David Duchovny is a famous American actor, director, writer and musician. He earned world fame thanks to the role of FBI agent Fox Mulder in the mystical mystery television series The X-Files, as well as his reincarnation as writer Hank Moody, a character on the Lascivious California series. Acting David Duchovny, biography and personal life of a Hollywood star in the article below.
Childhood
David Duchovny was born on August 7, 1960 in the city of New York. Margaret, the mother of a Hollywood star, is originally from Scotland. At the time of the birth of her son, she worked as a teacher in a school in a poor area of Manhattan. Father, Amram Dukhovny, a native of Brooklyn, was fond of writing and drama, published several works, as well as an autobiographical novel. In addition to the youngest son David, the couple also had children: the eldest son Daniel and daughter Lori. The historical homeland of the family is Russia.
In 1918, Grandfather Moishe Dukhovny emigrated to America from the city of Berdichev, which is part of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine), and his grandmother left the Russian part of Poland in search of a new life in the United States. In a situation of minimal financial support, Abram and Margaret raised three children. However, this did not stop them from getting a divorce when their youngest son was 11 years old. Baby photo by David Duchovny below.
Youth
As a child, David had a complex character. He was withdrawn and unsociable. However, he possessed extraordinary intellectual abilities, which made it possible for the young man to study at one of the prestigious schools of the city, where John Kennedy Jr. studied with whom David talked until the death of the president’s son in a plane crash.
After graduating with honors from the school, Dukhovny entered the Faculty of Education at Princeton University. Since the family could not help much financially, David had to pay for his studies on his own, working as a bartender or as a watchman.
In addition to studying and working, the teenager took an active part in the sports life of both the school and the university. He masterfully owned a baseball bat, and also handled a basketball well, which gave him the right to be for some time even at the head of two teams at once.
Physical data and good looks helped David get an offer to participate in the filming of beer ads, of course, as an actor. So the cinematic career of Dukhovny was born.
After graduating from graduate school at Yale, the young man received a master's degree in English literature, which he planned to supplement with a doctorate in the field of philosophical sciences. However, during his dissertation, David became interested in theater and even enrolled in courses where he was taught acting. Stage hobby grew into a kind of vocation, which prompted Duchovny to participate in serious productions on Broadway stages.
Carier start
Beginning actor David Dukhovny, having played several small roles on the stages of New York theaters, went to conquer Los Angeles, namely Hollywood. Beer advertising and theatrical experience helped establish itself as a promising and talented artist. The first opportunity for David was the episodic role of the main character's buddy in the 1988 film "Business Girl," which also featured Hollywood stars such as Kevin Spacey and Harrison Ford.
The whole next year, the young Dukhovny took part in various projects, insignificant for the public, but still important for the aspiring actor. For example, David played episodic characters in films such as New Year's Eve, Bad Influence, and Denial.
Due to the abundant number of small roles, the acting talent of Duchovny was noticed by the director David Lynch, who made the aspiring artist an offer to take part in the cult series Twin Peaks. The actor played transvestite Denise Bryson, an agent for the drug control department, who appears in three episodes.
In 1992, the actor played the role of a vile businessman in the Beethoven family film, and also took part in the creation of the biographical film Chaplin with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role.
In the same year, the famous director Zalman King spotted in Duchovny a suitable contender for the role in the multi-part erotic drama “The Red Shoes Diaries”. The picture tells the story of a young husband who, after the death of his wife, found her diary, from which he learns that the girl had a lover. That is why she committed suicide. After five years of exhausting work on the set, along with Ody England and Jennifer Burton, the success of the project paid off - the actors began to recognize.
"Secret materials"
Producer Randy Stone at a film festival became interested in the works of Duchovny. He recommended using his acting talent to Chris Carter, who began to work on the creation of a mystical detective series. The interview did not impress Carter, he called David's appearance too standard, but after the first test he changed his mind and approved the actor for the main role of Fox Mulder in the science fiction television project The X-Files.
Rising Hollywood star played an FBI agent who adheres to conspiracy theory and believes that his sister was abducted by aliens. Together with his assistant, the character of the actress Gillian Anderson, the protagonist investigates incredible events of extraterrestrial origin.
The X-Files was broadcast from 1993 to 2002, as well as from 2016 to 2018. The television series quickly soared to the top of popularity, reaching cult status, and the role of David Duchovny brought the actor real world fame.
"Californication"
In 2007, Dukhovny began working in another important and major project in his acting career - the television series "Lascivious California" (also known as "California"). In it, David played the main role of the writer and ladies man Hank Moody, experiencing a personality crisis, as well as experiencing creative torment. The plot tells about how the character tries to find happiness, trying to normalize his hectic life in the City of Angels, and also not to lose touch with his family.
David Duchovny throughout the entire filming period was completely immersed in the work on the creation of this series. The actor not only performed his direct duties, but also took part in writing the script and producing.
The series has been broadcast for seven years. Viewers saw the final season and the final series in 2014.
Other jobs
The newly-made sex symbol of Hollywood, after the success of The X-Files, continued to develop creatively, demonstrating to the whole world its infinite potential. In 1997, David starred in Andy Wilson’s drama “Depicting God,” in which many respected critics praised Duchovny's talent. In 2003, the actor took part in the creation of the cult melodrama "Sex and the City."
There he played a cameo role of the unbalanced young man of the girl, which was played by the famous Sarah Jessica Parker. The year 2005 was marked for David by the release of the film with his participation “Trust the Man”. In 2007, the film "What We Lost" was released. Thanks to this picture, Duchovny again made critics praise his acting talent.
Also, the Hollywood artist is engaged in music. On his account two studio albums and several tours, including a couple of concerts in Russia.
Personal life
The actor often doubted his sanity, because for a long time he could not establish his personal life. Fans and connoisseurs of his work still observe a special high level of control over the personal life of David Dukhovny, who never really shared the details of his private pastime. However, all fans know how their idol is unstable.
One of the first known ladies of the heart of a Hollywood artist was Perry Reeves, a little later David had an affair with the popular actress Winona Ryder, and then the chosen one was Gillian Anderson herself. In the absence of some certainty, before the appearance of his wife, David Duchovny always referred to mental disorders. He continued to use the principle of a peculiar evasion of responsibility and being endowed with marital obligations.
Wife of David Duchovny
Thea Leoni is an American actress known for working on projects like Bad Boys, Family Man, and Santa Barbara. It was she who became the chosen one of the Hollywood womanizer, whom the actor married at the age of 37. David Duchovny met his future wife back in 1992, but they managed to consolidate the union only in 1997. The family life of Hollywood artists can not be called ideal. David Dukhovny and the actor’s wife made a mutual decision to divorce. In 2009, the family tried to reunite, but to no avail. Despite this, the couple continues to raise two children.
Children of David Duchovny
April 24, 1999 in the family was born a daughter Madeleyn Dukhovny. A few years later, the couple again waited for replenishment - on April 15, 2002, the son of Kid was born. The ex-wife and children of David Dukhovny in the photo below.
Interesting Facts
- In 2014, David starred in an advertisement for the Siberian Crown beer. In an interview, he often liked to highlight the fact of the presence of Russian roots.
- The latest commentary by a Hollywood star regarding his relationship to his historical homeland caused a great public outcry. Dukhovny said that he had thought all his life that he was Russian, but it turned out that his real homeland was Ukraine.
- Although David is a skeptic, his character in The X-Files believes in aliens.
- It was decided to get rid of the last letter “th” in the original family name of the “Spiritual” family for easier English pronunciation.
- David Duchovny and Thea Leoni divorced due to her husband's mental disorder - hypersexuality. The actor even underwent a course of treatment, but this marriage did not save.