The X-Files (1993–2018)
The truth is out there.
Release:1993–2018
Seasons:11
Country:United States
Director:Chris Carter, Glen Morgan
Language:English
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TMDb8.372/10· 4K votesAbout The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Cast of The X-Files
David Duchovny
as Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
as Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi
as Walter Skinner
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Episodes: 218
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