Published on 02:12 PM, January 26, 2016

'X-Files' actor Duchovny gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star

David Duchovny poses with a plaque on his just unveiled Hollywood Walk of Fame Star ceremony on January 25, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Duchovny is the recipient of the 2,572nd star on the Walk of Fame in the category of television. Photo: AFP
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"The X-Files" actor David Duchovny got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, a day after the cult television series returned to small screens to fanfare in the US.

"It's surreal, it's a surreal moment and it's a surreal event, everything just seems... it feels like something coming out of a movie, in a strange way," joked Duchovny, 55, who plays Special Agent Fox Mulder.

Mulder and his partner Dana Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, returned for a mini series to great excitement among "X-Files" fans.

"I'm never confident about a success, but I'm confident that we made a really good show again," said Duchovny, who won a Golden Globe in 1997 for his turn as Mulder and again in 2008 for his role as Hank Moody in the hit comedy-drama series "Californication."

The latest "X-Files" received decidedly mixed reviews from critics.

"Like Mulder, I want to believe, but with a messy new beginning like this, Chris Carter (the producer) and crew are making it pretty hard," wrote Kaly Soto in The New York Times.

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