David Duchovny feels like he was made in a lab to make men and women cream their jeans. With his sensual voice that is always barely above a bedroom whisper, his tender eyes, and his hot bod David has had sex appeal for decades. But did he always have it? Did it come out of nowhere? What is his sexy story? Let's find out in our definitive history of David Duchovny's sex appeal.
Firstly, let's talk about where this hunk came from. He is a native New Yorker of Russian Jewish descent. He's a well-educated hottie who has always considered himself a writer...a poet to be exact. Yeah, he's a poet. I know, I know. It's too hot.
He went to Princeton for poetry and planned to continue studying English with a doctoral program at Yale. However, while he was there he had a change of heart...and art. He dropped out to pursue acting. He started his career from the bottom and worked his way up to acting in commercials and getting bit parts on TV shows.
He played a cross-dressing detective on Twin Peaks which got the attention of the public thanks to how popular that series was. While he was doing that, he was experimenting with indie films such as The Rapture which showed off his ripped and rapturous abs. Oh, dear lord! Between his abs and his threesome in this movie, David proved early on - to a small and attentive crowd - that he was about to be a sex symbol. Just wait for it.
He 1993 he earned the lead role in the indie film Kalifornia. He earned our admiration for taking a steamy shower in the buff and showing his booty. Brad Pitt co-starred in the film and between the two young studs, it was hard to concentrate on anything other than their asses.
He provided the iconically sexy voiceover on the softcore series Red Shoe Diaries where he shockingly never got nude. That being said, he loved the show. The always-sexual actor seemed to appreciate the show and he never once looked down on it no matter how big his star got. I have to respect that...even if he was never the one having the butt-naked sex. He would save that for a future show about sex.
While he continued to stay loyal to Red Shoe Diaries, he broke out in a big way as FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files. This wildly popular sci-fi procedural put David on the map. Everyone was obsessed with his conspiracy theorist character who was hot, smart, rugged, and weird. He was everything that we all wanted! He loved the show and often wrote his own dialogue and went on to write and direct episodes. HOT.
Of course, he never went nude on the Fox TV series, but when he got out of the swimming pool wearing his red speedo...it was a moment. This was very early internet days and it caused a then-internet stir. People were going gaga for his wet bulge and beautiful body in this short and sweet scene. That's how starved the public was for David Duchovny in the buff. Luckily, they didn't have to wait long to see it again.
After leaving X-Files in 2001, he appeared in a few films like Evolution and the indie flick Full Frontal which did indeed show David's dick. The low-fi flick showed David having enjoyed autoerotic asphyxiation which you can watch that scene right here:
He returned to TV in a big way to play a character that wound up being close to his true self. He starred as Hank Moody, a horny hedonistic writer, on Showtime's series Californication. The series was funny and it featured David in a variety of sexy situations that showcased his hot ass. The character hit a little too close to home for David who ended up going to a doctor in 2008 for his real sex addiction.
Honestly, what does one expect from a poet?
He is better now with his alcohol and sex addictions under control. He has never stopped acting either. He even continues to show his hot bod whenever he feels inspired. I hope he never stops because his sex appeal has only grown with age. He ages like a fine wine with a hot voice.
