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Actor David Duchovny rose to fame in the early 1990s as paranormal-obsessed FBI agent Fox Mulder on the hit... (Learn more)

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David Duchovny’s Milestones
First professional assignment, a Lowenbrau beer commercial
Taught English at Yale while working on his PhD; first became involved in acting there
1987 Left academia to pursue acting
1988 Feature acting debut, "Working Girl"
1989 First film with Henry Jaglom, "New Year's Day"
1989 Moved to Los Angeles from New York
1990 Joined the cast of ABC's "Twin Peaks" as Dennis/Denise Bryson, a cross-dressing FBI agent
1991 First leading role in a feature, "Julia Has Two Lovers"
1991 Played a supporting role in Michael Tolkin's brilliant, flawed tale of the coming apocalypse, "The Rapture"
1992 Narrated the Showime series, "The Red Shoe Diaries"; also directed episodes
1992 Offered a memorable turn as cameraman Rollie Totheroh in Sir Richard Attenborough's "Chaplin"
1992 Portrayed a greedy yuppie in "Beethoven"
1992 Re-teamed with Jaglom for "Venice/Venice"
1993 Acted alongside Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis and Michelle Forbes in Dominique Sena's "Kalifornia"
1993 - 2002 Co-starred in FOX's paranormal series "The X-Files" as FBI special agent Fox Mulder; also provided the story for a handful of episodes; wrote and directed the episode 'The Unnatural' (1999); had a reduced role for the final two seasons
1997 Returned to features as the lead in "Playing God"
1997 Voiced Mulder for an episode of Fox's animated "The Simpsons"
1998 Reprised role of Mulder for the feature film "The X-Files"
1998 Spoofed his image and Sharon Stone's famous scene in "Basic Instinct" in the final episode of HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show"
2000 Starred opposite Minnie Driver in the romantic comedy "Return to Me"; co-written and directed by Bonnie Hunt
2001 Co-starred with Julianne Moore and Orlando Jones in the screen comedy "Evolution"
2002 Appeared in the Steven Soderbergh directed "Full Frontal"
2003 Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor for his role in "Life With Bonnie" (ABC)
2005 Made feature writing and directing debut (also starred) with "House of D"; co-starred Robin Williams and wife Tea Leoni
2006 Co-starred as Julianne Moore's househusband who's obsessed with sex in Bart Freundlich's "Trust the Man"
2007 Cast in the network satire "The TV Set" directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Sigourney Weaver
2007 - 0 Played Hank Moody, a troubled novelist in the Showtime series, "Californication"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations in 2009 for Best Actor in a Comedy series
2008 Reprised role of Agent Fox Mulder for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" the second feature based on the popular series

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Also known as

Birth Name : David William Duchovny

Born

August, 07 1960 in New York City, New York, USA

Education

  • Collegiate School, New York, NY: Won a scholarship to attend the prestigious boys prep school; played on the basketball team and was class valedictorian; John F. Kennedy Jr. and actor Jason Beghe were classmates
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT: Magic and technology in contemporary North American fiction and poetry was the subject of his uncompleted thesis for a PhD
  • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Member of the Charter Club, one of the University's eating clubs, where upperclassmen take their meals
  • Downtown Community School, New York, NY: Founded by Pete Seeger

Professions

actor, bartender, caterer, English teacher, life guard, meat delivery person