David Duchovny
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 7, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
The Exiles
Movie
Soapbox
Movie
Monsanto
Movie
See You When I See You
Movie · as Robert Whistler
Mating Season
TV · as Charles (voice) · 1 ep
FEEL
Movie · as Sitter 7
Malice
TV · as Jamie Tanner · 6 eps
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
TV · as Self - Host · 30 eps
Adam the First
Movie · as James
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Reverse the Curse
Movie · as Marty Fullilove
The Sympathizer
TV · as Thespian / Ryan Glenn · 3 eps
You People
Movie · as Arnold
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Movie · as Bill Baterman
What Happens Later
Movie · as Bill
History of the World: Part II
TV · as Howard Cosell Impersonator · 1 ep
The Estate
Movie · as Richard
The Bubble
Movie · as Dustin Mulray
The Chair
TV · as David Duchovny · 1 ep
The Craft: Legacy
Movie · as Adam
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files
Movie · as Self
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Nineties
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Better Things
TV · as David Duchovny / Teak · 1 ep
Aquarius
TV · as Detective Sam Hodiak · 26 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Phantom
Movie · as Bruni
Louder Than Words
Movie · as John Fareri
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Goats
Movie · as Goat Man
The Joneses
Movie · as Steve Jones
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Movie · as Fox Mulder
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie · as Self
Things We Lost in the Fire
Movie · as Steven Burke
The Secret
Movie · as Dr. Benjamin Marris
The TV Set
Movie · as Mike Klein
Quantum Hoops
Movie · as Narrator
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
Californication
TV · as Hank Moody · 84 eps
Queer Duck: The Movie
Movie · as Tiny Jesus (voice)
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
VH1 Rock Honors
TV · 1 ep
Trust the Man
Movie · as Tom
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
House of D
Movie · as Tom Warshaw
Connie and Carla
Movie · as Jeff
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Full Frontal
Movie · as Gus
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
Movie
Life with Bonnie
TV · as Johnny Volcano · 2 eps
Evolution
Movie · as Dr. Ira Kane
Zoolander
Movie · as J.P. Prewitt
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lone Gunmen
TV · as Fox Mulder · 1 ep
Return to Me
Movie · as Bob Rueland
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Movie · as Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The X-Files
Movie · as Fox Mulder
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Movie · as Fox Mulder / Self
Inside The X-Files
Movie · as Self
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Skip Chasers
Movie
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Movie · as Self
The Magic Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sex and the City
TV · as Jeremy · 1 ep
Playing God
Movie · as Dr. Eugene Sands
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
More Secrets of the X-Files
Movie · as Self
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Millennium
TV · as Bobby Wingood (uncredited) · 1 ep
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Secrets of the X-Files
Movie · as Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV · as David (voice) · 1 ep
Space: Above and Beyond
TV · as Handsome Alvin
Eco-Challenge
TV · 17 eps
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Duckman
TV · as Richard (voice) · 1 ep
Kalifornia
Movie · as Brian Kessler
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Movie · as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Frasier
TV · as Tom (voice) · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Fox Mulder, Fox Mulder (archive footage) (uncredited), Fox Mulder (uncredited) · 200 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Red Shoe Diaries
Movie · as Jake Winters
Beethoven
Movie · as Brad
Ruby
Movie · as Officer Tippit
Baby Snatcher
Movie · as David Anderson
Chaplin
Movie · as Rollie Totheroh
Venice/Venice
Movie · as Dylan
Red Shoe Diaries
TV · as Jake Winters · 66 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as David Duchovny · 4 eps
Eek! The Cat
TV · as Fox Mulder (voice) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
The Rapture
Movie · as Randy
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Movie · as Bruce
Denial
Movie · as John
Julia Has Two Lovers
Movie · as Daniel
New Year's Day
Movie · as Billy
Bad Influence
Movie · as Clue Goer with Glasses
Twin Peaks
TV · as Denise Bryson · 4 eps
The Simpsons
TV · as Fox Mulder (voice) · 1 ep
Working Girl
Movie · as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee/Presenter, Self - Audience Member, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner · 3 eps