Acting
David Duchovny
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
See You When I See You
Film · 2026
Mating Season
Series · 2026
FEEL
Film · 2025
Malice
Series · 2025
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
Series · 2025
Adam the First
Film · 2024
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Film · 2024
Reverse the Curse
Film · 2024
The Sympathizer
Series · 2024
You People
Film · 2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Film · 2023
What Happens Later
Film · 2023
History of the World: Part II
Series · 2023
The Estate
Film · 2022
The Bubble
Film · 2022
The Chair
Series · 2021
The Craft: Legacy
Film · 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files
Film · 2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Series · 2018
The Nineties
Series · 2017
Better Things
Series · 2016
Aquarius
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Phantom
Film · 2013
Louder Than Words
Film · 2013
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Film · 2012
Goats
Film · 2012
The Joneses
Film · 2010
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Film · 2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Film · 2008
Things We Lost in the Fire
Film · 2007
The Secret
Film · 2007
The TV Set
Film · 2007
Quantum Hoops
Film · 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Film · 2007
Californication
Series · 2007
Queer Duck: The Movie
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
VH1 Rock Honors
Series · 2006
Trust the Man
Film · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
House of D
Film · 2004
Connie and Carla
Film · 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Series · 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Full Frontal
Film · 2002
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
Film · 2002
Life with Bonnie
Series · 2002
Evolution
Film · 2001
Zoolander
Film · 2001
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
The Lone Gunmen
Series · 2001
Return to Me
Film · 2000
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Film · 1999
The Early Show
Series · 1999
Rove
Series · 1999
The X-Files
Film · 1998
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Film · 1998
Inside The X-Files
Film · 1998
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Film · 1998
Skip Chasers
Film · 1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Film · 1998
The Magic Hour
Series · 1998
Sex and the City
Series · 1998
Playing God
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
Film · 1996
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Film · 1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
Millennium
Series · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Film · 1995
Secrets of the X-Files
Film · 1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Series · 1995
Space: Above and Beyond
Series · 1995
Eco-Challenge
Series · 1995
Space: Above and Beyond
Series · 1995
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Duckman
Series · 1994
Kalifornia
Film · 1993
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Film · 1993
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Film · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
GMTV
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
The X-Files
Series · 1993
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Red Shoe Diaries
Film · 1992
Beethoven
Film · 1992
Ruby
Film · 1992
Baby Snatcher
Film · 1992
Chaplin
Film · 1992
Venice/Venice
Film · 1992
Red Shoe Diaries
Series · 1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Series · 1992
Eek! The Cat
Series · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
The Rapture
Film · 1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Film · 1991
Denial
Film · 1990
Julia Has Two Lovers
Film · 1990
New Year's Day
Film · 1990
Bad Influence
Film · 1990
Twin Peaks
Series · 1990
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Working Girl
Film · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Jeopardy!
Series · 1984
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Exiles
Film
Soapbox
Film
Monsanto
Film