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Recurring Role

Brian Thompson

Role: Bounty Hunter

Born in 1962 in Ellensburg, Washington to two school teachers, Brian Thompson grew up in Longview, Washington on the Columbia River, the second of six children. As a young child, he was sickly, suffering a kidney-related ailment, and it wasn't until surgery corrected his condition that he began building the body that has come to demand the attention of his fans and Hollywood. He started acting in high school in 1977, winning the Mark Morris High School best supporting actor award. He continued the endeavor in college, while majoring in business management and minoring in construction. During the summers, he built docks and bridges and piers for a Portland construction company that had a job waiting for him when he graduated. But graduation day came in 1981 and the job offer went unanswered.

Thompson decided to pursue acting. The University of California/Irvine awarded him a scholarship to its three-year masters of fine arts program, so he departed the northwest for California. While in school at UCI, he landed a job at Universal Studios where he played the villain in a live show of "Conan the Barbarian." He then secured an agent, and by the time he graduated earning a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting, he had already secured guest appearances in a few TV series and his first film job: a punk in "Terminator."

Brian Thompson is known in Hollywood as one of the most versatile and diversified actors in the industry, and he knows what it takes to develop a quality production and what is good for his career. Originally, he had been approached to play the role of Daedalus in "Kindred: the Embraced," but he had little interest in playing yet another role in which he had to wear prostheses glued to his face. He declined unless the producers could come up with more money; they did, and then they offered him the role of Eddie Fiori. As for "Kindred: The Embraced," he jokes that his character Eddie Fiori was a "nice guy who did bad things," but he is serious about his disappointment and aggravation with the show's writing and general lack of creativity. He asked to be written out.

His career spans all genres. He has taken on roles in musical comedies to serious dramas, and often surprises those who actually meet him, for besides having those distinctive muscles and chisled features, he has an incredible facility for language. It is apparent that acting is his passion and a vocation for which he is well suited. He understands acting; he can communicate what it is and what it means, and he teaches his craft at his alumni UCI where he was named UCI's Distinguished Alumni for the year 2000. In addition to pursuing his acting career and teaching at UCI, Thompson also runs an Actor's School in Oregon held on various campuses each year.

Very much a family man, Thompson makes his home in Los Angeles with his wife Isabelle and their two children Jordan and Daphne. He plays piano, cares for a menagerie of pets with his kids, hones his skills in martial arts, and kite-surfs to stay in shape. He claims that he hasn't had to visit a gym since taking up the sport.

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Tom Braidwood

Role: Frohike

Born September 27, 1948, in British Columbia, Tom Braidwood holds degrees in theatre and film and has long worked in both media.

First film project: Production Assistant on Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1974).

Mr. Braidwood is generally considered to be one of a group of early experimental filmmakers in Vancouver. His avant-garde film short, Backbone, made in 1972, has been featured at a couple of presentations given at the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver as an example of the work done at that time.

The majority of resume credits involve producing and directing - most recently and perhaps most successfully his association with the CBC series "Da Vinci's Inquest". He was one of the producers for the series' second season and was rewarded with both a Leo and a Gemini award for Best Dramatic Series (shared with fellow producer Lynn Barr and Chris Haddock, the series creator and Executive Producer). Mr Braidwood has also directed or co-directed several episodes for the show and even appeared in one episode as a used-car lot owner, complete with cowboy hat and boots.

Another producing success story is his work with Jack Darcus and the film "Silence", which found its way to the 1999 Sundance Film Festival's Native Vision in Cinema Forum.

He has participated in a number of behind-the-scenes roles including being a Production Assistant on the films "The Changeling" and "Harry Tracy" and crew work on TV series "Danger Bay" and "21 Jump Street". After the X Files run in Vancouver (he spent those five seasons as one of the First Assistant Directors), he worked on the third season of "Millennium".

In a couple of movies in which he has worked, "Harry Tracy" and "My American Cousin", he has momentarily appeared on screen, but t is his role of Melvin Frohike on "The X Files" for which he is most recognized. Recruited at the last minute by episode director  William Graham (who once referred to Braidwood as 'extremely odd'), he uttered five words which has fueled the Frohike persona: She's hot. She *is* hot.

A recent project, the short film "Tilt", is in post-production. He plays the lead role of Sam Penzer, a sales man who has just lost his job and is trying to get home in the middle of a transit strike. Based upon "Don Quixote", the writer/director, producer, and many of the crew had previously worked on "The X Files".

Mr. Braidwood is married with two daughters: Kate - who appeared as the usherette who met an untimely end in the XF episode The Pine Bluff Variant - and Jessica - who appears to be following in her father's footsteps with her crew work on "Tilt" and "Lake Placid" and as a location scout for the third and fourth seasons of "Da Vinci's Inquest".

Work on Da Vinci's Inquest:
Episode 13 - 1st Assistant Director & appearance as a car lot owner
Episode 20 - Co-Director
Episode 23 - Director
Episode 26 - Co-Director
Episodes 14 through 26 - Producer
Episode 28 - Director
Episode 34 - 1st Assistant Director

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Dean Haglund

Role: Langly

His parents, he jokes, always wondered why he went into acting, "...when I had such a burgeoning animation career." Though he has done cartooning and even played in a rock band ("We were terrible!" he admits), he always returned to his first love – the stage.

His acting career began early, with roles in school plays and community theater at the Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg. When he was old enough to get into bars, he started doing stand-up comedy acts to help pay for acting classes. He eventually moved to Vancouver and began attending Simon Fraser University, getting a Bachelor of Arts in multidisciplinary studies (theatre, dance, and video production). He also joined the Vancouver TheatreSports League; an improv group that was to be his "day job" for many years. While at the Vancouver TheatreSports League, he started scripting some of the group's routines, including several festival and corporate stage shows for them. This eventually led to his cowriting the pilot for a situation comedy called "Channel 92," which aired on UTV. About the same time, he began to get bit parts in television shows such as "Sliders," "Lonesome Dove: The Return," and "Street Justice" and this led to his being hired on for a one-time bit part on a show called "The X-Files."

And the rest, as they say, is history – the history of a hacker-dude named Ringo Langly.

Haglund, who in real life is the most tech savvy of the Lone Gunmen actors, says that while he can't hack his way into top-level security systems, he does have a good basic knowledge of computers and often has friends call him to help fix their systems. The difference between him and Langly, he says, is that Langly, "... has that really cool software where he can just sit around reading books and drinking Tab while it works!" When he has the time (and he hasn't had much time lately), Haglund enjoys working on his computer.

In addition to the credits we've listed, he was a member of several notable comedy troupes, including Acme Players and Acme Unplugged (Los Angeles).

Theatre credits also include "Relationships I Never Had" with Denalda Williams (1999, Los Angeles) and his "Paranoia Will Destroy Ya," a one-man improv show that enjoyed a two-month run in LA at the Zephyr Theatre, Fall 1999 and received excellent reviews in local papers.

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Bruce Harwood

Role: Byers

Bruce Harwood was born on April 29, 1963 in North Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. He received a degree in acting from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1986. After graduation, he took part in UBC’s summer theatre repertory company, which is made up of graduate students. In 1987, Harwood returned to UBC to take the lead role of Arnolphe in The School for Wives (Moliere). The role was very demanding, as roughly half of the lines in the play belong to Arnolphe. A casting director in the audience during the play asked him to audition for Earth Star Voyager, a made-for-television movie. He won the role of Dr. Leland Eugene in the movie, which led to other television roles. He played environmental expert Willis in MacGyver, as well as various roles in Andromeda, The Outer Limits, Smallville, and Stargate SG-1. His best-known accomplishments are his role as John Fitzgerald Byers in the X-files and its spin-off, The Lone Gunmen. Personal hobbies include classical movies, a wide range of music, reading, and skiing.

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Mimi Rogers

Role: Agent Diana Fowley

Mimi Rogers is an American movie actress and competitive poker player. Has been formerly married to Tom Cruise.

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Mitch Pileggi

Role: Assistant Director Walter Skinner

Mitch Pileggi graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and after college decided to pursue a career in acting.

He had small roles in films like 'Return of the Living Dead Part 2' and 'Deathwish 4: The Crackdown.' He played the titular role in the Wes Craven serial killer flick, 'Shocker.'

In 1994, he landed the role of FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner on the sci-fi show, 'The X-Files.'

Mitch married wife Arlene in Hawaii on Christmas Break 1996.

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William B. Davis

Role: Cigarette Smoking Man

William Bruce Davis, sometimes nicknamed Bill, was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 13, 1938. He receieved his first taste in acting at the age of 11 when a murder mystery play for a summer stock festival was done by his cousins. After that performance, he didn't look back; he had found his passion in life. He attended the University of Toronto for his education, and graduated with a BA in Philosophy in 1959. From here he was lucky enough to be invited to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He took part in various stage productions there, before he joined Britain's National Theatre, where he worked alongside top British actors, including Maggie Smith and Lawrence Olivier, though he was only there for around a year before returning to Canada, where he commenced his acting career on television and movies, appearing in supporting roles.

When he is not acting, William is an avid water-skier and snow-skier, having won the Canadian National Water-skiing Competition numerous times in his division.

He became a drama professor, before opening the "William Davis Centre For Actor's Study", which is an acting school for all potential actors, from beginners to professionals.

In 1993 he signed on for a minor supporting role in a new television show, playing the character that would make him famous. The show was The X Files, and the character was unnamed, simply referred to as "The Cigarette Smoking Man", or "Cancer Man", as he was always seen smoking a cigarette. In real life, William had been a smoker, though he had quit a few years beforehand. He was given the choice to take normal or herbal cigarettes, and stating that as he was an actor he would use the real ones. However, it didn't take long for the addiction to come back, and he would anticipate his next call-up for another episode, so he could smoke again. Realising what was happening, he opted for the herbal cigarettes. He remained a constant figure in the show for much of its run, though not appearing in that many episodes, considering the importance of his character. He even wrote one of the show's episodes; "En Ami", which delved further into his character.

William is married, has two daughters and he currently lives in Vancouver.

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Jerry Hardin

Role: Deep Throat

Born within earshot of Dallas, Texas, Jerry Hardin showed an early knack for the performing arts with a school acting and speaking career. He won a scholarship to Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, before later gaining a Fulbright scholarship; he then studied at the Royal Academy for Dramatic Art in London. For the next two years he embarked in a stage career in Europe, before making his film debut in "Thunder Road", while continuing a very successful theater career in the States.

Hardin soon became known in Hollywood as a talented, charismatic, and reliable character actor. He appeared in a number of classic films, including Reds, Missing, The Falcon and the Snowman, Big Trouble in Little China, The Milagro Beanfield War and Little Nikita. It was his work in The Firm, however, that convinced Chris Carter to cast him as Deep Throat, who became one of "The X-Files" most well-liked characters before his character's untimely death.

Hardin is still acting. He is married to actress and acting instructor Diane Hill, with his daughter, Melora, being an up-and-coming actress as well, and his son, Shawn, having been the chief operating officer for NBC-1 in San Francisco.

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Steven Williams

Role: X

Born in Memphis, TN, Williams lived on a farm with his maternal grandparents until he was 9 years old in nearby Millington. Williams then moved to Chicago with his mother where he graduated from Wendell Phillips High School and enrolled in the General Motors Institute, the automaker's engineering school. Soon after, he was drafted into the Army. He served in the 2nd Armored Division, stationed in Gilhausen, Germany and became Divisional Champion with the United States Army Boxing Team, Middleweight Division.

Upon Honorable Discharge, Williams worked for the Post Office as a mailman. After delivering the mail in sub zero temperatures, he went to work in Chicago's garment district as an apparel salesman. His good looks, high energy and effective salesmanship caught the attention of advertising executives who encouraged him to pursue a career in modeling, which he did with great success for several years.

Long fascinated by the local theater scene, Williams began to investigate his own acting abilities. He worked steadily in Chicago theater with dynamic performances in such productions as Taming of the Shrew, Purlie, The Mighty Gents, All Honorable Men, Warp, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Black Picture Show, Don Juan, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground and Medal of Honor Rag (Milwaukee Rep.). He was twice nominated for the prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award for his performances in Joplin and Cinderella Brown. His love for the theatre continued as he portrayed the patriarch of the family in The Letter at The Hudson Theatre, L.A. receiving critical acclaim.

Complementing his stage credits were a number of roles in feature films shot in Chicago such as Cooley High, Doctor Detroit and the now classic The Blues Brothers. Williams got his first taste of Los Angeles, in 1980, while doing P.R. for a Movie of the Week - Dummy in which he co-starred with LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino. In 1982 he moved to L.A. permanently. Among his motion picture credits are Corrina, Corrina, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Missing in Action II: The Beginning, The Sender, Firetrap, Route 666 and Elite.

On television Williams became internationally recognized for his starring role as the, tough yet compassionate, police captain on 21 Jump Street. The series was praised by youth organizations worldwide for its realistic and sensitive portrayal of topical teen issues. One hundred and two episodes of 21 Jump Street were produced, the last episode, Williams directed. His other television credits include a co-starring role on The Equalizer and starring in the title role in Disney Presents 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage on NBC. The series allowed Williams to showcase his diverse talents as both a dramatic and comedic actor. As the recurring character X on FOX's macabre, hit series, The X-Files, Williams played X with a powerful, deadly, ambiguous quality. He also appeared in the television movies Revolver, Heroes of the Storm, The Marva Collins Story, Dummy, Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story, The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck, Touchdown, Silent Witness, Deep Red and Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story.

His long list of guest starring roles on episodic television include playing the President of the United States on Seaquest, a homeless person on the "Greeter" episode of Stingray, and a multitude of diverse characters on The Hughley's, Total Recall, Suddenly Susan, Any Day Now, L.A. Law, Dukes of Hazzard, Wiseguy, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, Hunter, Gimme A Break, Martin, Models Inc., Sister, Sister, NYPD Blue with recurring roles on Stargate SG-1 and City of Angels.

Williams portrays L.A.P.D. Detective August Brooks in the series LA Heat, which airs daily on TNT. Williams plays Brooks as a man with great inner strength, compassion and a sense of humor. When off-duty, Brooks runs a boxing gym for underprivileged youth, allowing Williams to display his boxing abilities.

On Showtime's original series, Linc's, Williams plays the title role of Russell "Linc" Lincoln. Linc is the politically conservative proprietor of the Washington DC bar and grill who caters to a diverse crowd.

When he is not in front of the camera, Williams is an active supporter of a variety of youth-oriented causes and organizations. Drawing on his own experience of being wounded by a handgun at 19 and being robbed at gunpoint at 26, Williams has become an avid proponent of gun control legislation and is actively involved in a celebrity committee for The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. He is also dedicated to volunteering his time and energy to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Alta Bates Hospital, Children's Cancer Center and many other charities.

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Nicholas Lea

Role: Alex Krycek

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John Neville

Role: Well-Manicured Man

During World War II John Neville formed a Youth Club in London, including a drama section. His group's version of "Hamlet" won a city contest, and Neville was accepted into the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. He married Caroline Hooper in 1949 and to date has six children.

He had a very successful stage career, appearing in Broadway productions of "Hamlet" (1958) and "Lolita, My Love" (1971). His theater credits include:

Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival in Canada from 1986 to 1989.

Portrayed Humbert Humbert in the Broadway-bound musical Lolita, My Love (1971), written by John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner.

Artistic Director of the Nottingham Playhouse from 1963 - 1966.

Artistic Director of the Citadel Theater, Edmonton, Canada from 1973 - 1978.

Artistic Director of the Neptune Theater, Halifax from 1978 - 1983.

Played Hamlet on Broadway in 1958, in a production which was broadcast on network television the following year.

His first film role was as one of the title characters in a TV production of "Romeo & Juliet" (1955). He appeared in character roles in a number of Sixties films, before hitting it big with his role as Sherlock Holmes in James Hill's "A Study In Terror" (1965). His other most famous roles include the title role in 1988's "The Adventures of Baron Von Munchasen", and a recurring role on "The X-Files" as the British Syndicate head, the Well-Manicured Man, appearing in eight episodes over a period of three seasons. He had a major role in "The X-Files: Fight the Future" and his character was killed therein. He personally wrote a letter to series creator Chris Carter after Season Three (his first season on the show), thanking Carter for giving him such good material to work with.

Other film roles include: "Baby's Day Out", "The Road to Wellville", "Little Women", "The Fifth Element", "Urban Legend", the TV series "Amazon", "Harvard Man", "Spider", and "Hollywood North". He immigrated to Canada in 1972, and is a Canadian citizen.

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Laurie Holden

Role: Marita Covarrubias 

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Chris Owens

Role: Special Agent Jeffrey Spender

Chris Owens was born in Vancouver. He studied at Theatreworks in Toronto and the Herbert Herghof Studio in New York. His film debut was in a made-for-TV movie called "As Is", and has since appeared in 19 films. He began dating Tara Parker, whom he married in 2001, in 1994. He is most famous for his roles on "The X-Files" and one of the few cast members who has had three different roles. He has been nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award for his work on "The X-Files", as well as the Genie and Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on "The Uncles". He currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Floyd ' Red Crow ' Westerman

Role: Albert Hosteen

A renowned American Indian activist-singer-songwriter.

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George Murdock

Role: 2nd Elder

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James Pickens Jr.

Role: Assistant Director Kersh

A Cleveland, Ohio native, James Pickens Jr. is an acting veteran who has appeared in numerous television shows, movies and plays.

James started his acting quest on the theater stages of New York where he starred in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin In The Sun" and "A Soldiers Story," with Denzel Washington and other Black actors.

His television credits include a stint on NBC's "The Lyon's Den" with Rob Lowe. James played staunch attorney Terrance Christianson. James has also appeared as series regular on FOX's "The X-Files" as FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh and "Beverly Hills, 90210" as Henry. His other appearances include the recurring roles in the following TV shows: "Roseanne" as Chuck, HBO's "Six Feet Under" as Roderick Charles, ABC's "NYPD Blue" as Lt. Joe Abner and "Philly."

On the big screen, James has acted in more than 20 films including "How Stella Got Her Grove Back" (1998) as Walter, "Ghosts of Mississippi" (1996) as Medgar Evers, "Sleepers" (1996) as Marlboro, and "Traffic" (2000) as Prosecutor Ben Williams.

In his spare time, James like to golf, bowl and listen to jazz music. Also an avid horseman, James competes in rodeo events (team roping and penning).

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Charles Cioffi

Role: Section Chief Scott Blevins

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Peter Donat

Role: William Mulder

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Michael David Simms

Role: Senior FBI Agent

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John Finn

Role: Michael Kritschgau

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Kirk B.R. Woller

Role: Agent Gene Crane

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Zachary Ansley

Role: Billy Miles

Zachary Ansley has been acting professionally since he was eleven years old and while still a teenager was honoured with a Genie nomination. The winner of the first YTV Acting Award (1989), his many film and television credits include lead roles in Cowboys Don't Cry and Princes in Exile. He is a graduate of Circle in the Square Acting School, New York, and after graduation, acted with Willow Cabin Theatre, New York, before returning to Vancouver to resume his film and television career. His most recent credits have been on Madison, Outer Limits, Sleepwalkers, and Mercy Point. He also appeared as Guildenstern in Hamlet at the Stanley Theatre.

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Sheila Larken

Role: Margaret Scully

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Rebecca Toolan

Role: Mrs Mulder

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Brendan Beiser

Role: Agent Pendrell

His middle name is Joseph.

His father is a Canadian psychiatrist. Brendan lived in Boston until he was 6, at which time he and his family moved to France for a year.

At age 7, they moved permanently to Canada.

Brendan studied theatre at the Concordia University in Montreal.

He continued training under William B. Davis (cigarette smoking man of The X-Files) and Mark Bauer at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study in Vancouver

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Don S. Williams

Role: 1st Elder

Don grew up in the small community of Stony Plain, Alberta (just west of Edmonton). From the age of 12, he had a keen interest in the Film and Entertainment Industry.

He started his career in 1957, at the age of 19, when he moved to the Alberta/Saskatchewan border town of Lloydminster and began working at the new CKSA radio station. 18 months later, he was off to Regina, Saskatchewan to fulfill a one-year contract at CKRM radio.

From there, Don left for Brandon, Manitoba where he worked both as the sole Producer/Director at the local CKX-TV station and Artistic Director for the Brandon New World Theatre.

In 1963, Don landed a job as Staff Producer/Director at the CBC station in Winnipeg, where he met his future wife. He spent 15 and half years there: the first five at the CBC and the remainder working as a freelance director, producer, and writer.

With the freelance work came a great deal of travel - a considerable portion of which was to Vancouver. So, in 1979, Don moved his family to the west coast where he and his wife Audrey still reside.

Although probably best known for his recurring role as the "Elder" on the hit series The X-Files, Don has also achieved great deal of career success in other areas of radio, film, television, and theatre. For one, he worked in the capacities of director, producer, and executive producer on the hit Canadian series The Beachcombers.

Having an active interest in political matters from an early age, Don joined the Liberal Party of Canada in 1965 and remains an active member to this day. A self-described "raving moderate", he is extremely knowledgeable about social issues and the histories of those issues. When it comes to political and social topics of debate, if there is one thing that Don strongly believes, it is that there are no easy answers.

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Bill Dow

Role: Dr Charles Burks

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Jeff Gulka

Role: Gibson Praise

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Morris Panych

Role: Gray-Haired Man

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Arlene Pileggi

Role: Skinner's Assistant

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Cary Elwes

Role: Assistant Director Brad Follmer

Cary Elwes is the third son born to Interior Designer Tessa Kennedy, and the late Portrait Painter, Dominic Elwes. He grew up in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the United States and studied acting at Sarah Lawrence. He left school after several years to begin his film career. Cary is well respected by colleagues and fans alike and considered by many to be one of the finest young actors working today. He is interested in history and says, "It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces". Cary is politically active for causes he believes in such as protecting the environment and helping Native American Peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.

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Adam Baldwin

Role: Knowle Rohrer

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Travis Riker

Role: Baby William

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James Riker

Role: Baby William

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