Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born August 7, 1960
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.
TVMating Season
2026
as Charles (voice)
MovieSee You When I See You
2026
as Robert Whistler
TVMalice
2025
as Jamie Tanner
MovieFEEL
2025
as Sitter 7
TVSecrets Declassified with David Duchovny
2025
as Self - Host
MovieReverse the Curse
2024
as Marty Fullilove
TVThe Sympathizer
2024
as Thespian / Ryan Glenn
MovieAdam the First
2024
as James
MovieVeselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
2024
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWhat Happens Later
2023
as Bill
MoviePet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
as Bill Baterman
TVHistory of the World: Part II
2023
as Howard Cosell Impersonator
MovieYou People
2023
as Arnold
MovieThe Estate
2022
as Richard
MovieThe Bubble
2022
as Dustin Mulray
TVThe Chair
2021
as David Duchovny
MovieThe Craft: Legacy
2020
as Adam
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVThe Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018
as Self
TVThe Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
TVBetter Things
2016
as David Duchovny / Teak
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVAquarius
2015
as Detective Sam Hodiak
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieLouder Than Words
2013
as John Fareri
MoviePhantom
2013
as Bruni
MovieGoats
2012
as Goat Man
MovieFOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self
MovieThe Joneses
2010
as Steve Jones
MovieThe X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
as Fox Mulder
MovieVH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
MovieQuantum Hoops
2007
as Narrator
MovieThe Secret
2007
as Dr. Benjamin Marris
MovieThings We Lost in the Fire
2007
as Steven Burke
TVCalifornication
2007
as Hank Moody
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
MovieThe TV Set
2007
as Mike Klein
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieQueer Duck: The Movie
2006
as Tiny Jesus (voice)
TVVH1 Rock Honors
2006
MovieTrust the Man
2005
as Tom
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
MovieHouse of D
2004
as Tom Warshaw
MovieConnie and Carla
2004
as Jeff
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVLife with Bonnie
2002
as Johnny Volcano
Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
2002
MovieFull Frontal
2002
as Gus
TVRichard & Judy
2001
as Self
MovieZoolander
2001
as J.P. Prewitt
MovieEvolution
2001
as Dr. Ira Kane
TVThe Lone Gunmen
2001
as Fox Mulder
MovieReturn to Me
2000
as Bob Rueland
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MovieSNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
as Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVRove
1999
as Self
MovieRed Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
1998
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
MovieThe X-Files
1998
as Agent Fox Mulder
TVThe Magic Hour
1998
as Self
TVSex and the City
1998
as Jeremy
MovieAkte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
1998
as Fox Mulder / Self
MovieInside The X-Files
1998
as Self
MovieSkip Chasers
1998
MovieThe Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
1998
as Self
MoviePlaying God
1997
as Dr. Eugene Sands
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVMillennium
1996
as Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
1996
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
MovieMore Secrets of the X-Files
1996
as Self
MovieRed Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
1996
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
TVSpace: Above and Beyond
1995
MovieRed Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
1995
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
TVDr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as David (voice)
MovieSecrets of the X-Files
1995
as Self
TVEco-Challenge
1995
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieRed Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
TVDuckman
1994
as Richard (voice)
MovieRed Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1993
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
TVFrasier
1993
as Tom (voice)
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Fox Mulder
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieKalifornia
1993
as Brian Kessler
MovieRed Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
1993
as Jake Winters (archive footage)
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
MovieChaplin
1992
as Rollie Totheroh
TVEek! The Cat
1992
as Fox Mulder (voice)
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as David Duchovny
TVRed Shoe Diaries
1992
as Jake Winters
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieRed Shoe Diaries
1992
as Jake Winters
MovieBaby Snatcher
1992
as David Anderson
MovieVenice/Venice
1992
as Dylan
MovieBeethoven
1992
as Brad
MovieRuby
1992
as Officer Tippit
MovieThe Rapture
1991
as Randy
MovieDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Bruce
MovieJulia Has Two Lovers
1990
as Daniel
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Denise Bryson
MovieBad Influence
1990
as Clue Goer with Glasses
MovieNew Year's Day
1990
as Billy
MovieDenial
1990
as John
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Fox Mulder (voice)
MovieWorking Girl
1988
as Tess's Birthday Party Friend
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Exiles
Soapbox
Monsanto
