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David Duchovny

Acting 65 years old New York City, New York, USA ★ 2.3
Born: August 7, 1960

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (124)

See You When I See You
See You When I See You 2026
Malice
Malice Jamie Tanner 2025
FEEL
FEEL Sitter 7 2025
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny Self - Host 2025
Reverse the Curse
Reverse the Curse Marty Fullilove 2024
The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer Thespian / Ryan Glenn 2024
Adam the First
Adam the First James 2024
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World Narrator (voice) 2024
What Happens Later
What Happens Later Bill 2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Bill Baterman 2023
History of the World: Part II
History of the World: Part II Howard Cosell Impersonator 2023
You People
You People Arnold 2023
The Estate
The Estate Richard 2022
The Bubble
The Bubble Dustin Mulray 2022
The Chair
The Chair David Duchovny 2021
The Craft: Legacy
The Craft: Legacy Adam 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Self 2018
The Nineties
The Nineties Self (archive footage) 2017
Better Things
Better Things David Duchovny / Teak 2016
Aquarius
Aquarius Detective Sam Hodiak 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Louder Than Words
Louder Than Words John Fareri 2013
Phantom
Phantom Bruni 2013
Goats
Goats Goat Man 2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
FOX 25th Anniversary Special Self 2012
The Joneses
The Joneses Steve Jones 2010
The X Files: I Want to Believe
The X Files: I Want to Believe Fox Mulder 2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who Self 2008
Quantum Hoops
Quantum Hoops Narrator 2007
The Secret
The Secret Dr. Benjamin Marris 2007
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire Steven Burke 2007
Californication
Californication Hank Moody 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation Self 2007
The TV Set
The TV Set Mike Klein 2007
The One Show
The One Show Self - Guest 2006
Queer Duck: The Movie
Queer Duck: The Movie Tiny Jesus (voice) 2006
VH1 Rock Honors
VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Trust the Man
Trust the Man Tom 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show Self 2004
House of D
House of D Tom Warshaw 2004
Connie and Carla
Connie and Carla Jeff 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self / Fox Mulder 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Life with Bonnie
Life with Bonnie Johnny Volcano 2002
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone 2002
Full Frontal
Full Frontal Gus 2002
Richard & Judy
Richard & Judy Self 2001
Zoolander
Zoolander J.P. Prewitt 2001
Evolution
Evolution Dr. Ira Kane 2001
The Lone Gunmen
The Lone Gunmen Fox Mulder 2001
Return to Me
Return to Me Bob Rueland 2000
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited) 1999
Rove
Rove Self 1999
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon Jake Winters (archive footage) 1998
The X-Files
The X-Files Agent Fox Mulder 1998
The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour Self 1998
Sex and the City
Sex and the City Jeremy 1998
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten Fox Mulder / Self 1998
Inside The X-Files
Inside The X-Files Self 1998
Skip Chasers
Skip Chasers 1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future' Self 1998
Playing God
Playing God Dr. Eugene Sands 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
Millennium
Millennium Bobby Wingood (uncredited) 1996
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change Jake Winters (archive footage) 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show Self 1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
More Secrets of the X-Files Self 1996
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband Jake Winters (archive footage) 1996
Space: Above and Beyond
Space: Above and Beyond 1995
Space: Above and Beyond
Space: Above and Beyond Handsome Alvin 1995
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass Jake Winters (archive footage) 1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist David (voice) 1995
Secrets of the X-Files
Secrets of the X-Files Self 1995
Eco-Challenge
Eco-Challenge 1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica Jake Winters (archive footage) 1994
Duckman
Duckman Richard (voice) 1994
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick Jake Winters (archive footage) 1993
Frasier
Frasier Tom (voice) 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
The X-Files
The X-Files Fox Mulder 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman Self - Guest 1993
Kalifornia
Kalifornia Brian Kessler 1993
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare Jake Winters (archive footage) 1993
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
Chaplin
Chaplin Rollie Totheroh 1992
Eek! The Cat
Eek! The Cat Fox Mulder (voice) 1992
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show David Duchovny 1992
Red Shoe Diaries
Red Shoe Diaries Jake Winters 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Red Shoe Diaries
Red Shoe Diaries Jake Winters 1992
Baby Snatcher
Baby Snatcher David Anderson 1992
Venice/Venice
Venice/Venice Dylan 1992
Beethoven
Beethoven Brad 1992
Ruby
Ruby Officer Tippit 1992
The Rapture
The Rapture Randy 1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Bruce 1991
Julia Has Two Lovers
Julia Has Two Lovers Daniel 1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks Denise Bryson 1990
Bad Influence
Bad Influence Clue Goer with Glasses 1990
New Year's Day
New Year's Day Billy 1990
Denial
Denial John 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Fox Mulder (voice) 1989
Working Girl
Working Girl Tess's Birthday Party Friend 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! Self 1984
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee/Presenter 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Audience Member 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee / Presenter 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Winner 1944
The Exiles
The Exiles

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