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