David Duchovny
Acting
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
Acting120
tvMating Season
2026
Charles (voice)
movieSee You When I See You
2026
Robert Whistler
tvMalice
2025
Jamie Tanner
movieFEEL
2025
Sitter 7
movieReverse the Curse
2024
Marty Fullilove
tvThe Sympathizer
2024
Thespian / Ryan Glenn
moviePet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Bill Baterman
tvHistory of the World: Part II
2023
Howard Cosell Impersonator
movieYou People
2023
Arnold
movieThe Estate
2022
Richard
movieThe Bubble
2022
Dustin Mulray
tvThe Chair
2021
David Duchovny
tvThe Nineties
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvBetter Things
2016
David Duchovny / Teak
tvAquarius
2015
Detective Sam Hodiak
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
tvHot Ones
2015
Self
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieLouder Than Words
2013
John Fareri
moviePhantom
2013
Bruni
movieGoats
2012
Goat Man
movieThe Joneses
2010
Steve Jones
movieThe X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Fox Mulder
movieQuantum Hoops
2007
Narrator
movieThe Secret
2007
Dr. Benjamin Marris
movieThings We Lost in the Fire
2007
Steven Burke
tvCalifornication
2007
Hank Moody
movieThe TV Set
2007
Mike Klein
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieQueer Duck: The Movie
2006
Tiny Jesus (voice)
movieHouse of D
2004
Tom Warshaw
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self / Self - Guest
tvLife with Bonnie
2002
Johnny Volcano
movieZoolander
2001
J.P. Prewitt
movieEvolution
2001
Dr. Ira Kane
tvThe Lone Gunmen
2001
Fox Mulder
movieReturn to Me
2000
Bob Rueland
movieSNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvRove
1999
Self
movieRed Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
1998
Jake Winters (archive footage)
movieThe X-Files
1998
Agent Fox Mulder
tvSex and the City
1998
Jeremy
movieAkte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
1998
Fox Mulder / Self
moviePlaying God
1997
Dr. Eugene Sands
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
tvMillennium
1996
Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
1996
Jake Winters (archive footage)
movieRed Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1996
Jake Winters (archive footage)
tvSpace: Above and Beyond
1995
Handsome Alvin
movieRed Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1995
Jake Winters (archive footage)
tvDr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
David (voice)
movieRed Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994
Jake Winters (archive footage)
tvDuckman
1994
Richard (voice)
movieRed Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1993
Jake Winters (archive footage)
tvFrasier
1993
Tom (voice)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvThe X-Files
1993
Fox Mulder
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
movieKalifornia
1993
Brian Kessler
movieRed Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993
Jake Winters (archive footage)
tvGMTV
1993
Self
movieChaplin
1992
Rollie Totheroh
tvEek! The Cat
1992
Fox Mulder (voice)
tvThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
David Duchovny
tvRed Shoe Diaries
1992
Jake Winters
movieRed Shoe Diaries
1992
Jake Winters
movieBaby Snatcher
1992
David Anderson
movieRuby
1992
Officer Tippit
movieThe Rapture
1991
Randy
tvTwin Peaks
1990
Denise Bryson
movieBad Influence
1990
Clue Goer with Glasses
movieDenial
1990
John
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Fox Mulder (voice)
movieWorking Girl
1988
Tess's Birthday Party Friend
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self / Self - Guest
tvJeopardy!
1984
Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee/Presenter / Self - Audience Member / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
Directing5
movieReverse the Curse
2024
Director
tvCalifornication
2007
Director
tvBones
2005
Director
movieHouse of D
2004
Director
tvThe X-Files
1993
Director
Production4
movieReverse the Curse
2024
Producer
movieWhat Happens Later
2023
Executive Producer
tvCalifornication
2007
Executive Producer
Soapbox
Producer
Writing4
movieReverse the Curse
2024
Writer, Book
movieHouse of D
2004
Writer
tvThe X-Files
1993
Writer
Soapbox
Writer
Crew1
tvDr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Additional Writing