David Schwimmer Makes Rare Appearance at Star-Studded Restaurant Party in N.Y.C.

Olivia Wilde and Dianna Agron also attended the party, celebrating the first anniversary of Raf’s Italian & French Bakery

David Schwimmer is celebrating a sweet milestone!

The Friends star, 57, made a rare public appearance on Friday night to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Raf’s Italian & French Bakery in New York City.

The star-studded cocktail party — hosted by founders Jennifer and Nicole Vitagliano, alongside their partners Executive Chef Mary Attea and Executive Pastry Chef Carmari Mick — was also attended by celebrities including Olivia Wilde and Dianna Agron.

Schwimmer was all smiles on Friday night, wearing a black jacket and shirt with dark pants as he posed at a table with Jennifer and another guest in one photo and alongside another guest in a second photo.

Jennifer Vitagliano and David Schwimmer with a guest at Raf’s anniversary party in New York City. BFA

Black appeared to be a theme of the night.

Wilde, 40, wore a sheer black top with black pants as she laughed with Agron, 37 — also wearing black — and other party guests in a photo.

Olivia Wilde (center) with Dianna Agron (far right) and friends. BFA

Although Schwimmer has an Instagram account and posted his Uber Eats commercial with Friends costar Jennifer Aniston when the spot premiered last month, he leads a relatively private life.

In 2016, he explained that the level of fame he achieved on Friends impacted him in a significant way.

“It was pretty jarring and it messed with my relationship to other people in a way that took years, I think, for me to adjust to and become comfortable with,” he said on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast at the time.

“As an actor, the way I was trained, my job was to observe life and to observe other people, so I used to walk around with my head up, really engaged and watching people,” he added. “The effect of celebrity was the absolute opposite: It made me want to hide under a baseball cap and not be seen.”

Weeks after his Friends costar Matthew Perry’s death in October 2023, Schwimmer shared a tribute to his friend on Instagram.

“Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity,” he wrote alongside a photo of him posing with Perry on set.

“I will never forget your impeccable comic timing and delivery,” he continued. “You could take a straight line of dialogue and bend it to your will, resulting in something so entirely original and unexpectedly funny it still astonishes.”