An American artist living a bohemian existence in Paris, Tom Warshaw (David Duchovny) is trying to make sense of his troubled adult life by looking back at his extraordinary childhood...The year is 1973, and thirteen-year-old Greenwich Village native Tommy Warshaw (Anton Yelchin) is on the brink of becoming a man.
While his bereaved single mother (Téa Leoni) continues to mourn the death of his father, Tommy escapes his own grief by causing trouble at school and making afternoon meat deliveries with his best friend, Pappass (Robin Williams), a mentally challenged janitor.
Following the romantic advice offered by Lady (Erykah Badu), a prostitute incarcerated in the infamous Greenwich Village Women's House of Detention, Tommy also experiences his first taste of love. Yet when an unexpected tragedy radically alters his world, Tommy must make a life-defining choice - one that will compel the adult Tom Warshaw, thirty years later, to finally confront his unfinished past.
Vividly capturing the spirit of youth in all its joy and heartbreak, "HOUSE OF D" examines with humor and pathos a boy's harrowing coming of age and the manner in which it defines his adulthood. Sensitively directed by Duchovny and bolstered by affectionate portrayals from a talented cast, "HOUSE OF D" is a winning, hopeful story about overcoming loss and coming to terms with one's past.
DAVID DUCHOVNY (Tom) was born and raised in New York City and attended
Princeton University (where he played one season as shooting guard on the school's basketball team). He received his Masters Degree in English Literature from Yale, and was on the road to earning his Ph.D. when he caught the acting bug.
Subsequently, David Duchovny emerged to become one of the most highly acclaimed actors in Hollywood. The star of Fox Television's monster hit "The X-Files," David was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, and he was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his highly acclaimed and some say risqué appearances on "The Larry Sanders Show" and for "Sex And The City." In January 1997, David won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He has been nominated for a total of three Golden Globes, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a TV Critic's Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
The press and the public both agree that Duchovny brings a fierce intellect, a quiet intensity and an acerbic wit to his roles on both the small screen and the silver screen.
"The X-Files" debuted nine seasons ago, millions and millions of self-proclaimed "X-Files" spent their Sunday nights wide-eyed in anticipation as their hero, the brilliant and sullen FBI agent Fox Mulder (Duchovny), explored cases deemed unbelievable or unsolvable by the Bureau. Duchovny's remarkable performance on "The X-Files" earned him the title of "Zeitgeist Icon" by Laura Jacobs in The New Republic and "the first Internet sex symbol with hair" by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times.
Duchovny added the role of director to his already extensive list of accomplishments when he wrote, directed and starred in two critically acclaimed episodes of "The X-Files," titled "The Unnatural", which starred Jessie Martin, and "Hollywood A.D.", starring Garry Shandling and actress Téa Leoni.
His feature credits include the action-comedy "Evolution" opposite Julianne Moore, directed by Ivan Reitman of "Ghostbuster" fame, the romantic-comedy "Return to Me," opposite Minnie Driver, directed by Bonnie Hunt. "The X-Files" movie, directed by Rob Bowman, and the Touchstone film, "Playing God," with Timothy Hutton and Angelina Jolie, an action thriller, directed by Andy Wilson (winner of a Cable Ace Award for "Cracker"). Recently, Duchovny appeared in Ben Stiller's film "Zoolander" in a hilariously funny un-billed cameo performance.
Duchovny's passion for renegade films has brought him critical acclaim for his performances in the feature films "Kalifornia," in which he co-starred with Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis; "The Rapture," the controversial film directed by Michael Tolkin in which Duchovny starred opposite Mimi Rogers; and "Julia Has Two Lovers," in which he turned in a much heralded performance as a telephone hustler.
Duchovny played Roland "Rollie" Totheroh, Charlie Chaplin's longtime confidante and cameraman in the Sir Richard Attenborough directed "Chaplin," which starred Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role; and starred in the smash hit "Beethoven," opposite Charles Grodin, as the evil yuppie determined to take over Charles Grodin's company.
Still recognized for his role as Dennis/Denise Bryson, the transvestite detective in David Lynch's breakthrough television series "Twin Peaks," Duchovny has also spent four seasons as the impassioned narrator of Zalman King's erotic anthology series "The Red Shoe Diaries," which began as a feature length telefilm for Showtime.
On stage, Duchovny has appeared in such plays as "The Copulating Machine of Venice," "California," and "Green Cockatoo." In "Full Frontal," he starred opposite Julia Roberts, Blair Underwood and David Hyde Pierce for director Steven Soderbergh. D
uchovny made a brief return to television in good friend Bonnie Hunt's show, "Life With Bonnie," in which he guest starred as over-the-top weatherman Johnny Volcano. Duchovny made two appearances in the 2002-2003 season and he has been nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
Duchovny appeared in the feature "Connie & Carla Do L.A.," directed by Michael Lembeck, starring opposite Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette. It is a hilarious story of two females who flee from the mafia after witnessing a murder. This leads them to Los Angeles where Connie (Nia) falls in love with Jeff (David) and start new careers as drag queen musicians.
Duchovny is married to actress, Téa Leoni and the two have a daughter and son.
