Line #22 Creator/DavidDuchovny


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2	->''"I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'"''
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4	David Duchovny (born August 7, 1960 in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity New York, New York]]) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer known best for his role as Agent Fox Mulder on the hit Creator/{{Fox}} sci-fi show ''Series/TheXFiles''. Other notable roles Duchovny has taken are Hank Moody in ''Series/{{Californication}}'' and Sam Hodiak in the PeriodDrama ''Series/{{Aquarius}}'', the latter of which he also produces.
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6	After an infamous contractual dispute, Duchovny was responsible for moving the filming location of ''The X-Files'' from Vancouver to Los Angeles from the show's sixth season on. Duchovny cited being closer to his then-wife actress Creator/TeaLeoni as the reason for this move, though after a rocky marriage into the TurnOfTheMillennium, the couple later divorced in 2014.
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8	He kicked off something of a musical career in 2015 with the release of his first studio album ''Hell or Highwater'', as well as a book-writing career. He has published (to date) five novels: ''Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale'' (2015), ''Bucky F*cking Dent'' (2016), ''Miss Subways'' (2018), ''Truly Like Lightning'' (2021), and ''The Reservoir'' (2022), as well as a graphic novel, ''Kepler'' (2022), drawn by Phillip Sevy.
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10	!!Notable roles by Duchovny:
11	* ''Series/TwinPeaks'': Denise[=/=]Dennis Bryson (1990-1991; 2017)
12	* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Special Agent Fox Mulder (1993-2002; 2008; 2016; 2018)
13	* ''Film/ConnieAndCarla'': Jeff
14	* ''Film/TheTVSet'': Mike Klein
15	* ''Series/{{Californication}}'': Hank Moody (2007-2014)
16	* ''Series/{{Aquarius}}'': Sam Hodiak (2015-2016)
17	* ''Film/{{Evolution\|2001}}'': Dr. Ira Kane
18	* ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'': JP [=McInry=]
19	* ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead'': Bruce
20	* ''Film/{{Kalifornia}}'': Brian Kessler
21	* ''Film/TheRapture'': Randy
22	* ''VideoGame/Area51FPS'': Ethan Cole
23	* ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'': Adam.
24	* ''Film/TheBubble2022'': Sean Knox
25	* ''Film/YouPeople'': Arnold
26	* ''Series/HistoryOfTheWorldPartII''
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28	!!Tropes:
29	* ActorShipping: Some fans [[InvokedTrope ship him]] with his ''X-Files'' co-star [[Creator/GillianAnderson Gillian Anderson]].
30	* DeadpanSnarker: His default mode. Just try to find a scene with Mulder or Hank where he isn't throwing out deadpan one-liners.
31	* DullSurprise: Sometimes his acting is emotionless and deadpan. ''Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture '' lampshades and mocks it in a scene.
32	* IAmNotSpock: "I am not Agent Mulder." Mulder is his most famous role. Even when the show was in its third season and was getting huge, people hinted it could continue with a film series a la ''Star Trek''. He did not wish it, not even then, fearing he would be typecast. He later said he would be OK with playing Fox Mulder forever, if the audience wanted to see it.
33	* SilverFox: The years and resulting grey hairs have not detracted from his good looks at all and he still has many fangirls eager to say as much.
34	* SpecialGuest: Duchovny was the very first guest alongside Creator/NicoleSullivan on Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson.
35	* StarMakingRole: He was known before, but Agent Fox Mulder of ''The X-Files'' turned him into a household name.
36	* TallDarkAndSnarky: As Mulder, he absolutely personified this trope, being tall with dark hair and brooding good looks and an astonishing capacity for snark.
37	* WrittenByCastMember: He wrote and directed two episodes of ''The X-Files'', [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E19TheUnnatural "The Unnatural"]] and [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E19HollywoodAD "Hollywood A.D."]]. He also shares writing credits for several MythArc episodes.
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39	!!Duchovny's fiction includes:
40	* AllMythsAreTrue: [[spoiler:In ''Miss Subways'', various magical beings from around the world, including Ireland and Africa, have found themselves transplanted to America via the immigration (voluntary or not) of the people from those regions.]]
41	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: ''Holy Cow'' is about a cow, a pig, and a turkey who are capable of using a smartphone, impersonating people, boarding an airplane, and various other feats. (They can’t talk to people, though, only each other.)
42	* BoringReturnJourney: [[spoiler:In ''Holy Cow'', the journey around the world takes up the bulk of the story. The return home is barely touched on.]]
43	* DyingDream: [[spoiler:''The Reservoir'' is about a man experiencing this as he dies from COVID-19, although where reality leaves off and the dream begins is hard to say.]]
44	* EnemyOfMyEnemy: In ''Holy Cow'', Joe Camel manages to achieve peace in the Middle East by uniting Jews and Arabs in hatred of their common foe, pigs. Shalom, the pig, is less than wild about this.
45	* GrassIsGreener: Each of the animals in ''Holy Cow'' believes life must be better someplace else. Tom the turkey assumes Turkey must be a good place to live because of the name. Shalom the pig figures Israel would be good for him because they don’t eat pigs there, and Elsie wants to go to India because they worship cows.
46	* IJustWantToBeFree: In ''Holy Cow'', some farm animals realize what their future holds (that is, not much) and decide to escape to find a better life.
47	* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: In ''Miss Subways'', Emer is visited in the middle of the night by a little person. This combined with having been woken up suddenly leaves her rather disoriented.
48	* OnlyOneName: Anansi in ''Miss Subways''.
49	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sidney, Emer’s principal in ''Miss Subways'', is a decent guy who is sympathetic to the difficulties teachers have in navigating the fraught political climate of the twenty-first century, and shields her from trouble when he can.
50	* UrbanFantasy: ''Miss Subways'' [[spoiler:has elements of this, though given the difficulty in figuring out what is really going on in the story (both for the reader and the main character), it could also be considered MagicRealism or AllJustADream]].
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