David Duchovny

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Image:Foxmulder.jpg David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960 in New York City) is an American television and film actor most famous for playing the character of FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files TV series.

His father was Brooklyn-born Jewish writer Amram Duchovny and his mother is Margaret Duchovny, a Scottish-born teacher. His siblings are Daniel and Laurie Duchovny. David is a graduate of a prestigious boys' school in Manhattan, The Collegiate School, Princeton University and also holds a Master's degree in English Literature from Yale University. He 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.

Before The X-Files, Duchovny had a memorable recurring role as a transvestite DEA agent on the series Twin Peaks. He also made several guest appearances in the cult TV satire The Larry Sanders Show, playing himself, and he featured memorably in the final episode of the series, performing a parody of Sharon Stone's infamous 'flashing' scene from Basic Instinct.

Singer Bree Sharp released a song named for the actor, "David Duchovny" in 1999. The song in which Sharp sings, "David Duchovny, why won't you love me?" is both a tribute to Duchovny and a parody of celebrity-worshipping in general; the record became a novelty hit.

He has also been a guest host on Saturday Night Live (May 13, 1995; May 9, 1998).

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Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Other notes
2006	The Secret	Dr. Benjamin Marris	Post-production
2006	The TV Set	Mike	Post-production
2005	Trust the Man	Tom
2004	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
1993	Kalifornia	Brian Kessler
1992	Chaplin	Rollie Totheroh
1992	Venice/Venice	Dylan
1992	Red Shoe Diaries	Jake Winters	TV
1992	Baby Snatcher	David	TV
1992	Beethoven	Brad
1992	Ruby	Officer Tippit
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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Trivia

He is a vegetarian.
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).
Duchovny suffered an eye-injury due to a basketball accident years ago, which caused his pupil to be enlarged.
Unlike his character Fox Mulder of The X-Files, who was a fervent believer in extraterrestrials and the UFO phenomenon, Duchovny is a skeptic. Gillian Anderson, who portrayed his skeptical partner Dana Scully, is a believer.
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"
Futurama 's 1000 Year-old Robot Actor, Calculon, upgrades his appearances every few decades, one of his personas was David Duchovny.
There was a rumor that he was confirmed to play Bruce Banner in The Hulk 2, needless to say it is untrue.
While Fox Mulder in the X-Files loves sunflower seed, Duchovny in fact hates them.