David Duchovny

David William Duchovny ( ; born ) is an American actor, writer, director and musician. He received his breakthrough with the role of Fox Mulder in ''The X-Files'' franchise (1993–2002; 2016–2018) earning a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received another Golden Globe for his portrayal of Hank Moody on the television series ''Californication'' (2007–2014). He also had a recurring role in the Twin Peaks franchise (1990-1991, 2017) as transgender DEA agent Denise Bryson. He executive-produced and starred in the historically based cop drama ''Aquarius'' (2015–2016). He wrote and directed the 2004 coming-of-age comedy ''House of D'' starring Robin Williams, Téa Leoni and Anton Yelchin.

His film work includes a starring role alongside Brad Pitt in Kalifornia (1993) and minor roles in the coming-of-age black comedy ''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'' (1991), and the family comedy ''Beethoven'' (1992). Also in 1992, he played Roland Totheroh in the biographical comedy-drama ''Chaplin'' with Robert Downey Jr. In the 2000s, he starred in ''Return to Me'' with Minnie Driver (2000), ''Evolution'' with Orlando Jones (2001), ''Connie and Carla'' with Nia Vardalos (2004), ''House of D'' with Robin Williams (2004), and ''The Joneses'' with Demi Moore (2009).

Duchovny holds a B.A. in English literature from Princeton University, and an M.A. in English literature from Yale University, and has published five books: ''Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale'' (2015), ''Bucky F*cking Dent'' (2016), ''Miss Subways'' (2018), ''Truly Like Lightning'' (2021), and ''The Reservoir'' (2022). Provided by Wikipedia