David Duchovny
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
Credits
- 2024 · Reverse the Curse as Marty Fullilove
- 2024 · The Sympathizer as Thespian / Ryan Glenn
- 2024 · Adam the First as James
- 2024 · Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · What Happens Later as Bill
- 2023 · Pet Sematary: Bloodlines as Bill Baterman
- 2023 · History of the World: Part II as Howard Cosell Impersonator
- 2023 · You People as Arnold
- 2022 · The Estate as Richard
- 2022 · The Bubble as Dustin Mulray
- 2021 · The Chair as David Duchovny
- 2020 · The Craft: Legacy as Adam
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling as Self
- 2017 · The Nineties as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Better Things as David Duchovny / Teak
- 2015 · Aquarius as Detective Sam Hodiak
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Louder Than Words as John Fareri
- 2013 · Phantom as Bruni
- 2012 · Goats as Goat Man
- 2012 · FOX 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2010 · The Joneses as Steve Jones
- 2008 · The X Files: I Want to Believe as Fox Mulder
- 2008 · VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
- 2007 · Quantum Hoops as Narrator
- 2007 · The Secret as Dr. Benjamin Marris
- 2007 · Things We Lost in the Fire as Steven Burke
- 2007 · Californication as Hank Moody
- 2007 · The TV Set as Mike Klein
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Queer Duck: The Movie as Tiny Jesus (voice)
- 2006 · VH1 Rock Honors as
- 2005 · Trust the Man as Tom
- 2005 · House of D as Tom Warshaw
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Connie and Carla as Jeff
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self / Fox Mulder
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Life with Bonnie as Johnny Volcano
- 2002 · Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone as
- 2002 · Full Frontal as Gus
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · Zoolander as J.P. Prewitt
- 2001 · Evolution as Dr. Ira Kane
- 2001 · The Lone Gunmen as Fox Mulder
- 2000 · Return to Me as Bob Rueland
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler as Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1998 · Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1998 · The X Files as Agent Fox Mulder
- 1998 · The Magic Hour as Self
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Jeremy
- 1998 · Inside The X-Files as Self
- 1998 · Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten as Fox Mulder / Self
- 1997 · Playing God as Dr. Eugene Sands
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Millennium as Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
- 1996 · Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1996 · Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1995 · Space: Above and Beyond as
- 1995 · Space: Above and Beyond as Handsome Alvin
- 1995 · Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1995 · Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as
- 1995 · Eco-Challenge as
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1993 · Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1993 · Frasier as Tom (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The X-Files as Fox Mulder
- 1993 · Kalifornia as Brian Kessler
- 1993 · Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare as Jake Winters (archive footage)
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Chaplin as Rollie Totheroh
- 1992 · Eek! The Cat as Fox Mulder (voice)
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as David Duchovny
- 1992 · Red Shoe Diaries as Jake Winters
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Red Shoe Diaries as Jake Winters
- 1992 · Baby Snatcher as David Anderson
- 1992 · Venice/Venice as Dylan
- 1992 · Beethoven as Brad
- 1992 · Ruby as Officer Tippit
- 1991 · The Rapture as Randy
- 1991 · Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead as Bruce
- 1990 · Julia Has Two Lovers as Daniel
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Denise Bryson
- 1990 · Bad Influence as Clue Goer with Glasses
- 1990 · New Year's Day as Billy
- 1990 · Denial as John
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Fox Mulder (voice)
- 1988 · Working Girl as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · Jeopardy! as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
- Future · Malice as Jamie Tanner
- Future · See You When I See You as