Veteran character actor Peter Donat, best known in recent years for playing Agent Mulder’s father on The X-Files, has died at the age of 90.Donat passed away on Monday at his California home of complications from diabetes, according to The New York Times. He made his X-Files debut as...
Long before Bosch joined the long line of complex antiheroes on television,Titus Welliverpopped in on an episode ofThe X-Files. In season one's "Darkness Falls," Welliver played Doug Spinney, an eco-terrorist who is disturbed by the presence of a swarm of insects that only come out at n...
WhenThe X-Filespremiered in 1993, FBI agent and medical doctor Dana Scully was unlike any other woman on television. Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, was equal to, and not just the sidekick of, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). She was sharp, resilient, fiercely intelligent, and working a ...
as two completely unrelated but major characters. His first appearance on the show is in Season 1, where he played infamous murderer Jack McCall, the main antagonist of the season and killer of Wild Bill Hickok. His reign of terror doesn’t end after his trial...
Another well-known genre actor Terry O'Quinn may be best known for portraying John Locke onLost, but he also appeared in a memorable role onTNGand on multiple episodes ofThe X-files. InStar Trek: The Next Generationseason 7, episode 12, "The Pegasus," O'Quinn playedAdmiral Eric Pressman...
Years before projects like the Austin Powers movies and Buffy the Vampire Slayer would make him a star, Seth Green appeared in the X-Files season 1 episode "Deep Throat." Green played a stoner kid named Emil, who gives Mulder information on a possible UFO while being treated to a meal. ...
Nevertheless, as messy as it is, this 1996 version of Doctor Who (which is part of the official mythology) has a few valid selling points that make it worth tracking down on a boring Saturday afternoon.The original show ended with the Doctor being played by Sylvester McCoy, the seventh ...
The X-Files became a cultural phenomenon, and though it appealed to a wide audience, it was especially significant to me as a young woman. I think one of the reasons why geeky women like myself gravitated to the show was because of Agent Dana Scully, played by the brilliant Gillian And...
Since the wrap of the original run back in the early aughts, Anderson has starred inThe Last King of Scotland,Johnny English Reborn,The Spy Who Dumped Me, and played Eleanor Roosevelt in Showtime'sThe First Lady. Duchovny has been similarly successful, especially given the long run of fellow...
Celebrities who went to Ivy League schools are those smarty pants actors, musicians, and other famous people in the entertainment industry who at one point in ...