David Duchovny
Acting
Born: August 7, 1960 (age 66) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for playing Fox Mulder on The X-Files and Hank Moody on Californication, both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards Duchovny was born in New York City, New York in 1960. He is the son of Margaret "Meg" (née Miller), a school administrator and teacher, and Amram "Ami" Ducovny (1927–2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee. His father was Jewish, from a family that immigrated from the Russian Empire and Poland. His mother is a Lutheran emigrant from Aberdeen, Scotland. His father dropped the h in his last name to avoid the sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army. Duchovny attended Grace Church School and The Collegiate School For Boys; both are in Manhattan. He graduated from Princeton University in 1982 with a B.A. in English Literature. He was a member of Charter Club, one of the university's eating clubs. In 1982, his poetry received an honorable mention for a college prize from the Academy of American Poets. The title of his senior thesis was The Schizophrenic Critique of Pure Reason in Beckett's Early Novels. Duchovny played a season of junior varsity basketball as a shooting guard and centerfield for the varsity baseball team. He received a Master of Arts in English Literature from Yale University and subsequently began work on a Ph.D. that remains unfinished. The title of his uncompleted doctoral thesis was Magic and Technology in Contemporary Poetry and Prose. At Yale, he was a student of popular literary critic Harold Bloom. Duchovny married actress Téa Leoni on May 6, 1997. In April 1999, Leoni gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Their second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born in June 2002. Duchovny is a former vegetarian and, as of 2007, is a pescetarian. On August 28, 2008, Duchovny announced that he had checked himself into a rehabilitation facility for treating sex addiction. On October 15, 2008, Duchovny's and Leoni's representatives issued a statement revealing they had separated several months earlier. A week later, Duchovny's lawyer said that he planned to sue the Daily Mail over an article it ran that claimed he had an affair with Hungarian tennis instructor Edit Pakay while still married to Leoni, a claim that Duchovny has denied. On November 15, 2008, the Daily Mail retracted their claims. After getting back together, Duchovny and Leoni once again split on June 29, 2011.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989
Zoolander
2001
The X-Files
1993
Bones
2005
Twin Peaks
1990
Evolution
2001
Beethoven
1992
Sex and the City
1998
The X-Files
1998
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Californication
2007
Chaplin
1992
Photos (6)
Movies (53)
The X-Files
Fox Mulder
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Fox Mulder
Zoolander
J.P. Prewitt
Beethoven
Brad
Evolution
Dr. Ira Kane
Working Girl
Tess's Birthday Party Friend
The Craft: Legacy
Adam
Kalifornia
Brian Kessler
Chaplin
Rollie Totheroh
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Bill Baterman
The Bubble
Dustin Mulray
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Bruce
You People
Arnold
The Estate
Richard
Things We Lost in the Fire
Steven Burke
Return to Me
Bob Rueland
Phantom
Bruni
The Joneses
Steve Jones
Full Frontal
Gus
House of D
Tom Warshaw
Bad Influence
Clue Goer with Glasses
Playing God
Dr. Eugene Sands
What Happens Later
Bill
Reverse the Curse
Marty Fullilove
Trust the Man
Tom
Adam the First
James
The Rapture
Randy
Connie and Carla
Jeff
Queer Duck: The Movie
Tiny Jesus (voice)
The Secret
Dr. Benjamin Marris
The TV Set
Mike Klein
Quantum Hoops
Narrator
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louder Than Words
John Fareri
FEEL
Sitter 7
Red Shoe Diaries
Jake Winters
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Jake Winters (archive footage)
See You When I See You
Robert Whistler
Skip Chasers
1998
Goats
Goat Man
The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn
Fox Mulder
Baby Snatcher
David Anderson
Venice/Venice
Dylan
Ruby
Officer Tippit
Denial
John
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Jake Winters (archive footage)
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Jake Winters (archive footage)
New Year's Day
Billy
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Narrator (voice)
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Jake Winters (archive footage)
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Jake Winters (archive footage)
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Jake Winters (archive footage)
Julia Has Two Lovers
Daniel
TV Shows (27)
The Simpsons
Fox Mulder (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Tom (voice) · 1 eps
The X-Files
Fox Mulder · 218 eps
Twin Peaks
Denise Bryson · 4 eps
Sex and the City
Jeremy · 1 eps
Californication
Hank Moody · 84 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
David Duchovny · 4 eps
Mating Season
Charles (voice) · 1 eps
Millennium
Bobby Wingood (uncredited) · 1 eps
Duckman
Richard (voice) · 1 eps
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
David (voice) · 1 eps
Red Shoe Diaries
Jake Winters · 66 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
Better Things
David Duchovny / Teak · 1 eps
Eek! The Cat
Fox Mulder (voice) · 1 eps
History of the World: Part II
Howard Cosell Impersonator · 1 eps
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
Space: Above and Beyond
Handsome Alvin · 1 eps
The Sympathizer
Thespian / Ryan Glenn · 3 eps
Aquarius
Detective Sam Hodiak · 26 eps
The Lone Gunmen
Fox Mulder · 1 eps
Life with Bonnie
Johnny Volcano · 2 eps
The Chair
David Duchovny · 1 eps
Malice
Jamie Tanner · 6 eps
VH1 Rock Honors
1 eps
Eco-Challenge
17 eps
Self / Appearances (44)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 4 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 2 eps
Jeopardy!
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
Richard & Judy
Self · 1 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
Self - Host · 30 eps
Rove
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · 1 eps
The Nineties
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
The Magic Hour
Self · 1 eps
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Inside The X-Files
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Fox Mulder / Self
Secrets of the X-Files
Self