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.

His face became well known as Agent Mulder on The X-Files and also starred in the feature film based on the hit FOX television show.

He is married to Tea Leoni and they have 2 children.