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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
See You When I See You
Character:
Release Date:27/01/2026
FEEL
Character:Sitter 7
Release Date:16/05/2025
Reverse the Curse
Character:Marty Fullilove
Release Date:14/06/2024
Adam the First
Character:James
Release Date:14/02/2024
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/02/2024
What Happens Later
Character:Bill
Release Date:02/11/2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Character:Bill Baterman
Release Date:23/09/2023
You People
Character:Arnold
Release Date:20/01/2023
The Estate
Character:Richard
Release Date:04/11/2022
The Bubble
Character:Dustin Mulray
Release Date:25/03/2022
The Craft: Legacy
Character:Adam
Release Date:28/10/2020
Louder Than Words
Character:John Fareri
Release Date:11/10/2013
Phantom
Character:Bruni
Release Date:03/01/2013
Goats
Character:Goat Man
Release Date:10/08/2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Character:Self
Release Date:22/04/2012
The Joneses
Character:Steve Jones
Release Date:16/04/2010
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Character:Fox Mulder
Release Date:24/07/2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Character:Self
Release Date:17/07/2008
Quantum Hoops
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/11/2007
The Secret
Character:Dr. Benjamin Marris
Release Date:10/10/2007
Things We Lost in the Fire
Character:Steven Burke
Release Date:26/09/2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2007
The TV Set
Character:Mike Klein
Release Date:06/04/2007
Queer Duck: The Movie
Character:Tiny Jesus (voice)
Release Date:14/07/2006
Trust the Man
Character:Tom
Release Date:01/09/2005
House of D
Character:Tom Warshaw
Release Date:07/05/2004
Connie and Carla
Character:Jeff
Release Date:16/04/2004
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
Character:
Release Date:28/08/2002
Full Frontal
Character:Gus
Release Date:02/08/2002
Zoolander
Character:J.P. Prewitt
Release Date:28/09/2001
Evolution
Character:Dr. Ira Kane
Release Date:08/06/2001
Return to Me
Character:Bob Rueland
Release Date:07/04/2000
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Character:Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/1999
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:11/11/1998
The X-Files
Character:Agent Fox Mulder
Release Date:19/06/1998
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Character:Fox Mulder / Self
Release Date:01/02/1998
Inside The X-Files
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1998
Skip Chasers
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
Playing God
Character:Dr. Eugene Sands
Release Date:17/10/1997
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/1996
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1996
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/1995
Secrets of the X-Files
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/1995
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:20/04/1994
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:16/12/1993
Kalifornia
Character:Brian Kessler
Release Date:24/06/1993
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Character:Jake Winters (archive footage)
Release Date:23/03/1993
Chaplin
Character:Rollie Totheroh
Release Date:17/12/1992
Red Shoe Diaries
Character:Jake Winters
Release Date:16/05/1992
Baby Snatcher
Character:David Anderson
Release Date:03/05/1992
Venice/Venice
Character:Dylan
Release Date:10/04/1992
Beethoven
Character:Brad
Release Date:03/04/1992
Ruby
Character:Officer Tippit
Release Date:27/03/1992
The Rapture
Character:Randy
Release Date:04/10/1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Character:Bruce
Release Date:07/06/1991
Julia Has Two Lovers
Character:Daniel
Release Date:03/06/1990
Bad Influence
Character:Clue Goer with Glasses
Release Date:09/03/1990
New Year's Day
Character:Billy
Release Date:09/02/1990
Denial
Character:John
Release Date:21/01/1990
Working Girl
Character:Tess's Birthday Party Friend
Release Date:20/12/1988
Television Appearances
Malice
Character:Jamie Tanner
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
Character:Self - Host
The Sympathizer
Character:Thespian / Ryan Glenn
History of the World: Part II
Character:Howard Cosell Impersonator
The Chair
Character:David Duchovny
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Character:Self
The Nineties
Character:Self (archive footage)
Better Things
Character:David Duchovny / Teak
Aquarius
Character:Detective Sam Hodiak
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character:Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
Californication
Character:Hank Moody
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
VH1 Rock Honors
Character:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self / Fox Mulder
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Life with Bonnie
Character:Johnny Volcano
Richard & Judy
Character:Self
The Lone Gunmen
Character:Fox Mulder
The Early Show
Character:Self
Rove
Character:Self
The Magic Hour
Character:Self
Sex and the City
Character:Jeremy
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
Millennium
Character:Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
The Daily Show
Character:Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self
Space: Above and Beyond
Character:
Space: Above and Beyond
Character:Handsome Alvin
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Character:David (voice)
Eco-Challenge
Character:
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Duckman
Character:Richard (voice)
Frasier
Character:Tom (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The X-Files
Character:Fox Mulder
GMTV
Character:Self
Eek! The Cat
Character:Fox Mulder (voice)
The Larry Sanders Show
Character:David Duchovny
Red Shoe Diaries
Character:Jake Winters
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Twin Peaks
Character:Denise Bryson
The Simpsons
Character:Fox Mulder (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Jeopardy!
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee/Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Winner
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