David William Duchovny was born in New York on August 7, 1960 to parents Margaret "Meg", a school administrator and teacher, and Amran Ducovny (1927–2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee. David Duchovny's paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia, and his mother is a Lutheran immigrant from Scotland.

His father dropped the “h” in his last name to avoid all sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army. David Duchovny first attended Grace Church School, and after that attended The Collegiate School For Boys high school which both are in Manhattan. In 1982 David Duchovny graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.

David Duchovny began starring in the sci-fi series “ X-File s “as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder in 1993, a conspiracy theorist that believed his sister had been abducted by aliens and the show quickly became one of The Fox Network's first major hits. Also in 1993, David Duchovny was cast alongside Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis, in the Dominic Sena-directed thriller, “Kalifornia”.

David Duchovny currently plays Hank Moody, a troubled novelist in Showtime's series “Californication”. “The portrayal” awarded him with a Golden Globe Award for “Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical” in 2007.

Why is David Duchovny famous?

David Duchovny is an American actor, writer and director and he has won Golden Globe awards for his work as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on “The X-Files “and as Hank Moody on “Californication”.

Why do we like David Duchovny?

David Duchovny is current pescatarian, a former vegetarian and in 1996 he was named one of its “50 Most Beautiful People” by the People Magazine.
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	1960 births
	Actors from New York City
	American film actors
	American television actors
	American vegetarians
	Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (television) winners
	Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (television) winners
	The Collegiate School alumni
	Living people
	People from Fire Island, New York
	Princeton University alumni
	American people of Russian descent
	Russian-American Jews
	American people of Scottish descent
	Yale University alumni

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David Duchovny Movies
Working Girl Bad Influence Denial Julia Has Two Lovers The Rapture Beethoven Ruby Venice/Venice Kalifornia Playing God The X Files Return to Me Evolution Zoolander Full Frontal
David Duchovny Filmography

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Date Added: 05 January '11

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