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
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Movies 56
TV Shows 48
self 29
Narrator 2
Voice 2
Director 1
Adam the First (2024)
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World (2024)
What Happens Later (2023)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)
Bucky F*cking Dent (2023)
History of the World: Part II (2023)
You People (2023)
The Estate (2022)
The Bubble (2022)
The Chair (2021)
The Craft: Legacy (2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018)
The Nineties (2017)
Better Things (2016)
Aquarius (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Louder Than Words (2013)
Phantom (2013)
Goats (2012)
FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012)
The Joneses (2010)
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008)
Quantum Hoops (2007)
The Secret (2007)
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
Californication (2007)
The TV Set (2007)
The One Show (2006)
Queer Duck: The Movie (2006)
VH1 Rock Honors (2006)
Bones (2005)
Trust the Man (2005)
House of D (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
Connie and Carla (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Life with Bonnie (2002)
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone (2002)
Full Frontal (2002)
Richard & Judy (2001)
Zoolander (2001)
Evolution (2001)
The Lone Gunmen (2001)
Return to Me (2000)
Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999)
Rove (1999)
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon (1998)
The X Files (1998)
The Magic Hour (1998)
Sex and the City (1998)
Inside The X-Files (1998)
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten (1998)
Playing God (1997)
The View (1997)
Millennium (1996)
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband (1996)
Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass (1995)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)
Eco-Challenge (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica (1994)
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Kalifornia (1993)
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare (1993)
GMTV (1993)
Chaplin (1992)
Eek! The Cat (1992)
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
Red Shoe Diaries (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Red Shoe Diaries (1992)
Baby Snatcher (1992)
Venice/Venice (1992)
Beethoven (1992)
Ruby (1992)
The Rapture (1991)
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
Julia Has Two Lovers (1990)
Twin Peaks (1990)
Bad Influence (1990)
New Year's Day (1990)
Denial (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Working Girl (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Jeopardy! (1984)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Malice
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1960-08-07 (63 years old)
Birth NameDavid William Duchovny
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
Religionatheism
RelationshipsTéa Leoni (1997-01-01 - 2014-01-01)
ChildrenWest Duchovny, Kyd Miller Duchovny
FatherAmram Ducovny
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsDavid William Duchovny, 데이비드 듀코브니, 大衛·杜考夫尼, דיוויד דוכובני, דייוויד ויליאם דוכּובני, Девід Духовни
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
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