He is blind in his left eye.
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Famous for his role as Fox Mulder in the X-Files.
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Although Fox Mulder believes in aliens, in the X-Files, in real life David himself is a skeptic.
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He is a vegetarian.
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Was in the film Beethoven.
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David has stated that he hates "The X-Files" season 1, episode 22 "Born Again."
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David worked as a bartender in a hotel bar in Manhattan at the begnning of his acting career.
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When David was 17 he fainted in an elevator at school and knocked his front teeth out.
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Pappass, played by Robin Williams, in House of D was loosely based on a neighbourhood "slow" man who used to play with David and friends ---stickball, football, etc.
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David has a tattoo just above his left ankle of a compass with the word West spelled out in honour of his daughter.
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David says that the scariest movie he has ever seen was "Don't Look Now" starring Donald Sutherland.
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The first movie David ever saw was "Le Mans" starring Steve McQueen.
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When once asked if he *HAD* to kiss a man who would it be? David answered that it would be Mick Jagger.
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David wears glasses sometimes.
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David has played in numerous celebrity basketball games.
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David Duchovny: I played one Wise Man in my school nativity play. After that I wouldn't take any other parts. It was like 'I've given our Lord frankincense and you want me to be a spear carrier?'
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David's hobbies are reading, basketball, baseball, jogging, racquetball, and swimming.
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Some of David's favourite authors are Norman Mailer, Elmore Leonard and Thomas Pynchon.
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David's favourite playright is Sam Shepard.
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David's favourite tv show is The Larry Sanders Show.
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David's favourite types of music are Seventies Funk and Disco.
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David's favourite bands are The Rolling Stones, the Black Crowes, and Sly and the Family Stone.
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Before David became an actor, he worked at several jobs including teaching assistant, caterer, bartender, and delivering meat.
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David's childhood nicknames at school included "Duke" and "Doggie."
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At the age of 13, David won a scholarship to New York's Collegiate School, an elite private boys' school whose students included the likes of John F. Kennedy Jr..
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In 1996, David was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1997, David was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1998, David was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1999, David was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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In 2000, David was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1999, David won the TV Guide Award for Favourite Actor in a Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 2000, David was nominated for the TV Guide Award for Favourite Actor in a Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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David's brother is director of photography Daniel Ducovny.
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In 1995, David was nominated for the Q Award for Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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David has been married to actress Téa Leoni since May 6, 1997.
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In 2000, David filed a $25 million lawsuit against the producers and syndicators of The X-Files alleging that he had been cheated out of his contractual share of profits from series.
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David had an accident while playing basketball in high school which damaged his right eye. He uses dye to keep the colour right and to keep the pupil from dilating too much.
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David has a daughter with Tea, named Madelaine West Duchovny. She was born April 24, 1999.
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David's father, writer Amram Ducovny died August 23, 2003 in Paris at the age of 75.
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David has a son with Tea, named Kyd Miller Duchovny. He was born June 15, 2002.
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David is right-handed.
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David's father's last name is Duchovny without an 'h.' In fact, Duchovny is spelt with 'h' but since the 'h' is silent, his father decided to remove it from his last name to avoid pronunciation mistakes.
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David supplied the voice for the main character "XIII" in the extremely popular video game XIII (2003).
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David is approximately 6'1" tall.
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David earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and also earned a graduate degree in English Literature at Yale University.
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David occasionally has an allergic reaction to metal which prevents him from wearing his wedding ring at times.
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David's X-Files (1993) salary was $6,000,000.00 an episode.
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While David was writing his Ph.D. on American poetry (which he never finished), he was also a graduate assistant at Yale and taught some Literature classes.
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David loves writing poetry in his free time, a publisher friend of his has also released a book of David's poems recently.
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One of David's grandmothers was from Scotland, and another was of Jewish descent from Warsaw, Poland.
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David's dog Blue, appeared in the X-Files (1993) episode Hollywood A.D..
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David was chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1996.
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David made his directorial debut in 2005 with the movie House of D.
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David's and Gillian Anderson's birthdays are only 2 days apart. His birthday is August 7th and hers is August 9th.
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David supplied the voice of "Ethan Cole" for the video game Area 51.
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David Duchovny: I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.
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David Duchovny: Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring.
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David Duchovny: I'm frightened by the possibilities of my own lack of talent.
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David was partially responsible for moving the filming of the X Files (1993) series from Vancouver to California.
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David has a stepbrother named Jonathan Sahula.
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David once dated actress Sheryl Lee.
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David used to date actress Perrey Reeves.
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David played scholarship-level basketball during some of his high school and college career.
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David is known to be a sports fan, and has appeared on MTV's Rock n' Jock Softball Game.
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David's father Amram was from a Russian-Jewish family. He was a Brooklyn-born publicist for the American Jewish Commitee.
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David's surname - Duchovny means 'spiritual' in Russian.
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David has two siblings, brother Daniel Ducovny, and sister Laurie.
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While David was 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).
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David was the subject of a song by singer Bree Sharp called "David Duchovny."
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David does a very good impersonation of Jeff Goldblum, as demonstrated during his appearance on Saturday Night Live (1975).
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David is friends with actor Ron Eldard.
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David's mother taught at Grace Church School in N.Y.C. and had a portion of the building named after her when she retired.
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David 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."
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David appeared in the TV commercial for The Ford Mondeo (UK) In 1998.
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David appeared in the TV commercial for Labatt Ice in 1995.
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David appeared in the TV commercial for Löwenbräu Beer in 1987.
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David appeared in the TV commercials for AT&T in the 1990s.
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David did the voice over for the TV commercials for Sprint ION in 1999.
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David did the voice overs for the TV commercial for Pedigree in 2005.
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David modeled for the Saks Fall 1995 catalog.
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In 1999, David was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for: The X Files (1998).
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In 1999, David was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1998, David was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1997, David was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1997, David won the TV Prize for Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (Bästa utländska man) at the Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden.
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In 1999, David won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series for: The Larry Sanders Show (1992).
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In 2003, David was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for: Life with Bonnie (2002).
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In 1997, David was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for: The Larry Sanders Show (1992).
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In 1997, David was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for: The X-Files (1993).
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In 1998, David was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for: The X-Files (1993).
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In 1999, David was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1998, David was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1996, David was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1997, David won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1996, David won the National Television Award for Most Popular Actor for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1998, David was nominated for the Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1997, David won the Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama for: The X Files (1993).
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In 1995, David was nominated for the Q Award for Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series for: The X Files (1993).
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David attended the same school in New York as John Kennedy Jr.
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"Duchowny" is general name for people of church in Polish.
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Speaks fluent hebrew.
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Was a member of the Charter Club at Princeton, which is where upper classman take their meals.
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