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David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960 in New York City, New York) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American television and film actor most famous for playing the character of FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files television series in the 1990s.

Early life

Duchovny's father, Amram Ducovny (different spelling), was a writer of Jewish heritage, and his mother, Margaret, is a Scottish-American teacher; Duchovny speaks French and Latin and has some familiarity with Hebrew. His siblings are Daniel and Laurie Duchovny. Duchovny attended the The Collegiate School For Boys in Manhattan, moved on to graduate from Princeton University. He also holds a Master's degree in English Literature from Yale University and almost completed his Ph.D. (but quit before finishing his thesis). At Princeton, he was a member of the Charter Club, one of the University's eating clubs, where upperclassmen take their meals. The title of his senior thesis is The Schizophrenic Critique of Pure Reason in Beckett's Early Novels (1982).

Career

Duchovny appeared in an advertisement for Löwenbräu beer in 1987. He had a memorable recurring role as a transvestite DEA agent on the series Twin Peaks. In 1993, Duchovny starred in the sci-fi series The X-Files, in a lead role as FBI agent Fox Mulder- a conspiracy theorist who believed his sister was abducted by aliens. The show started as a cult hit but quickly became one of The FOX Network 's first major hits. Duchovny starred in the X-Files movie and remained with the series until he quit the show after the seventh season following a contract dispute. Duchovny reprised his role in the series finale in 2002, and an episode of the animated series The Simpsons.

Duchovny caused controversy when he was the primary reason filming of The X-Files was moved from Vancouver, British Columbia to Los Angeles in 1998. Many residents of Vancouver were upset with Duchovny over comments about the city's heavy rainfall. "Vancouver is a very nice place if you like 400 inches of rainfall a day," Duchovny said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. "It is kind of like a tropical rain forest without the tropics. More like an Ice Age rain forest." Duchovny claimed it was just a joke. "Of course, I'm tired of the rain. But if I wasn't married to a woman that lived in L.A. I'd stay in Vancouver. It's a lovely city."

During the run of The X-Files, he also made several guest appearances in the cult TV satire The Larry Sanders Show, playing himself but adding a strong homosexual attraction to Sanders. He featured memorably in the final episode of the series, performing a parody of Sharon Stone's infamous 'flashing' scene from Basic Instinct. He also played the role of the narrator/host in the long-running Showtime erotica/softcore TV series Red Shoe Diaries.

He has guest hosted Saturday Night Live on (May 13, 1995 and May 9, 1998).

In 2000, he starred in the feature film Return to Me, a romantic movie rated PG. Return to Me was directed by Bonnie Hunt and starred David Duchovny as Bob and Minnie Driver as Grace. This film gets its title from the Dean Martin recording of the same name. This movie sold more copies to the airline industry than any other single film in history. This was Carroll O'Connor's last film.

Duchovny provided the voice of Ethan Cole in the 2005 video game Area 51, as well as the title character "XIII" in the 2003 video game XIII.

Starting in the summer of 2006, Duchovny performed voiceover work for Pedigree Petfoods commercials.

Personal life

Duchovny married actress Téa Leoni on May 6, 1997. On April 24, 1999, Leoni gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Their second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born June 15, 2002. The Duchovnys make their home in Malibu, California.

Duchovny is a vegetarian and wears contact lenses. He suffered an eye-injury due to a basketball accident years ago, which caused one pupil to be enlarged.

In popular culture

* Bree Sharp, an American singer and songwriter, included on her debut album, A Cheap and Evil Girl (1999) the popular novelty tune, "David Duchovny."

* Duchovny has been referenced in Futurama. First he is seen at the Head Museum and later Calculon states that he assumed the identity of David Duchovny in the past years.

Filmography
Year Movie Role Other notes
2007 Californication Hank Moody Pre-production - TV
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire Steve Pre-production
2006 The Secret Dr. Benjamin Marris Post-production
2006 The TV Set Mike Post-production
2006 Pedigree Petfoods Voice-over "We're for dogs" ad campaign
2006 Trust the Man Tom
2005 House of D Tommy
2004 Connie and Carla Jeff
2002 Full Frontal Bill/Gus
2001 Zoolander J.P. Prewitt
2001 Evolution Dr. Ira Kane
2000 Return to Me Bob Rueland
1998 The X-Files Fox Mulder
1997 Playing God Dr. Eugene Sands
1996 Space: Above and Beyond Handsome Alvin
1993 Kalifornia Brian Kessler
1992 Chaplin Rollie Totheroh
1992 Venice/Venice Dylan
1992 Red Shoe Diaries (TV series and movie) Jake Winters TV
1992 Baby Snatcher David TV
1992 Beethoven Brad
1992 Ruby Officer Tippit
1991 Twin Peaks Agent Denise/Dennis Bryson
1991 The Rapture Randy
1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Bruce
1991 Julia Has Two Lovers Daniel
1990 Bad Influence Club goer with glasses
1990 Denial John
1989 New Year's Day BIlly
1988 Working Girl Tess's Birthday Party Friend

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