David Duchovny was born in New York City on the 7th of August, 1960.
His father is a writer and his mother is a housewife. Before
David was bom his parents had been English teachers. When his parents
divorced, David was raised by his mother, along with his sister Laurie
and his brother Daniel.
David went to a prestigious private school in Manhattan. "He was a
very bright kid with a brilliant sense of humour," his father
remembers. "At school he was always top of the class." After school he
entered Princeton University. Then he studied English Literature at Yale
University and worked as a teaching assistant.
David was working at his PhD thesis at Yale when one of his
friends suggested that he should try acting classes.
Duchovny's PhD thesis, Magic and Technology in Contemporary
Fiction and Poetry was never finished. He moved to Hollywood. His mother
was angry when he had given up studying. Even now, when she speaks to
him on the phone, she always asks him: "When are you going to finish
your thesis?" He laughs and says: "Later, later."
David's first year in Hollywood was very hard. He was unemployed
and could hardly make both ends meet. Luckily, he was invited to play in
a commercial and later in a feature film. "Acting gave me a sense of
team and I liked this very much," David says.
Very soon Duchovny appeared in such feature films as Chaplin,
Beethoven and California. His work in the movies attracted the attention
of Chris Carter, the famous creator of The X-Files. A TV series weren't
in Duchovny's plans but he was impressed by the script for The X-Files.
So he became agent Fox Mulder.
David is very surprised not only by the success of The X-Files
but by his own personal popularity.
Actors who have worked with him describe him as modest,
professional and hard-working. David is fond of sports. He played
basketball and baseball at school and university. He keeps in shape with
jogging and yoga exercises. He writes poetry, but, as he says, he does
not read it in public any more.
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