Cast & creator
David Duchovny
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Simpsons
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.
Also known as: David William Duchovny
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film credits
72
television credits
131
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.4
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (146)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Simpsons
Fox Mulder (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Bones
Director
2005
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jeopardy!
Self
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The X-Files
Fox Mulder
1993The X-Files
Fox Mulder (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993The X-Files
Fox Mulder (uncredited)
1993The X-Files
Writer
1993The X-Files
Director
1993
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Frasier
Tom (voice)
1993
Twin Peaks
Denise Bryson
1990
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Sex and the City
Jeremy
1998
Californication
Hank Moody
2007Californication
Executive Producer
2007Californication
Director
2007The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
The Larry Sanders Show
David Duchovny
1992
Millennium
Bobby Wingood (uncredited)
1996
GMTV
Self
1993
Duckman
Richard (voice)
1994
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
David (voice)
1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
1995
Red Shoe Diaries
Jake Winters
1992
History of the World: Part II
Howard Cosell Impersonator
2023
TFI Friday
1996
Eek! The Cat
Fox Mulder (voice)
1992
Better Things
David Duchovny / Teak
2016
Life with Bonnie
Johnny Volcano
2002
Space: Above and Beyond
1995Space: Above and Beyond
Handsome Alvin
1995
Mating Season
Charles (voice)
2026
The Sympathizer
Thespian / Ryan Glenn
2024
Rove
Self
1999
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
The Lone Gunmen
Fox Mulder
2001
Aquarius
Detective Sam Hodiak
2015
The Craft: Legacy
Adam
2020
The X-Files
Fox Mulder
1998
Evolution
Dr. Ira Kane
2001
The Chair
David Duchovny
2021
What Happens Later
Bill
2023What Happens Later
Executive Producer
2023
Zoolander
J.P. Prewitt
2001
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Fox Mulder
2008
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
Malice
Jamie Tanner
2025
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Bill Baterman
2023
Working Girl
Tess's Birthday Party Friend
1988
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
You People
Arnold
2023
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Self
2018
Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny
Self - Host
2025
Beethoven
Brad
1992
The Bubble
Dustin Mulray
2022
Chaplin
Rollie Totheroh
1992
The Estate
Richard
2022
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Bruce
1991
Return to Me
Bob Rueland
2000
Kalifornia
Brian Kessler
1993
Bad Influence
Clue Goer with Glasses
1990
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Full Frontal
Gus
2002
House of D
Tom Warshaw
2004House of D
Director
2004House of D
Writer
2004
Eco-Challenge
1995
The Joneses
Steve Jones
2010
Playing God
Dr. Eugene Sands
1997
Trust the Man
Tom
2005
The Secret
Dr. Benjamin Marris
2007
Connie and Carla
Jeff
2004
Things We Lost in the Fire
Steven Burke
2007
Adam the First
James
2024
The Rapture
Randy
1991
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Pauline (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Queer Duck: The Movie
Tiny Jesus (voice)
2006
Phantom
Bruni
2013
The TV Set
Mike Klein
2007
See You When I See You
Robert Whistler
2026
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1996
Inside The X-Files
Self
1998
Ruby
Officer Tippit
1992
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1993
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
1998
Quantum Hoops
Narrator
2007
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
2008
Red Shoe Diaries
Jake Winters
1992Red Shoe Diaries: Forbidden Zone
2002
FEEL
Sitter 7
2025
Goats
Goat Man
2012
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
Reverse the Curse
Marty Fullilove
2024Reverse the Curse
Writer
2024Reverse the Curse
Director
2024Reverse the Curse
Producer
2024Reverse the Curse
Book
2024
Louder Than Words
John Fareri
2013
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1993Soapbox
Soapbox
Writer
Soapbox
Producer
New Year's Day
Billy
1990
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1996
Venice/Venice
Dylan
1992
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1994The Exiles
Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1995
Denial
John
1990Monsanto
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1998
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1995
Julia Has Two Lovers
Daniel
1990Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change
Jake Winters (archive footage)
1996
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Fox Mulder / Self
1998
Skip Chasers
1998
Baby Snatcher
David Anderson
1992
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World
Narrator (voice)
2024