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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 7, 1960
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
2.1 Popularity
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
0.0
See You When I See You
2026
7.1
Jamie Tanner
Malice
2025
0.0
Sitter 7
FEEL
2025
8.0
Self - Host
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
2025
5.6
Marty Fullilove
Reverse the Curse
2024
7.0
Thespian / Ryan Glenn
The Sympathizer
2024
6.3
James
Adam the First
2024
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
2024
4.8
Bill
What Happens Later
2023
5.6
Bill Baterman
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Credits
See You When I See You
2026
0.0
Malice
as Jamie Tanner
2025
7.1
FEEL
as Sitter 7
2025
0.0
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
as Self - Host
2025
8.0
Reverse the Curse
as Marty Fullilove
2024
5.6
The Sympathizer
as Thespian / Ryan Glenn
2024
7.0
Adam the First
as James
2024
6.3
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
as Narrator (voice)
2024
0.0
What Happens Later
as Bill
2023
4.8
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
as Bill Baterman
2023
5.6
History of the World: Part II
as Howard Cosell Impersonator
2023
5.6
You People
as Arnold
2023
5.6
The Estate
as Richard
2022
5.4
The Bubble
as Dustin Mulray
2022
4.6
The Chair
as David Duchovny
2021
6.5
The Craft: Legacy
as Adam
2020
6.1
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
as Self
2018
7.1
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.9
Better Things
as David Duchovny / Teak
2016
7.2
Aquarius
as Detective Sam Hodiak
2015
6.5
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
Louder Than Words
as John Fareri
2013
5.7
Phantom
as Bruni
2013
5.9
Goats
as Goat Man
2012
5.5
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
2012
7.3
The Joneses
as Steve Jones
2010
6.2
The X Files: I Want to Believe
as Fox Mulder
2008
5.8
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
2008
0.0
Quantum Hoops
as Narrator
2007
8.0
The Secret
as Dr. Benjamin Marris
2007
5.9
Things We Lost in the Fire
as Steven Burke
2007
6.6
Californication
as Hank Moody
2007
7.6
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
0.0
The TV Set
as Mike Klein
2007
6.0
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.4
Queer Duck: The Movie
as Tiny Jesus (voice)
2006
4.0
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
7.0
Trust the Man
as Tom
2005
5.1
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
House of D
as Tom Warshaw
2004
6.3
Connie and Carla
as Jeff
2004
5.8
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self / Fox Mulder
2003
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Life with Bonnie
as Johnny Volcano
2002
6.5
🎬
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
2002
0.0
Full Frontal
as Gus
2002
4.6
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001
2.9
Zoolander
as J.P. Prewitt
2001
6.2
Evolution
as Dr. Ira Kane
2001
6.1
The Lone Gunmen
as Fox Mulder
2001
6.7
Return to Me
as Bob Rueland
2000
6.6
The Early Show
as Self
1999
6.2
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
as Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
6.8
Rove
as Self
1999
8.0
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1998
0.0
The X-Files
as Agent Fox Mulder
1998
6.9
The Magic Hour
as Self
1998
5.0
Sex and the City
as Jeremy
1998
7.4
Inside The X-Files
as Self
1998
6.8
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
as Fox Mulder / Self
1998
0.0
Skip Chasers
1998
0.0
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
as Self
1998
0.0
Playing God
as Dr. Eugene Sands
1997
5.5
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
Millennium
as Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
1996
7.7
🎬
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1996
1.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
More Secrets of the X-Files
as Self
1996
0.0
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1996
0.0
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
7.2
Space: Above and Beyond
as Handsome Alvin
1995
7.2
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1995
0.0
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as David (voice)
1995
7.8
Secrets of the X-Files
as Self
1995
0.0
Eco-Challenge
1995
8.0
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1994
3.0
Duckman
as Richard (voice)
1994
7.1
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1993
8.7
Frasier
as Tom (voice)
1993
7.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
The X-Files
as Fox Mulder
1993
8.4
Kalifornia
as Brian Kessler
1993
6.6
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
1993
5.0
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Chaplin
as Rollie Totheroh
1992
7.4
Eek! The Cat
as Fox Mulder (voice)
1992
6.9
The Larry Sanders Show
as David Duchovny
1992
7.7
Red Shoe Diaries
as Jake Winters
1992
5.8
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Red Shoe Diaries
as Jake Winters
1992
4.6
Baby Snatcher
as David Anderson
1992
6.4
Venice/Venice
as Dylan
1992
6.5
Beethoven
as Brad
1992
5.8
Ruby
as Officer Tippit
1992
5.4
The Rapture
as Randy
1991
5.7
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
as Bruce
1991
6.1
Julia Has Two Lovers
as Daniel
1990
4.3
Twin Peaks
as Denise Bryson
1990
8.3
Bad Influence
as Clue Goer with Glasses
1990
6.0
New Year's Day
as Billy
1990
4.3
Denial
as John
1990
4.6
The Simpsons
as Fox Mulder (voice)
1989
8.0
Working Girl
as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
1988
6.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Jeopardy!
as Self
1984
6.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
7.2