David Duchovny
David Duchovny
David William Duchovnyis an American actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter. He is known for playing FBI Agent Fox Mulder on the sci-fi horror action drama show The X-Files and writer Hank Moody on the comedy-drama series Californication, both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards. Duchovny appeared in both of the two X-Files films, the 1998 science fiction-thriller of the same name and the supernatural-thriller The X-Files: I Want to Believe. As of May 2015, he has...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 August 1960
CityNew York City, NY
If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.
In high school and college, I was an athlete.
In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.
It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.
It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.
Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.
When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world.
When I started getting notoriety it was cheesy to appear in a commercial.
I'm very proud of my Scottish blood.
I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though.
I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.
I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.
I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.
Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.