David Duchovny earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and also earned a graduate degree in English Literature at Yale University. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987 he abandoned his doctoral studies at Yale to pursue acting full time.
The X Files (1998): $6,000,000

Has filed a $25 million lawsuit against the producers and syndicators of The X-Files alleging he's been cheated of his contractual share of profits from series. 24 April 1999: Daughter, with Téa Leoni, Madelaine West Duchovny born. 15 June 2002 son, 7lb. 10-ou. boy, Kyd Miller Duchovny. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1996] Dated Sheryl Lee, actress Perrey Reeves.(June 1994 to 1996). When he isn't in Vancouver to shoot The X-Files, he resides in Malibu, California. Played scholarship-level basketball during some of his high school and college career. He had an accident while playing basketball in high school which damaged his right eye. He uses dye to keep the pupil from dilating too much. He is known to be a sports fan, and has appeared on MTV's "Rock n' Jock Softball Game". Family: His father's name was Amram. From a Russian-Jewish family he was a Brooklyn-born publicist for the American Jewish Commitee, died on 23 August 2003 from heart disease. His mother's name is Margaret. She is of Scottish ancestry. Brother, Daniel Ducovny, sister Laurie, and a stepbrother named Jonathan Sahula. Duchovny means 'spiritual' in Russian. His father's name was Amram. From a Russian-Jewish family he was a Brooklyn-born publicist for the American Jewish Commitee. His mother's name is Margaret. She is Scottish. He had an accident while playing basketball in high school which damaged his right eye. He uses dye to keep the pupil from dilating too much. Is a vegetarian, along with wife Téa Leoni. While at Yale, he was classmates with Jennifer Beals, whom Duchovny suggested for a part on The X-Files (it eventually went to Gillian Anderson). Was partially responsible for moving the filming of The X-Files series from Vancouver to California. Wife gave birth to second child, 7lb. 10-ou. boy, Kyd Miller Duchovny, in Los Angeles, 15 June 2002. Has a stepbrother named Jonathan Sahula. His father, Amram Ducovny, who was a Brooklyn-born publicist for the American Jewish Commitee, died on 23 August 2003 from heart disease. Has an allergic reaction to metal which prevents him from wearing his wedding ring at times. Was the subject of the song "David Duchovny" by Bree Sharp. He kept three dogs and four cats as a child. He does a very good impersonation of Jeff Goldblum, as demonstrated during his appearance on SNL 25. 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." Friends with actor Ron Eldard. His mother taught at Grace Church School in N.Y.C. and had a portion of the building named after her when she retired.