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Date	Process	Result
February 15, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
June 18, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
August 17, 2021	Good article reassessment	Delisted

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Snaro

(the ep of friends where he played russ and ross). maybe a brief mention wudnt go amiss, or a redirect to the ep of friends. chocobogamer mine 21:48, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, since there's no background behind why he's referred to as "Snaro", it would be best not to include in the article. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 23:06, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Duh

"Schwimmer opposes racism and child abuse." As opposed to the hundreds of Hollywood stars who support it? Tsuguya (talk) 03:21, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, this doesn't read correctly at all. Just the way it's worded sounds more like I'm reading a bio sheet from his publicist then a Wiki article. Also, their is nothing to back it up or support it such as a reference or mention of any specific work he does to combat it, hence you could make the claim of his oposition to a thousand things. For these reasons I'm deleting this sentence and if someone wants to redo it correctly and much better go for it. Deepintexas (talk) 12:31, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cousin of Lacey Schwimmer

As per:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2023500/Lacey-Schwimmer-shows-toned-abs-skimpy-bikini-Las-Vegas-pool-party.html

72.82.169.214 (talk) 14:56, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Daily Mail makes that assertion, but she never says it in the article herself. And David Schwimmer is quoted by here as saying this is untrue. --Tenebrae (talk) 08:59, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Acting roles error.

There's an error in the Acting roles section. It states "Schwimmer received his first acting role in 1994..." The whole article is full of items to the contrary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jibblin x (talk • contribs) 04:11, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it, thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 06:54, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The reference to Nine Inch Nails seems unfounded? 99.8.137.12 (talk) 03:52, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. Fixed. --Tenebrae (talk) 04:21, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

East Village Building Controversy

No mention of the East Village Building controversy on this page? According to this article, David Schwimmer tore down a potential landmark in the East Village and is (apparently) despised in the neighborhood.

http://nypost.com/2012/02/06/e-village-outrage-at-schwimmers-home-raze/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by MicheleFloyd (talk • contribs) 16:39, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Played Abbie Hoffman in The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

From: Chicago Seven#Theatre and plays:

The 1993 John Goodchild play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial is based on the trial transcripts and produced by L.A. Theatre Works, the BBC and WFMT. The cast included David Schwimmer (Abbie Hoffman), Tom Amandes (Richard Schultz), George Murdock (Judge Julius Hoffman), and Mike Nussbaum (William Kunstler).^[1]

References

^ "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial". L.A. Theatre Works. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

I heard it on public radio. --Timeshifter (talk) 03:12, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

❤️ 90.247.236.125 (talk) 20:13, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced material moved from main article to Talk

Please feel free to reinsert once good references are found.James Kevin McMahon (talk) 17:13, 21 January 2024 (UTC) He was offered a role to star alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the 1997 science-fiction comedy Men in Black after Chris O'Donnell turned down the role, but turned it down because of a prior commitment to direct his first film with his theatre company friends starring before the role was given to Will Smith.[reply]

Grandfather - incorrect

Article currently states his grandfather is Al Schwimmer, founder of Israeli Aerospace Industries. But the Al Schwimmer article, referring to a 2011 HAARETZ obituary, doesn't list David's father as a son nor makes any mention of the relation to David as a grandchild, who was a well-known celebrity at that time. Hcovitz (talk) 18:38, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday sources

There seems to be some uncertainty over the subject's birthday being November 2 (the other purported birthday is November 12). This issue was briefly raised once previously on this talk page (18 years ago, see Talk:David Schwimmer/Archive 1#Birthday) but without much input or actual resolution, so I thought I'd bring it up again since an IP recently added November 12 again along with a generally reliable source (NYDailyNews), if only to have a section that others can refer to in the future.

Almost all, if not all, references in the article that mention a specific date support November 2 as his birthday: Biography.com, Encyclopædia Britannica, The Independent, Hello Magazine, TCM (archived), or People Magazine (archived) (I only looked at refs where I thought such personal information might be mentioned, so no reviews, role announcements, etc.; I also didn't look at refs without an URL). Additionally, the U.S. public records I could access through Ancestry.com (access via the Wikipedia Library) also all state November 2, 1966 (or, in one case, just November 1966). One reference, this article in The Guardian from 2001, just says "David Schwimmer was born ... in November 1966.", without mentioning a specific date. In addition to the NYDailyNews article the IP recently added, the previously mentioned archived talk page discussion mentions TV.com (version archived in 2008) and AndPop (archived) as sources for November 12; however TV.com later seems to have changed the listed birthday to November 2 as well (see TV.com (version archived in 2011)). I couldn't find other reliable sources for November 12, but that may be due to me being located outside the U.S. (FilmReference also says that "some sources cite November 12" but without naming any, so that's not really worth much either.) Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 17:10, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(I only realized after a bit how unbalanced the source situation for the two dates is. It's probably not worth much of a discussion, but maybe I'm missing something, and even if it is as clear-cut as it seems to me, this compilation of sources is hopefully at least useful for future reference. Felida⁹⁷ (talk) 17:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC))[reply]

[1] "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial". L.A. Theatre Works. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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