Where did David Schwimmer attend college?

David Schwimmer attended Northwestern University, where he studied theater and helped establish the Lookingglass Theatre Company.

Schwimmer grew up in Los Angeles and developed an interest in acting while young. He attended Northwestern’s theater program and graduated in 1988. During his time there, he and several fellow students formed Lookingglass, an ensemble theater company built around collaborative performance and physical storytelling.

Lookingglass later became an important Chicago theater institution and won the 1988 Tony Award for Regional Theatre. Schwimmer’s Northwestern training helped shape his work before television made him widely known. He later gained international fame as Ross Geller on Friends, which premiered in 1994.

A common confusion is that Schwimmer studied at the University of Chicago because he became associated with Chicago theater. His college was Northwestern University, located in Evanston, just north of Chicago. He has also directed and acted in theater and film, continuing the stage connection that began during his university years.