david schwimmer appeared in an american sitcom
schwimmer took part in directing instudio segments for little britain usa an american spinoff of the british bbc television series little britain
 he was offered a role to star alongside tommy lee jones in the 1997 sciencefiction comedy men in black after chris odonnell 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