The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original television series aired from September 1993 to May 2002 on Fox. During its original run, the program spanned nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A tenth season consisting of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: the 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run ended.
Plot
The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Special Agent Mulder is a talented profiler, conspiracy theorist, and an ardent supernaturalist. 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.
Awards
Cast
- Alan Dale
- Allison Smith
- Amanda Pays
- Andrew Airlie
- Andy Umberger
- Ann Dowd
- Annabeth Gish
- Anne-Marie Johnson
- Anthony Heald
- April Grace
- Barry Primus
- Benito Martinez
- Bernard White
- Blu Mankuma
- Brad Dourif
- Brian Markinson
- Brian Thompson
- Bruce Campbell
- Bruce Harwood
- Bryan Cranston
- Burt Reynolds
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Caroline Lagerfelt
- Carrie Snodgress
- Cary Elwes
- Catherine Dent
- CCH Pounder
- Chad Lindberg
- Chris Carter
- Chris Ellis
- Christopher Stanley
- Cliff DeYoung
- Conrad Roberts
- Dale Dickey
- Danny Trejo
- Dave Grohl
- David Cubitt
- David Duchovny
- David Faustino
- David Groh
- Deep Roy
- Diana-Maria Riva
- Don S. Davis
- Donal Logue
- Donald Gibb
- Doug Hutchison
- Ed Lauter
- Eddie Kaye Thomas
- Ellie Harvie
- Eric Nenninger
- Erich Anderson
- Felicity Huffman
- Floyd Red Crow Westerman
- Frances Fisher
- Fredric Lehne
- Gabrielle Miller
- Gabrielle Rose
- Garret Dillahunt
- George Murdock
- Gerard Plunkett
- Gillian Anderson
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Glenn Morshower
- Grant Heslov
- Greg Ellis
- Gregory Sierra
- Harriet Sansom Harris
- Harris Yulin
- Hiro Kanagawa
- Jack Black
- James Morrison
- James Parks
- James Pickens
- James Remar
- Jamie McShane
- Jane Lynch
- Jayne Atkinson
- Jeff Kober
- Jennifer Hetrick
- Jerry Hardin
- Jesse L. Martin
- Jim Beaver
- John Billingsley
- John Hawkes
- John Kapelos
- John Pyper-Ferguson
- Jon Gries
- Jose Yenque
- Judson Mills
- Justine Miceli
- Katharine Isabelle
- Kathy Griffin
- Kellie Waymire
- Ken Jenkins
- Kenneth Tigar
- Kett Turton
- Kevin McNulty
- Kevin Weisman
- Kevin Zegers
- Krista Allen
- Lance Henriksen
- Laura Harris
- Lawrence Pressman
- Leland Orser
- Leon Russom
- Lily Tomlin
- Lisa Darr
- Lucy Lawless
- Lucy Liu
- Lynda Boyd
- Maggie Wheeler
- Marcus Giamatti
- Mark Sheppard
- Marshall Bell
- Marshall Manesh
- Max Kasch
- Melinda McGraw
- Merrilyn Gann
- Michael Bublé
- Michael Emerson
- Michael Fairman
- Michael Horse
- Michael Mantell
- Michael Massee
- Michael O'Neill
- Michael Welch
- Mitch Pileggi
- Myles Ferguson
- Nestor Serrano
- Nicholas Lea
- Nicki Aycox
- Nora Dunn
- O-Lan Jones
- Octavia Spencer
- Paul McCrane
- Paula Shaw
- Penny Johnson Jerald
- Perrey Reeves
- Peter Boyle
- Peter Macdissi
- Peter Stebbings
- Peter White
- R. D. Call
- R. Lee Ermey
- Ray McKinnon
- Raymond Cruz
- Richard Cox
- Ricky Jay
- Rob Bowman
- Rob Van Dam
- Robert Ito
- Robert LaSardo
- Robert Moloney
- Robert Patrick
- Robyn Lively
- Rodney Rowland
- Roger Cross
- Rusty Schwimmer
- Sam Anderson
- Sarah Strange
- Scott Wilson
- Seth Green
- Shawnee Smith
- Shia LaBeouf
- Silas Weir Mitchell
- Steve Rankin
- Steven Williams
- Susanna Thompson
- Tara Buck
- Tegan Moss
- Thomas Kopache
- Timothy Carhart
- Tobin Bell
- Tom Braidwood
- Tom Butler
- Tom McBeath
- Tony Shalhoub
- Ty Olsson
- Tyler Labine
- Valarie Pettiford
- Veronica Cartwright
- Vladimir Kulich
- Wade Williams
- Wendy Gazelle
- Wendy Schaal
- William B. Davis
- William Devane
- William Gibson
- William O'Leary
- Willie Garson
- Xander Berkeley
- Zach Grenier
- Željko Ivanek