David Duchovny is an American actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter.

He is known for playing FBI agent Fox Mulder on the television series The X-Files and writer Hank Moody on the television series Californication, both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards.

Duchovny appeared in both X-Files films, the 1998 science fiction-thriller of the same name and the supernatural-thriller The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).

He executive-produced and starred in the historically based cop drama Aquarius (2015–16).

In 2017, Duchovny made the decision to put his acting career on hold, so he could focus more on his career as a writer and a singer/songwriter. Duchovny's last acting job was in the 11th season of The X-Files.