David Duchovny
David Duchovny
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
Actor
as Jamie Tanner
as Marty Fullilove
as James
as Narrator (voice)
as Thespian / Ryan Glenn
as Bill
as Bill Baterman
as Arnold
as Howard Cosell Impersonator
as Richard
as Dustin Mulray
as David Duchovny
as Adam
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as David Duchovny / Teak
as Detective Sam Hodiak
as Self - Guest
as Self
as John Fareri
as Bruni
as Goat Man
as Self
as Steve Jones
as Fox Mulder
as Self
as Narrator
as Dr. Benjamin Marris
as Steven Burke
as Mike Klein
as Hank Moody
as Tiny Jesus (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Tom
as Tom Warshaw
as Jeff
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self / Fox Mulder
as Self
as Gus
as Johnny Volcano
as J.P. Prewitt
as Dr. Ira Kane
as Self
as Fox Mulder
as Bob Rueland
as Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Agent Fox Mulder
as Fox Mulder / Self
as Self
as Self
as Jeremy
as Dr. Eugene Sands
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Handsome Alvin
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Self
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Brian Kessler
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
as Tom (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Fox Mulder
as Self
as Rollie Totheroh
as Jake Winters
as David Anderson
as Dylan
as Brad
as Officer Tippit
as Fox Mulder (voice)
as David Duchovny
as Jake Winters
as Randy
as Bruce
as Daniel
as Clue Goer with Glasses
as Billy
as John
as Denise Bryson
as Fox Mulder (voice)
as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Host
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
as Self - Audience Member
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer
as Book
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer