Hank Moody
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David Duchovny as Hank Moody
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| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "Grace" |
| Created by | Tom Kapinos |
| Portrayed by | David Duchovny |
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| Family | Al Moody (Father) |
| Significant other(s) | Karen Van der Beek |
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Henry James "Hank" Moody, portrayed by David Duchovny, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Showtime television series Californication. Moody is an esteemed but erratic writer who frequently becomes embroiled in bizarre, and in some cases, scandalous situations. Duchovny has received praise for his performance, winning the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and being nominated for the same honor three more times.
Hank was born in Levittown, New York on Long Island. In his pursuit to become a writer, he moved to New York City; and eventually, his talent and gift were noticed by the literary community. Hank met Karen Van der Beek at CBGB and soon after she became pregnant in 1994, later giving birth to their daughter, Becca. After the publication of God Hates Us All, which grew his popularity, Hank, Karen and Becca moved to Los Angeles so that Hank could work on the screenplay for the movie adaptation.
After his novel God Hates Us All is adapted into a Hollywood film that he despises, A Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Hank Moody is suffering from writer's block and wallowing in alcohol, drugs and promiscuous sex. Karen is engaged to a man he despises, Bill Lewis. Hank meets a young woman in a bookshop reading his book and sleeps with her. He later learns that she is Mia, Bill's sixteen-year-old daughter. Mia proceeds to harass Hank during his visits to his family and uses the threat of statutory rape charges to extort stories from him that she passes off as her own for her high-school creative-writing class. During a stay in New York for his father's funeral, Hank writes a manuscript drawing from his encounter with Mia. When the only copy falls into the hands of Mia, she slightly alters it and tries to have it published as her own; Fucking & Punching sees much interest from the publishing world. On Karen and Bill's wedding day, Hank chooses to be unselfish and accept the situation so as not to destroy his beloved's wedding day. But that evening, as he and Becca leave the reception, Karen runs out and jumps into his car and they drive off.
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