The X Files

The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Mulder is a talented profiler and a strong believer in the supernatural. He is also adamant about the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life and its presence on Earth. This set of beliefs earns him the nickname “Spooky Mulder” and an assignment to a little-known department that deals with unsolved cases, the X-Files. His belief in the paranormal springs from the claimed abduction of his sister Samantha Mulder by extraterrestrials when Mulder was 12. Her abduction drives Mulder throughout most of the series. Because of this, as well as more nebulous desires for vindication and the revelation of truths kept hidden by human authorities, Mulder struggles to maintain objectivity in his investigations.

Agent Scully is a foil for Mulder in this regard. As a medical doctor and natural sceptic, Scully approaches cases with complete detachment, even when Mulder, despite his considerable training, loses his objectivity. She is partnered with Mulder initially so that she can debunk Mulder’s nonconforming theories, often supplying logical, scientific explanations for the cases’ apparently unexplainable phenomena. Although she is frequently able to offer scientific alternatives to Mulder’s deductions, she is rarely able to refute them completely. Over the course of the series, she becomes increasingly dissatisfied with her own ability to approach the cases scientifically.

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The X Files Cast List

	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	193 Episodes, 1993 – 2018
	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	217 Episodes, 1993 – 2018
	Mitch Pileggi	Walter Skinner	91 Episodes, 1994 – 2018
	William B. Davis	Smoking Man	44 Episodes, 1993 – 2018
	Robert Patrick	John Doggett	40 Episodes, 2000 – 2002
	Tom Braidwood	Melvin Frohike	41 Episodes, 1994 – 2018
	Bruce Harwood	John Fitzgerald Byers	38 Episodes, 1994 – 2018
	Dean Haglund	Richard ‘Ringo’ Langly	37 Episodes, 1994 – 2018
	Annabeth Gish	Monica Reyes	26 Episodes, 2001 – 2018
	Nicholas Lea	Alex Krycek	24 Episodes, 1994 – 2002