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David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for playing Fox Mulder on The X-Files and Hank Moody on Californication, both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards Duchovny was born in New York City, New York in 1960. He is the son of Margaret "Meg" (née Miller), a school administrator and teacher, and Amram "Ami" Ducovny (1927–2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee. His father was Jewish, from a family that immigrated from the Russian Empire and Poland. His mother is a Lutheran emigrant from Aberdeen, Scotland. His father dropped the h in his last name to avoid the sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army. Duchovny attended Grace Church School and The Collegiate School For Boys; both are in Manhattan. He graduated from Princeton University in 1982 with a B.A. in English Literature. He was a member of Charter Club, one of the university's eating clubs. In 1982, his poetry received an honorable mention for a college prize from the Academy of American Poets. The title of his senior thesis was The Schizophrenic Critique of Pure Reason in Beckett's Early Novels. Duchovny played a season of junior varsity basketball as a shooting guard and centerfield for the varsity baseball team. He received a Master of Arts in English Literature from Yale University and subsequently began work on a Ph.D. that remains unfinished. The title of his uncompleted doctoral thesis was Magic and Technology in Contemporary Poetry and Prose. At Yale, he was a student of popular literary critic Harold Bloom. Duchovny married actress Téa Leoni on May 6, 1997. In April 1999, Leoni gave birth to a daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny. Their second child, a son, Kyd Miller Duchovny, was born in June 2002. Duchovny is a former vegetarian and, as of 2007, is a pescetarian. On August 28, 2008, Duchovny announced that he had checked himself into a rehabilitation facility for treating sex addiction. On October 15, 2008, Duchovny's and Leoni's representatives issued a statement revealing they had separated several months earlier.A week later, Duchovny's lawyer said that he planned to sue the Daily Mail over an article it ran that claimed he had an affair with Hungarian tennis instructor Edit Pakay while still married to Leoni, a claim that Duchovny has denied. On November 15, 2008, the Daily Mail retracted their claims. After getting back together, Duchovny and Leoni once again split on June 29, 2011.

David Duchovny

Sheriff Leigh Brackett
for Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Halloween 2024 (part 2 of a trilogy)
Suggested by eoindaly

Laurie & Annie are taken to hospital, Morgan, Debra & Lilah go too, Loomis, Brackett & Hunt search the streets for Michael. Loomis goes to the hospital to question Laurie. Dr. Wynn meets Loomis at the hospital offering his help & his apologises for any responsibility he had in Michael's escape. Hearing about the attacks, Laurie's boyfriend, Ben goes to her room to be with her. Michael stalks the hospital killing whoever gets in his way, including Debra & Dr. Wynn. Laurie & Ben flee Michael with Loomis in pursuit. Loomis calls Brackett telling him Michael is at the hospital. Laurie, Ben, Loomis & Michael are in the basement levels of the hospital. Brackett & Hunt arrive at the hospital, Brackett gives Morgan a gun to protect Lilah & Annie in ICU. Hunt & Brackett split up. Michael kills Ben, Loomis blows the room with him & Michael inside. Hearing the explosion, Brackett goes there, finds Laurie safe & he pulls a severly injured Loomis from the fiery wreckage. He goes back in to look for Michael but theres too much fire. Brackett visits a heavily bandaged Loomis in hospital, he gives him the fire marshals report; there were no bodies found in the fire.