David Duchovny was born in New York City on 7th August 1960. He went on to Princeton and received his Master's degree in English Literature from Yale. He left shortly before receiving his Ph.D. to act in low-budget adult films. His first acting job was a small role in Working Girl . For a few episodes, he played the crossdresser on TV's Twin Peaks. What really heated up his reputation as a sensitive sex symbol was his role as Jake in Showtime's Red Shoe Diaries. Of course the role that really brought David out into the Hollywood light was his role in as the FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files. In 1997, David is married to actress Tea Leoni. David left The X-Files in 2000, but was kept busy with roles in Return To Me, Evolution and 2002's Full Frontal. David's most recent film is House Of D with Anton Yelchin, which iwas released in 2005. David has recently reprised his role as Mulder in the film The X Files: I Want To Believe