David Duchovny was born in New York City on the 7th of August, 1960.
His father is a writer and his mother is a housewife. Before David was bom his parents had been English teachers. When his parents divorced, David was raised by his mother, along with his sister Laurie and his brother Daniel.
David went to a prestigious private school in Manhattan. "He was a very bright kid with a brilliant sense of humour," his father remembers. "At school he was always top of the class." After school he entered Princeton University. Then he studied English Literature at Yale University and worked as a teaching assistant.
David was working at his PhD thesis at Yale when one of his friends suggested that he should try acting classes.
Duchovny's PhD thesis, Magic and Technology in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry was never finished. He moved to Hollywood. His mother was angry when he had given up studying. Even now, when she speaks to him on the phone, she always asks him: "When are you going to finish your thesis?" He laughs and says: "Later, later."
David's first year in Hollywood was very hard. He was unemployed and could hardly make both ends meet. Luckily, he was invited to play in a commercial and later in a feature film. "Acting gave me a sense of team and I liked this very much," David says.
Very soon Duchovny appeared in such feature films as Chaplin, Beethoven and California. His work in the movies attracted the attention of Chris Carter, the famous creator of The X-Files. A TV series weren't in Duchovny's plans but he was impressed by the script for The X-Files. So he became agent Fox Mulder.
David is very surprised not only by the success of The X-Files but by his own personal popularity.
Actors who have worked with him describe him as modest, professional and hard-working. David is fond of sports. He played basketball and baseball at school and university. He keeps in shape with jogging and yoga exercises. He writes poetry, but, as he says, he does not read it in public any more.
His father is a writer and his mother is a housewife. Before David was bom his parents had been English teachers. When his parents divorced, David was raised by his mother, along with his sister Laurie and his brother Daniel.
David went to a prestigious private school in Manhattan. "He was a very bright kid with a brilliant sense of humour," his father remembers. "At school he was always top of the class." After school he entered Princeton University. Then he studied English Literature at Yale University and worked as a teaching assistant.
David was working at his PhD thesis at Yale when one of his friends suggested that he should try acting classes.
Duchovny's PhD thesis, Magic and Technology in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry was never finished. He moved to Hollywood. His mother was angry when he had given up studying. Even now, when she speaks to him on the phone, she always asks him: "When are you going to finish your thesis?" He laughs and says: "Later, later."
David's first year in Hollywood was very hard. He was unemployed and could hardly make both ends meet. Luckily, he was invited to play in a commercial and later in a feature film. "Acting gave me a sense of team and I liked this very much," David says.
Very soon Duchovny appeared in such feature films as Chaplin, Beethoven and California. His work in the movies attracted the attention of Chris Carter, the famous creator of The X-Files. A TV series weren't in Duchovny's plans but he was impressed by the script for The X-Files. So he became agent Fox Mulder.
David is very surprised not only by the success of The X-Files but by his own personal popularity.
Actors who have worked with him describe him as modest, professional and hard-working. David is fond of sports. He played basketball and baseball at school and university. He keeps in shape with jogging and yoga exercises. He writes poetry, but, as he says, he does not read it in public any more.
ПЕРЕКЛАД
Девід Духовни народився в Нью-Йорку 7 серпня 1960.
Його батько - письменник, а мати - домогосподарка. Перш ніж Девід народився його батьки були вчителями англійської мови. Коли його батьки розлучилися, Давид виховувався матір'ю разом з сестрою Лорі і братом Деніелом.
Девід вчився в престижній приватній школі в Манхеттені. "Він був дуже яскравим дитиною з блискучим почуттям гумору", згадує його батько. "У школі він завжди був лідером в своєму класі". Після школи він вступив до Прінстонського університету. Потім він вивчав англійську літературу в Єльському університеті і працював в якості асистента.
Девід працював над кандидатською дисертацією в Єльському університеті, коли один з його друзів запропонував йому спробувати взяти уроки акторської майстерності.
Кандидатська дисертація Духовни "Магія і технологія в сучасній художній літературі та поезії" так і не була закінчена. Він переїхав до Голлівуду. Його мати сердилась, коли він кинув навчання. Навіть зараз, коли вона говорить з ним по телефону, вона завжди питає: "Коли ти збираєшся закінчити свою дисертацію?" Він сміється і каже: "Потім, потім".
Перший рік Давида в Голлівуді було дуже важким. Він був безробітним і ледве зводив кінці з кінцями. На щастя, він був запрошений грати в комерційних, а потім в художніх фільмах. "Акторство давало мені відчуття команди, і я любив це дуже", говорить Девід.
Дуже скоро Духовни з'явився в таких фільмах, як "Чаплін", "Бетховена" і "Каліфорнія". Його роботи в фільмах привертають увагу Кріса Картера, знаменитого творця "X-Files" ( "Секретні матеріали"). Телевізійний серіал не був в планах Духовни, але він був вражений сцеаріем для "X-Files". Так він став агентом Фоксом Малдером.
Девід дуже здивувався не тільки успіху "X-Files", а й його власної особистої популярності.
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