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David Duchovny

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Biography

Rocketing from obscure bit player to TV's resident über-sex god thanks to his role as FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files, David Duchovny can claim to have had one of the 1990s' more remarkable career metamorphoses. Although his initial attempts to translate his TV stardom into celluloid success proved less than memorable, the tall, classically handsome actor has continued to enjoy a great deal of popularity, evidenced in particular by the countless estrogen-drenched internet shrines erected in his honor.

Born in Manhattan on August 7, 1960, to a Jewish father and a Scottish mother, Duchovny did his undergraduate work at Princeton and then went on to pursue a Master's degree in English Literature at Yale. While working toward his degree, he began commuting to New York to study acting, and he was soon appearing in a few off-Broadway plays. His interest in acting ultimately eclipsed his dedication toward earning his degree, and Duchovny dropped out of Yale to pursue a career as a performer. He got his first break starring in a beer commercial, and in 1988, he made his film debut with a breathtakingly abbreviated appearance as a party guest in Mike Nichols' Working Girl. Work in a number of diverse and usually obscure films, including starring roles in Julia Has Two Lovers (1991), The Rapture (1991), and Kalifornia (1993), followed, but the actor was able to command a more steady paycheck from his TV work. Before The X-Files debuted in 1993, Duchovny was best-known to TV viewers as Denise, Twin Peaks' resident transvestite detective.
As The X-Files steadily grew from cult favorite to mainstream success, becoming recognized as one of the most groundbreaking shows of the decade, Duchovny also began to enjoy both industry respect and huge audience popularity. Dubbed as the latest in a long line of thinking women's sex symbols, it was only a matter of time before he returned to the big screen, and with the 1997 thriller Playing God he did just that. Unfortunately, the film, which also starred Timothy Hutton and Angelina Jolie, was a huge flop, and aside from starring in the successful 1998 X-Files movie, Duchovny re-focused his energies on portraying his television alter ego. He returned to the screen in 2000 in the romantic comedy Return to Me, starring as a devastated widower who finds himself falling in love with the woman (Minnie Driver) who received his wife's heart in a transplant. Later that same year, Duchovny announced that he would be greatly diminishing his involvement with The X-Files, dismaying both fans and any number of 20th Century Fox executives; fortunately for all interested parties, he subsequently reached a settlement with Fox and announced he was returning full-time to the show. Lamenting the X-Files departure from storylines based on his popular character and citing respect for his fans, Duchovny vowed never to return to The X-Files in early 2001, though he did not rule out appearing in future features based on the popular series. That same year Duchovny appeared as a humorous varation on his "Spooky" persona in director Ivan Reitman's sci-fi comedy Evolution. ~ Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Full Frontal (2002) .... Bill/Gus
Red Shoe Diaries 15: Forbidden Zone (2002) (V) .... Jake Winters
... aka Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries 15: Forbidden Zone (2002) (V) (USA: series title)
Zoolander (2001) .... J.P. Prewitt
... aka Zoolander (2001) (Germany)
Evolution (2001) .... Dr. Ira Kane
Red Shoe Diaries 17: Swimming Naked (2001) (V) .... Jake Winters
... aka Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries: Swimming Naked (2001) (V) (USA: video box title)
... aka Zalman King's Swimming Naked: Red Shoe Diaries (2001) (V) (USA: video title)
Intimate Portrait: Minnie Driver (2000) (TV) .... Himself
Red Shoe Diaries 14: Luscious Lola (2000) (V) .... Jake Winters
Return to Me (2000) .... Bob Rueland
Red Shoe Diaries 12: Girl on a Bike (2000) (V) .... Jake Winters
Red Shoe Diaries 18: The Game (2000) (V) .... Jake Winters
... aka Zalman King's the Game: Red Shoe Diaries (2000) (V) (USA: complete title)
51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The (1999) (TV) .... Himself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999) (TV) .... Beverly's Sister
X Files Game, The (1998) (VG) .... Special Agent Fox Mulder
... aka X-Files, The (1998/II) (VG) (USA)
X Files, The (1998) .... Special Agent Fox Mulder
... aka Aux frontières du réel (1998) (Canada: French title)
... aka X-Files, The (1998) (USA: closing credits title)
X-Files Movie Special, The (1998) (TV) .... Fox Mulder/Himself
Inside the X Files (1997) (TV) .... Fox Mulder/Himself
Red Shoe Diaries 16: Temple of Flesh (1997) (V) .... Jake
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon (1997) (V) .... Jake
... aka Zalman King's Night of Abandoned (1997) (V) (USA: video box title)
Playing God (1997) .... Eugene Sands
... aka Playing Hero (1997)
Red Shoe Diaries 7: Burning Up (1997) (V) .... Jake Winters
... aka Zalman King's Burning Up Red Shoe Diaries (1997) (V) (USA: video box title)
Red Shoe Diaries 13: Four on the Floor (1996) (V) .... Jake
Red Shoe Diaries 9: Slow Train (1996) (V) .... Jake
Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996) (TV) .... Fox Mulder
... aka More Secrets of the X Files (1996) (TV) (USA)
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband (1996) (V) .... Jake
Secrets of the X Files, Part 1 (1995) (TV) .... Fox Mulder
X-Files: The Unopened File, The (1995) (V) .... Fox Mulder
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass (1995) (V) .... Jake
... aka Zalman King's Weekend Pass Red Shoe Diaries 5 (1993) (V) (USA: video box title)
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica (1994) (V) .... Jake
... aka Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries: Auto Erotica (1994) (V) (USA: video box title)
"X Files, The" (1993) TV Series .... Special Agent Fox William 'Spooky' Mulder (1993-2001, 2002)
... aka "X-Files, The" (1993) (USA)
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick (1993) (V) .... Jake
X-Files, The (1993) (TV) .... Special Agent Fox Mulder
Kalifornia (1993) .... Brian Kessler
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare (1993) (V) .... Jake
Chaplin (1992) .... Rollie Totheroh
... aka Charlot (1992) (Italy)
Venice/Venice (1992) .... Dylan
"Red Shoe Diaries" (1992) TV Series .... Jake Winters
Red Shoe Diaries (1992) (TV) .... Jake Winters
... aka Red Shoe Diaries the Movie (1992) (TV) (USA: video box title)
... aka Wild Orchid III: Red Shoe Diaries (1992) (TV)
Baby Snatcher (1992) (TV) .... David
Beethoven (1992) .... Brad
Ruby (1992) .... Officer Tippit
Denial (1991) .... John
... aka Loon (1991)
Rapture, The (1991) .... Randy
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) .... Bruce
Julia Has Two Lovers (1991) .... Daniel
... aka Julia tiene dos amantes (1991) (Argentina)
Bad Influence (1990) .... Club Goer #3
New Year's Day (1989) .... Billy
Working Girl (1988) .... Cyn's Engagement Party Guest

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