David Duchovny
With degrees from Princeton and Yale, Duchovny initially intended to join the ranks of English lit academics before switching to acting. After a variety of supporting film and TV parts — includi...
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08/06/1960
New York, NY |
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| Taught English at Yale. |
| Filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox in 1999 claiming the company had cheated him out of millions of dollars in profits from the syndication rights to The X-Files. The suit was eventually s |
| Appeared in 1995 on Celebrity Jeopardy opposite Lynn Redgrave and Stephen King, and led for most of the match. He lost to King in Final Jeopardy, failing to name the store that hosted an event |
| Played doctors in three films: Playing God (1997), Evolution (2001) and The Secret (2006). |
| Initially believed that The X-Files would flop. It turned out to be a hit. He was injured more than once during its run, including cuts, burns and a separated shoulder. |
| First acting job was in a beer commercial. |
| One of his classmates at the Collegiate School (where he was valedictorian) was John F. Kennedy Jr. |
