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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

129

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-08-07 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

David William Duchovny

데이비드 듀코브니

大衛·杜考夫尼

דיוויד דוכובני

דייוויד ויליאם דוכּובני

Девід Духовний

دیوید دوشاونیو

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

Acting

The Rapture

1991

The Rapture

as

Randy

The X-Files

1998

The X-Files

as

Agent Fox Mulder

Return to Me

2000

Return to Me

as

Bob Rueland

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

Things We Lost in the Fire

as

Steven Burke

Kalifornia

1993

Kalifornia

as

Brian Kessler

Red Shoe Diaries

1992

Red Shoe Diaries

as

Jake Winters

Beethoven

1992

Beethoven

as

Brad

House of D

2004

House of D

as

Tom Warshaw

Playing God

1997

Playing God

as

Dr. Eugene Sands

Evolution

2001

Evolution

as

Dr. Ira Kane

Zoolander

2001

Zoolander

as

J.P. Prewitt

The Joneses

2010

The Joneses

as

Steve Jones

The Secret

2007

The Secret

as

Dr. Benjamin Marris

Trust the Man

2005

Trust the Man

as

Tom

Working Girl

1988

Working Girl

as

Tess's Birthday Party Friend

Full Frontal

2002

Full Frontal

as

Gus

Queer Duck: The Movie

2006

Queer Duck: The Movie

as

Tiny Jesus (voice)

The TV Set

2007

The TV Set

as

Mike Klein

Ruby

1992

Ruby

as

Officer Tippit

You People

2023

You People

as

Arnold

Goats

2012

Goats

as

Goat Man

Quantum Hoops

2007

Quantum Hoops

as

Narrator

The Estate

2022

The Estate

as

Richard

Phantom

2013

Phantom

as

Bruni

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

2023

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

as

Bill Baterman

Denial

1990

Denial

as

John

New Year's Day

1990

New Year's Day

as

Billy

Louder Than Words

2013

Louder Than Words

as

John Fareri

Baby Snatcher

1992

Baby Snatcher

as

David Anderson

Adam the First

2024

Adam the First

as

James

Reverse the Curse

2024

Reverse the Curse

as

Marty Fullilove

Chaplin

1992

Chaplin

as

Rollie Totheroh

Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change

1996

Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

1999

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

as

Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bad Influence

1990

Bad Influence

as

Clue Goer with Glasses

Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare

1993

Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

1993

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

1994

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

1995

Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

Venice/Venice

1992

Venice/Venice

as

Dylan

Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband

1996

Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

The Bubble

2022

The Bubble

as

Dustin Mulray

Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon

1998

Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon

as

Jake Winters (archive footage)

Strokes

2025

Strokes

as

Footage as Fox Mulder

FEEL

2025

FEEL

as

Sitter 7

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

Fox Mulder (voice)

Red Shoe Diaries

Red Shoe Diaries

as

Jake Winters

Californication

Californication

as

Hank Moody

The One Show

The One Show

as

Self - Guest

Life with Bonnie

Life with Bonnie

as

Johnny Volcano

The View

The View

as

Self

Frasier

Frasier

as

Tom (voice)

The X-Files

The X-Files

as

Fox Mulder

The Lone Gunmen

The Lone Gunmen

as

Fox Mulder

GMTV

GMTV

as

Self

The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show

as

David Duchovny

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as

Self / Fox Mulder

Aquarius

Aquarius

as

Detective Sam Hodiak

Rove

Rove

as

Self

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

as

Denise Bryson

Space: Above and Beyond

Space: Above and Beyond

as

Handsome Alvin

Eek! The Cat

Eek! The Cat

as

Fox Mulder (voice)

The Nineties

The Nineties

as

Self (archive footage)

The View

The View

as

Self - Guest

Malice

Malice

as

Jamie Tanner

Millennium

Millennium

as

Bobby Wingood (uncredited)

The Chair

The Chair

as

David Duchovny

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

as

Thespian / Ryan Glenn

History of the World: Part II

History of the World: Part II

as

Howard Cosell Impersonator

Better Things

Better Things

as

David Duchovny / Teak

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee/Presenter

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Audience Member

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee / Presenter

Duckman

Duckman

as

Richard (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing