David Duchovny
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1960-08-07 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- David William Duchovny
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
TV Shows (54)
The Simpsons
1989
as Fox Mulder (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The X-Files
1993
as Fox Mulder
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Tom (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self / Self - Guest
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self
Twin Peaks
1990
as Denise Bryson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee/Presenter / Self - Audience Member / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
Sex and the City
1998
as Jeremy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Californication
2007
as Hank Moody
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Millennium
1996
as Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
Mating Season
2026
as Charles (voice)
GMTV
1993
as Self
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as David Duchovny
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Duckman
1994
as Richard (voice)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as David (voice)
Red Shoe Diaries
1992
as Jake Winters
Eek! The Cat
1992
as Fox Mulder (voice)
History of the World: Part II
2023
as Howard Cosell Impersonator
Better Things
2016
as David Duchovny / Teak
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
as Handsome Alvin
Rove
1999
as Self
Aquarius
2015
as Detective Sam Hodiak
Life with Bonnie
2002
as Johnny Volcano
The Lone Gunmen
2001
as Fox Mulder
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Sympathizer
2024
as Thespian / Ryan Glenn
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Malice
2025
as Jamie Tanner
The Early Show
1999
as Self
The Chair
2021
as David Duchovny
The Magic Hour
1998
as Self
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018
as Self
Eco-Challenge
1995
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
2025
as Self - Host
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (64)
Evolution
2001
as Dr. Ira Kane
Zoolander
2001
as J.P. Prewitt
Beethoven
1992
as Brad
The X-Files
1998
as Agent Fox Mulder
The Craft: Legacy
2020
as Adam
Working Girl
1988
as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008
as Fox Mulder
Bad Influence
1990
as Clue Goer with Glasses
Kalifornia
1993
as Brian Kessler
The Bubble
2022
as Dustin Mulray
You People
2023
as Arnold
Chaplin
1992
as Rollie Totheroh
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
as Bill Baterman
The Rapture
1991
as Randy
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Bruce
The Estate
2022
as Richard
Phantom
2013
as Bruni
Return to Me
2000
as Bob Rueland
The Joneses
2010
as Steve Jones
Goats
2012
as Goat Man
Red Shoe Diaries
1992
as Jake Winters
House of D
2004
as Tom Warshaw
Things We Lost in the Fire
2007
as Steven Burke
Playing God
1997
as Dr. Eugene Sands
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
The TV Set
2007
as Mike Klein
FEEL
2025
as Sitter 7
The Secret
2007
as Dr. Benjamin Marris
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
as Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
Connie and Carla
2004
as Jeff
See You When I See You
2026
Full Frontal
2002
as Gus
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self
Trust the Man
2005
as Tom
Queer Duck: The Movie
2006
as Tiny Jesus (voice)
What Happens Later
2023
as Bill
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
Ruby
1992
as Officer Tippit
Denial
1990
as John
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1993
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Louder Than Words
2013
as John Fareri
Adam the First
2024
as James
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
1996
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Inside The X-Files
1998
as Self
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1995
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Reverse the Curse
2024
as Marty Fullilove
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1996
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
1998
as Fox Mulder / Self
Quantum Hoops
2007
as Narrator
Skip Chasers
1998
Julia Has Two Lovers
1990
as Daniel
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
as Self
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996
as Self
New Year's Day
1990
as Billy
Baby Snatcher
1992
as David Anderson
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
2002
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
1998
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
Venice/Venice
1992
as Dylan
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
1998
as Self
The Exiles
Soapbox
About 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 a… With 118 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, David Duchovny has appeared in 64 films and 54 TV shows.
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- Evolution (2001) — as Dr. Ira Kane
- Zoolander (2001) — as J.P. Prewitt
- Beethoven (1992) — as Brad
- The X-Files (1998) — as Agent Fox Mulder
- The Craft: Legacy (2020) — as Adam
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