15X-FilesGuest Stars Who Helped Make the Show a Classic

Sure , we loveMulder and Scully — as well as Skinner and even that pesky Cigarette Smoking Man . And while a safe portion ofThe X - Files ’ magiccame from the fundamental interaction between its regular mold extremity , the sci - fi series ’ fecund use of guest stars helped raise its storytelling , particularly in its wonderful“monster - of - the - week”episodes . It ’s very difficult to specialise down a list of ducky , but we ’ve picked 15 actors ( and yes , this list skew heavily male person … as does The X - Files ’ overall list of Edgar Guest stars , but that ’s a tangent for another time ) who aid make the spooky sci - fi series one of TV ’s most abiding classic .

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Reggie (Brian Huskey) meets up with “Foxy” (David Duchovny) and “Sculls” (Gillian Anderson) in “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat.”