17 Celebrities Who Are Smarter Than You May Think

9. David Duchovny

It may really surprise you that the star who played the X-Files character who never solved anything is actually pretty brilliant. He earned his bachelor’s degree in literature from Princeton University. He went on to get his Master’s’ in English Literature from Yale University. He was in the midst of his doctoral studies when he was hired for a beer commercial. He abandoned his studies and became an actor from then on.