David Duchovny’s Best 7-Part Series Quietly Becomes a Late-Night Favorite 12 Years Later

Overshadowed by actors in his wake like James Gandolfini, Jon Hamm, and Bryan Cranston, David Duchovnyis quietly one of the most accomplished television stars of his generation. Before the prestige television boom in the 2000s, The X-Filespushed the envelope for episodic storytelling. After playing Fox Mulder on the Fox mystery series for 194 episodes, Duchovny could've made a living off playing true believers in the supernatural and otherworldly existence in any genre.