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I don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor.

David Duchovny

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David Duchovny
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 7
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Television Director
Television Producer
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New York City
New York
David William Duchovny
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