stage. Schwimmer has appeared in and directed numerous stage productions as well, and
has directed several episodes of FRIENDS. Schwimmer's other film credits include Picking Up the Pieces, Six Days Seven Nights, Apt Pupil, Kissing a Fool,
The Pallbearer, Crossing the Bridge and the critically acclaimed HBO film Breast Men.

Ross, on life after divorce:
"'Grab a spoon'? Do you know how long it's been since I grabbed a spoon? Do the words 'Billy, don't be a hero'mean anything to you?"