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Born · August 7, 1960 (64 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Marty Fullilove
5.5
2024
James
6.7
2024
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2024
Bill
4.9
2023
Bill Baterman
5.6
2023
Arnold
5.7
2023
Richard
5.4
2022
Dustin Mulray
4.6
2022
Adam
6.1
2020
John Fareri
5.9
2013
Bruni
5.8
2013
Goat Man
5.5
2012
Self
7.3
2012
Steve Jones
6.2
2010
Fox Mulder
5.8
2008
Self
0.0
2008
Narrator
8.0
2007
Dr. Benjamin Marris
5.9
2007
Steven Burke
6.6
2007
Mike Klein
5.9
2007
Tiny Jesus (voice)
4.1
2006
Tom
5.2
2005
Tom Warshaw
6.2
2005
Jeff
5.9
2004
0.0
2002
Gus
4.6
2002
J.P. Prewitt
6.2
2001
Dr. Ira Kane
6.1
2001
Bob Rueland
6.6
2000
Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.4
1999
Jake Winters (archive footage)
0.0
1998
Agent Fox Mulder
6.9
1998
Fox Mulder / Self
0.0
1998
Self
6.8
1998
Dr. Eugene Sands
5.4
1997
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1.0
1996
Jake Winters (archive footage)
0.0
1996
Jake Winters (archive footage)
0.0
1995
Jake Winters (archive footage)
3.0
1994
Jake Winters (archive footage)
8.7
1993
Brian Kessler
6.6
1993
Jake Winters (archive footage)
5.0
1993
Rollie Totheroh
7.4
1992
Jake Winters
4.7
1992
David Anderson
5.8
1992
Dylan
8.0
1992
Brad
5.8
1992
Officer Tippit
5.5
1992
Randy
5.9
1991
Bruce
6.1
1991
Daniel
5.0
1990
Clue Goer with Glasses
6.0
1990
Billy
4.5
1990
John
4.0
1990
Tess's Birthday Party Friend
6.6
1988
0.0
Thespian / Ryan Glenn · (3 episodes)
7.1
2024
Howard Cosell Impersonator · (1 episode)
5.6
2023
David Duchovny · (1 episode)
6.6
2021
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
2019
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2018
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.9
2017
David Duchovny / Teak · (1 episode)
7.2
2016
Detective Sam Hodiak · (26 episodes)
6.5
2015
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Self · (3 episodes)
5.5
2014
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Hank Moody · (84 episodes)
7.6
2007
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
(1 episode)
7.0
2006
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Self · (1 episode)
6.1
2004
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
(1 episode)
5.8
2003
Self · (2 episodes)
6.0
2003
Self / Fox Mulder · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Johnny Volcano · (2 episodes)
6.5
2002
Self · (1 episode)
3.1
2001
Fox Mulder · (1 episode)
6.9
2001
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1999
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1999
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
1998
Jeremy · (1 episode)
7.4
1998
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Bobby Wingood (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.7
1996
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
(1 episode)
7.2
1995
Handsome Alvin · (1 episode)
7.2
1995
(1 episode)
7.8
1995
(17 episodes)
0.0
1995
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Tom (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
7.1
1993
Fox Mulder · (218 episodes)
8.4
1993
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
Fox Mulder (voice) · (1 episode)
6.8
1992
David Duchovny · (1 episode)
7.7
1992
Jake Winters · (66 episodes)
5.8
1992
(1 episode)
5.4
1992
Denise Bryson · (4 episodes)
8.3
1990
Fox Mulder (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Self · (3 episodes)
5.2
1988
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.2
1988
(1 episode)
6.8
1984
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
6.9
1975
Jamie Tanner · (1 episode)
0.0
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (2 episodes)
6.8
1944
Self - Audience Member · (1 episode)
6.8
1944