David Duchovny - Biography

Last Editor: Abikwashie				David Duchovny Biography -   Name : David Duchovny Birth Date : August 7, 1960 Birth Place : New York, New York, USA Birth Name : David William Duchovny Education : Princeton University, New Jersey (majored in English Literature; B.A.) Nationality : American Profession : Actor Claim to fame : as Special Agent Fox William Mulder in the X-Files (1993) Spouse(s) : Téa Leoni (1997 - present)

David Duchovny Trivia -

Filed a $25 million lawsuit against the producers and syndicators of "The X Files" (1993) alleging he's been cheated of his contractual share of profits from series. 24 April 1999: Daughter, with Téa Leoni, Madelaine West Duchovny born. 15 June 2002 son, 7lb. 10-ou. boy, Kyd Miller Duchovny. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1996] Dated Sheryl Lee and actress Perrey Reeves (June 1994 to 1996). When he isn't in Vancouver to shoot "The X Files" (1993), he resides in Malibu, California. Played scholarship-level basketball during some of his high school and college career. He had an accident while playing basketball in high school which damaged his right eye. Family: His father's name was Amram. From a Russian-Jewish family he was a Brooklyn-born publicist for the American Jewish Commitee, died on 23 August 2003 from heart disease. His mother's name is Margaret. She is of Scottish ancestry. Brother, Daniel Ducovny, sister Laurie, and a stepbrother named Jonathan Sahula. Duchovny means 'spiritual' in Russian. He is known to be a sports fan, and has appeared on MTV's "Rock n' Jock Softball Game". Is a former vegetarian but does not consume red meat. While at Yale, he was classmates with Jennifer Beals, whom Duchovny suggested for a part on "The X Files" (1993) (it eventually went to Gillian Anderson). Was partially responsible for moving the filming of "The X Files" (1993) series from Vancouver to California. Has an allergic reaction to metal which prevents him from wearing his wedding ring at times. Was the subject of the song "David Duchovny" by Bree Sharp. He kept three dogs and four cats as a child. He does a very good impersonation of Jeff Goldblum, as demonstrated during his appearance on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). Was ABD ("All But Dissertation") when he left Yale, so he never actually received his graduate degree. The title of his uncompleted doctoral thesis was "Magic and Technology in Contemporary Poetry and Prose." Friends with actor Ron Eldard. His mother taught at Grace Church School in N.Y.C. and had a portion of the building named after her when she retired. Speaks French and Latin. Speaks Hebrew. Stayed in 411 Witherspoon Hall his freshman year at Princeton. Made his film debut in Working Girl (1988), as one of the guests hiding in the bathroom at Tess's surprise birthday party. Uncle of twin boys Gabriel and Luca (b. May 2004), sons of his sister Laurie and brother-in-law Michael Birnbaum. Very good friends with Nicholas Lea, who played his nemesis Alex Krycek on "The X-Files". Appeared on the Celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2000. He was the first celebrity in the hot seat. He answered 13 questions correctly giving him $250,000 for his charity. However, he then answered his $500,000 incorrectly resulting in a $218,000 loss and he left with $32,000. Entered rehab for treatment of sex addiction. [August 2008] Checked himself into a rehabilitation center seeking treatment for sex addiction. [August 2008] Loves dogs. Is a New York Yankees Fan. Dated Maggie Jakobson. He and Téa Leoni announced their separation in October 2008, but they got back together in early 2009 after David got treatment for his sex addiction.

David Duchovny Detailed Biography -

He was born David William Duchovny on August 7th, 1960, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father was Brooklyn-born Amram Ducovny (a man who clearly has no need of extra Hs), a playwright who also worked as publicist for the American Jewish Committee. His mother, Margaret, was a Lutheran Scot, and a teacher. With that heritage, Duchovny jokes, you shouldn't ask him for money. He also says it gave him a "Protestant work ethic combined with Jewish guilt and introspection". He has an older brother, Daniel, and a younger sister, Laurie. Amram and Margaret divorced when David was 11, Amram moving to Boston, then Paris where he worked on novels and plays (one being The Trials Of Lee Harvey Oswald). The kids stayed with their mother in New York, becoming ever more distant from their father. Life was not easy. According to David, mother would remind them constantly that poverty was only a small step away, thereby engendering a real fear of ending up in the gutter. David, fortunately, was exceptionally bright and, at 13, won a scholarship to New York's Collegiate, an elite private boys' school. Nicknamed Duke, sometimes Doggie, he found himself surrounded by the children of the rich and famous, including John F. Kennedy Jr, with whom he roomed on a school-trip to Washington in 1975. There were also many child prodigies, one of whom was already editor of the New York Times' crossword. David fitted in easily. He was brilliant at baseball and basketball, playing the latter to college scholarship standard, and studied diligently. His work paid off. He was class valedictorian, and was offered places at Harvard, Yale, Browns and Princeton, choosing to attend the last of these. He made friends fast, and got a girlfriend. Seeing her on his first day, he discovered her name, and joined a politics class in which she'd enrolled. When she turned up (actually three months later), she asked to borrow his notes, he asked her out and they were together for the next four years. David was already fairly successful with women. He'd lost his virginity, he says, at 14, to a girl one year younger but a great deal more experienced. At 16, he'd had his own Mrs Robinson, an older woman who'd seduced then discarded him. At that point, he was working as a janitor and had a small room with two single beds. He'd met a girl who was having trouble at home, offered her a place to stay and suddenly realised he was in love with her. They went out for a year. So, here's to you, Mrs Robinson. David graduated from Princeton in 1982, with high honours, his senior thesis being The Schizophrenic Critique Of Pure Reason In (Samuel) Beckett's Early Novels. With a friend, he spent five months travelling in South-East Asia. On one occasion, he recalls, they smoked opium with an addict in Thailand. As they slipped into semi-unconsciousness, it began to rain, and pigs and horses came into the hut for shelter - David remembers believing he could understand what they were saying.