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Aliases: David William Duchovny , 데이비드 듀코브니 , 大衛·杜考夫尼 , דיוויד דוכובני , דייוויד ויליאם דוכּובני , Девід Духовний

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 36

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Eek! The Cat
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7

Eek! The Cat

(1992) Fox Mulder (voice)
The X-Files
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8

The X-Files

(1993) Fox Mulder
Twin Peaks
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8

Twin Peaks

(1990) Denise Bryson
Millennium
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8

Millennium

(1996) Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
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7
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
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6

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

(2023) Bill Baterman
Space: Above and Beyond
Average
7

Space: Above and Beyond

(1995) Handsome Alvin
Aquarius
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7

Aquarius

(2015) Detective Sam Hodiak

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 James
2023 Bill
Bill Baterman
Marty Fullilove
Howard Cosell Impersonator
Arnold
2022 Richard
Dustin Mulray
2021 David Duchovny
2020 Adam
2019 N/A
2018 Self
2017 Self (archive footage)
2016 David Duchovny / Teak
2015 Detective Sam Hodiak
Self - Guest
2014 Self
N/A
2013 John Fareri
Bruni
2012 Goat Man
Self
2010 Steve Jones
2008 Fox Mulder
Self
2007 Narrator
Dr. Benjamin Marris
Steven Burke
Hank Moody
Mike Klein
2006 Self - Guest
Tiny Jesus
N/A
2005 Tom
Tom Warshaw
Self
2004 Self
Jeff
2003 Self
Self
Self / Fox Mulder
Self
2002 N/A
N/A
Gus
2001 Self
J.P. Prewitt
Dr. Ira Kane
N/A
2000 Bob Rueland
1999 Self
Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self
1998 Jake Winters (archive footage)
Agent Fox Mulder
Self
Jeremy
Fox Mulder / Self
Himself
1997 Dr. Eugene Sands
Self
Self - Guest
1996 Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
Jake Winters (archive footage)
Self
Self
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1995 N/A
Handsome Alvin
Jake Winters (archive footage)
N/A
N/A
1994 Self
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1993 Jake Winters (archive footage)
Tom (voice)
Self - Guest
Fox Mulder
Brian Kessler
Jake Winters (archive footage)
Self
1992 Rollie Totheroh
Fox Mulder (voice)
David Duchovny
Jake Winters
N/A
Jake Winters
David Anderson
Dylan
Brad
Officer Tippit
1991 Randy
Bruce
1990 Daniel
Denise Bryson
Clue Goer with Glasses
Billy
John
1989 N/A
1988 Tess's Birthday Party Friend
N/A
Self - Guest
1984 N/A
1975 Self - Host
Narrator (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
Producer
2007 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Writer
2005 Writer
1993 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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