Best Guest Stars on Season 3 of "the X Files"
by JohnSlash | created - 16 Sep 2012 | updated - 26 Oct 2012 | PublicThe best guest stars of season 2 in order of greatest to least preformances. This list is based soley on the work they did on season one of "the X files," not anything else.
F.Y.I.(The Lone Gunmen go together because one of the main things that made them so enjoyable was the way they played off each other.)
1. William B. Davis
Actor | The X Files
William B. Davis was born on January 13, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The X-Files (1993), The X Files (1998) and Stargate SG-1 (1997). He has been married to Emmanuelle Herpin since 2011.
Cigarette Smoking Man
2. John Neville
Actor | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
When John Neville was in his early sixties, Terry Gilliam cast him in the title role of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Although the film was a financial failure, Neville's starring role in this major production, as well as his fine performance, led to an explosion in his career. He ...
The Well-Manicured Man
3. Mitch Pileggi
Actor | Basic Instinct
Mitch Pileggi was born on April 5, 1952 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for Basic Instinct (1992), The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) and The X-Files (1993). He has been married to Arlene Warren since January 1, 1997. They have one child. He was previously married to Debbie ...
Walter Skinner
4. Steven Williams
Actor | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Steven Williams is an American actor in films and television. He is known for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller on 21 Jump Street, Lt. Jefferson Burnett on The Equalizer, Det. August Brooks on L.A. Heat, X on The X-Files, Russell "Linc" Lincoln in Linc's, and Rufus Turner in Supernatural.
Mr. X
5. Nicholas Lea
Actor | Vertical Limit
Nicholas Lea was born on June 22, 1962 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Vertical Limit (2000), The X-Files (1993) and Chaos (2005).
Alex Krycek
6. Jerry Hardin
Actor | Big Trouble in Little China
A highly engaging, charismatic, and reliable character actor with a long and distinguished career spanning half a century, Jerry Hardin has been gracing both the big and small screen, and stage, with many enjoyable performances, highlighted by a relaxed and pleasing Southern twang. Born November 20...
Deep Throat
7. Peter Donat
Actor | The Game
The Canadian-American actor Peter Donat had a 50-year-long career in TV, motion pictures and theater. So respected was Donat, that Francis Ford Coppola considered casting him in the role of Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) that went to Robert Duvall.
The nephew of Oscar-winning actor Robert Donat, ...
Willliam Mulder
8. Stuart Charno
Actor | Friday the 13th Part 2
Stuart Charno was born on September 29, 1956 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Christine (1983) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
Puppet
9. Peter Boyle
Actor | Everybody Loves Raymond
A bold, blunt instrument of hatred and violence at the onset of his film career, Peter Boyle recoiled from that repugnant, politically incorrect "working class" image to eventually play gruff, gentler bears and even comedy monsters in a career that lasted four decades.
He was born on October 18, ...
Clyde Bruckman
10. Roy Thinnes
Actor | Airport 1975
Roy was born on April 6, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois. During his formative years, he had wanted to become a doctor or football player - or, if one wants to believe his early press releases, both. He started in show business at a radio station, where he did everything: engineering, DJ shows, news and...
Jeremiah Smith
11. Jesse Ventura
Actor | Predator
Jesse Ventura was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Bernice Martha (Lenz), a nurse who was of German descent, and George William Janos, a steam fitter of Slovak ancestry. In November 1990, professional wrestler turned actor Jesse Ventura was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Brooklyn Park, ...
Man in Black
12. Daniel Quinn
Actor | Dead Bang
Daniel Quinn is from Milwaukee, where his father Roger worked for Pabst Brewing Company as a sales manager and his mother Rosemary owned and operated an employment agency. He was raised in Wisconsin with his two older sisters, Kathleen and Colleen. He began performing at the age of eight, appearing...
Lieutenant Jack Schaefer
13. William Lucking
Actor | Red Dragon
William Lucking was born on June 17, 1941 in Vicksburg, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Red Dragon (2002), The World's Fastest Indian (2005) and Contraband (2012). He was married to Sigrid Insull and Marycarolyn Linda Elizabeth "MiMi" Hawkins. He died on October 18, 2021 in ...
Roky Crikenson
14. Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor | Millennium
Charles Nelson Reilly was born to Charles Joseph Reilly and Signe Elvera Nelson. His father was Irish-American and Catholic, his mother was Swedish-American and Lutheran. As a child he amused himself with improvised puppet theater performances.
He had a traumatic experience in 1944, when present for...
Jose Chung
15. Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Actor | Dances with Wolves
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman was born on August 17, 1936 in Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, Roberts County, South Dakota, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Hidalgo (2004) and Dharma & Greg (1997). He was married to Rosie. He died on December 13, 2007 in Los...
Albert Hosteen
16. Tom Braidwood
Actor | The X Files
Tom Braidwood was born on September 27, 1948 in British Columbia, Canada. He is an assistant director and actor, known for The X Files (1998), Da Vinci's Inquest (1998) and The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008).
Melvin Frohike
17. Bruce Harwood
Actor | The X Files
Bruce was born in North Vancouver but then moved to Prince Rupert. When he was in elementary school, his family moved to Vernon, British Columbia in the Okanagan Valley, where he lived until going to the University of British Columbia. He met Heather when they were in Junior High School together, ...
John Fitzgerald Byers
18. Dean Haglund
Actor | The X Files
Dean Haglund was born on July 29, 1965 in Oak Bank, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for The X Files (1998), The X-Files Game (1998) and The X Files: Resist or Serve (2004).
Richard 'Ringo' Langly
19. Jennifer Hetrick
Actress | Star Trek: The Next Generation
Jennifer Hetrick is a veteran character actor. Working steadily for over 30 years (1979 to present), mostly in Television.
She is probably most well-known in the Sci-Fi genre for the character "Vash" on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). She was also on ...
Sharon Skinner
20. Walter Gotell
Actor | Moonraker
Walter Gotell was born on March 15, 1924 in Bonn, Germany. He was an actor, known for Moonraker (1979), A View to a Kill (1985) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). He was married to Celeste F. Mitchell and Yvonne Hills. He died on May 5, 1997 in London, England, UK.
Victor Klemper
21. Brendan Beiser
Actor | The Boys
Brendan Beiser, a dual citizen(US/Canada), was born in Boston, Massachusetts and currently resides in Toronto,Canada. Prior to turning professional, he studied Theatre Performance and graduated with a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He has worked alongside Chace Crawford, David ...
Agent Pendrell
22. Allan Zinyk
Actor | Millennium
Allan Zinyk is known for Millennium (1996), The X-Files (1993) and Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996).
Blaine Faulkner
23. Giovanni Ribisi
Actor | Boiler Room
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi is an American actor who was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents both have careers in the entertainment industry. His mother, Gay Ribisi (née Landrum), is a talent manager for actors and writers, and his father, Albert Anthony Ribisi, is a musician. He has a twin ...
Darin Peter Oswald
24. Jack Black
Actor | School of Rock
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los ...
Bart 'Zero' Liquori
25. Lisa Robin Kelly
Actress | That '70s Show
She first made her acting debut at age 21 in a 1992 episode of Married... with Children (1987), and went on to guest-star in many popular television shows, such as Murphy Brown (1988), The X-Files (1993), Sisters (1991), and Silk Stalkings (1991), and appeared in many obscure, straight-to-video/TV ...
Terri Roberts
26. Raye Birk
Actor | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Raye Birk was born in Flint, Michigan in 1943. He grew up there and graduated from Southwestern High school in 1961. He attended Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois and graduated with a degree in theater in 1965. He received an MFA in theater from the University of Minnesota in 1967.
He ...
Dr. Jeff Eckerle
27. Robert Wisden
Actor | Watchmen
Robert Wisden was born in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He is known for Watchmen (2009), Legends of the Fall (1994) and Final Destination (2000).
Robert Patrick Modell
28. Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Actress | Fletch
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson was born on October 9, 1960 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Fletch (1985), Tombstone (1993) and The Night We Never Met (1993). She has been married to Alex Smith since March 22, 2011.
Det. Angela White
29. Bobbie Phillips
Actress | Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness
Bobbie Phillips is an actress, animal advocate, and a true Chameleon (1998); both on screen and off. Bobbie has portrayed a variety of characters in various genres throughout her career. Widely recognized for her award winning role as the insect loving entomologist, Dr. Bambi Berenbaum on The ...
Dr. Bambi Berenbaum
30. Dion Anderson
Actor | Mr. Deeds
Dion Anderson was born on August 6, 1938 in Cameron, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Mr. Deeds (2002), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The X-Files (1993).
Sheriff Frass
31. John Toles-Bey
Actor | Dude, Where's My Car?
John Toles-Bey is known for Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Waterworld (1995) and K-PAX (2001).
John Speranza
32. Timothy Carhart
Actor | Thelma & Louise
Blond, blue-eyed character actor who has worked on stage, film, and TV for the past 30 years. Born in Washington D.C., Carhart had a globetrotting childhood in Turkey and France before returning to the U.S. and studying theater. Carhart had some success on and off-Broadway and then moved on to ...
Virgil Incanto
33. Don S. Williams
Actor | Reindeer Games
Don S. Williams was born on February 11, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a producer and director, known for Reindeer Games (2000), The X Files (1998) and The Beachcombers (1972). He died on October 28, 2018.
Elder #1
34. Kurtwood Smith
Actor | RoboCop
Kurtwood Smith was born on July 3, 1943 in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for RoboCop (1987), Broken Arrow (1996) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). He has been married to Joan Pirkle since November 5, 1988. He was previously married to Cecilia Souza.
Agent Bill Patterson
35. Frank Cassini
Actor | Volition
Frank has been a working actor for over 30 years in Film, TV and Theatre accumulating an extensive resume spanning New York, Los Angeles and currently Vancouver, and is a member of The Actors Studio for life since 1997. As an active participant in the local and foreign film scene, selected ...
Detective Cline
36. Vic Polizos
Actor | Superhero Movie
Vic Polizos was born on August 12, 1947 in the USA. He is an actor and director, known for Superhero Movie (2008), Eraser (1996) and Eddie Macon's Run (1983). He has been married to Elizabeth Baker since November 14, 2015. They have two children. He was previously married to Christine Estabrook and...
Agent Frank Burst
37. Roger Cross
Actor | Coroner
Roger Cross is known for Coroner (2019), Continuum (2012) and Dark Matter (2015).
Lieutenant Brophy
38. Colin Cunningham
Actor | Falling Skies
Actor-Director Colin Cunningham has been nominated for 3 GEMINI'S (Canada's Oscar) for 'Best Actor' and has been nominated for 11 'Best Actor' LEO AWARDS (Canada's Emmy) for which he won 3. As a Director, he made the 'short list' for an Academy Award Nomination in the Madison Graie produced, ...
Escalante
39. Melinda McGraw
Actress | Mad Men
Melinda McGraw is a classically trained actress known for her range, playing a wide variety of roles in comedy and drama alike. Ms. McGraw grew up in the Boston area and was a member of the Boston Children's Theater. She attended Bennington College briefly until she was accepted at the Royal ...
Melissa Scully
40. Bill Dow
Actor | Cool Runnings
Bill Dow is an award-winning actor and director (and occasional writer) in theatre, film, and television, with scores of credits over a long and varied career. Currently appearing in two hit television series, Bill Dow is a versatile and sought after performer.
As Dr. Lee on Stargate SG-1 (1997), he...
Dr. Newton
41. Badja Djola
Actor | The Last Boy Scout
Badja Djola was born on April 9, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last Boy Scout (1991), Mississippi Burning (1988) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988). He died on January 8, 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Napoleon 'Neech' Manley
42. Denalda Williams
Actress | Are We There Yet?
Denalda was an original member of the Vancouver Theatresports League and has improvised all over the world. She was part of the World Championship Team at Expo 1986 and a Silver Olympic Metalist at the Calgary Olympic Art's Festival 1988. Other notable work in improvisation was with The Second City...
Zirinka
43. Sarah Sawatsky
Actress | Needful Things
Sarah Sawatsky was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is known for Needful Things (1993), The Girl from Mars (1991) and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004).
Chrissy
44. Jason Gaffney
Jason Gaffney is known for Catch and Release (2006), Alive (1993) and Blue Boy and Girl in Pink (2002). He is married to Deanna Milligan. They have two children.
Harold
45. Brian Thompson
Actor | The Terminator
Brian Earl Thompson was born on August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington. Raised on the Columbia River in Longview, he learned the value of academics and athletics, as the son of two teachers and the second of six siblings. His interest in acting was first sparked during his senior year of high ...
Alien Bounty Hunter
46. Tyler Labine
Actor | Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Tyler Sean Labine is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He is best known for starring in the television series Breaker High, Invasion, Reaper, Deadbeat and as Dr. Iggy Frome, head of psychiatry, in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam, and the film Tucker & Dale vs Evil.
Stoner
47. Nicole Parker
Actress | Excess Baggage
Nicole Parker was born in 1972 in Victoria, Australia. She is an actress, known for Excess Baggage (1997), The X-Files (1993) and Ebbie (1995).
Redheaded Chick
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