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David Duchovny

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1960-08-07

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Adam the First

Adam the First

2024

6.7

Movie
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten

Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten

1998

0.0

Movie
poster

Aquarius

2015

6.5

TV
Baby Snatcher

Baby Snatcher

1992

5.8

Movie
Bad Influence

Bad Influence

1990

6.0

Movie
Beethoven

Beethoven

1992

5.8

Movie
poster

Better Things

2016

7.2

TV
poster

Californication

2007

7.6

TV
Chaplin

Chaplin

1992

7.4

Movie
Connie and Carla

Connie and Carla

2004

5.9

Movie
Denial

Denial

1990

4.0

Movie
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

1991

6.1

Movie
poster

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

1995

7.8

TV
poster

Eco-Challenge

1995

0.0

TV
poster

Eek! The Cat

1992

6.8

TV
Evolution

Evolution

2001

6.1

Movie
FOX 25th Anniversary Special

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

2012

7.3

Movie
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
Full Frontal

Full Frontal

2002

4.6

Movie
poster

GMTV

1993

5.8

TV
Goats

Goats

2012

5.5

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

History of the World: Part II

2023

5.6

TV
House of D

House of D

2005

6.2

Movie
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
Inside The X-Files

Inside The X-Files

1998

6.8

Movie
poster

Jeopardy!

1984

6.8

TV
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Julia Has Two Lovers

Julia Has Two Lovers

1990

5.0

Movie
Kalifornia

Kalifornia

1993

6.6

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
poster

Life with Bonnie

2002

6.5

TV
poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
Louder Than Words

Louder Than Words

2013

5.9

Movie
poster

Malice

0.0

TV
poster

Millennium

1996

7.7

TV
New Year's Day

New Year's Day

1990

4.5

Movie
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

2023

5.6

Movie
Phantom

Phantom

2013

5.8

Movie
Playing God

Playing God

1997

5.4

Movie
Quantum Hoops

Quantum Hoops

2007

8.0

Movie
Queer Duck: The Movie

Queer Duck: The Movie

2006

4.1

Movie
poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

6.0

TV
Red Shoe Diaries

Red Shoe Diaries

1992

4.7

Movie
poster

Red Shoe Diaries

1992

5.8

TV
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare

Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare

1993

5.0

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

1993

8.7

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

1994

3.0

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

1995

0.0

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband

Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband

1996

0.0

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon

Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon

1998

0.0

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change

Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change

1996

1.0

Movie
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone

Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone

2002

0.0

Movie
Return to Me

Return to Me

2000

6.6

Movie
Reverse the Curse

Reverse the Curse

2024

5.5

Movie
poster

Richard & Judy

2001

3.1

TV
poster

Rove

1999

8.0

TV
Ruby

Ruby

1992

5.5

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler

1999

6.4

Movie
See You When I See You

See You When I See You

0.0

Movie
poster

Sex and the City

1998

7.4

TV
poster

Space: Above and Beyond

1995

7.2

TV
The Bubble

The Bubble

2022

4.6

Movie
poster

The Chair

2021

6.6

TV
The Craft: Legacy

The Craft: Legacy

2020

6.1

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
poster

The Early Show

1999

5.7

TV
poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

5.8

TV
The Estate

The Estate

2022

5.4

Movie
The Joneses

The Joneses

2010

6.2

Movie
poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

6.2

TV
poster

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

7.7

TV
poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

6.8

TV
poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

5.4

TV
poster

The Lone Gunmen

2001

6.9

TV
poster

The Magic Hour

1998

5.0

TV
poster

The Nineties

2017

6.9

TV
poster

The One Show

2006

4.6

TV
The Rapture

The Rapture

1991

5.9

Movie
poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

3.5

TV
The Secret

The Secret

2007

5.9

Movie
poster

The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
poster

The Sympathizer

2024

7.1

TV
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
poster

The Tony Danza Show

2004

6.1

TV
The TV Set

The TV Set

2007

5.9

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The X Files

The X Files

1998

6.9

Movie
The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008

5.8

Movie
poster

The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
poster

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

2018

7.2

TV
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

6.6

Movie
Trust the Man

Trust the Man

2005

5.2

Movie
poster

Twin Peaks

1990

8.3

TV
Venice/Venice

Venice/Venice

1992

8.0

Movie
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World

Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World

2024

0.0

Movie
poster

VH1 Rock Honors

2006

7.0

TV
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2008

0.0

Movie
What Happens Later

What Happens Later

2023

5.0

Movie
Working Girl

Working Girl

1988

6.6

Movie
You People

You People

2023

5.7

Movie
Zoolander

Zoolander

2001

6.2

Movie