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The X-Files

“The truth is out there.”

8.4/10 1993 11 Seasons 218 Episodes

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.

On screen

Top Cast

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Dana Scully

David Duchovny

David Duchovny

Fox Mulder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Walter Skinner / SS Sturmbannfuehrer

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick

John Doggett

Tom Braidwood

Tom Braidwood

Melvin Frohike

William B. Davis

William B. Davis

SS Oberfuehrer / Smoking Man

Bruce Harwood

Bruce Harwood

John Fitzgerald Byers

Dean Haglund

Dean Haglund

Richard 'Ringo' Langly

Annabeth Gish

Annabeth Gish

Monica Reyes

Nicholas Lea

Nicholas Lea

Alex Krycek

James Pickens Jr.

James Pickens Jr.

Alvin Kersh

Sheila Larken

Sheila Larken

Margaret Scully

Episodes guide

Seasons

Specials

Specials

122 episodes · —

Season 1

Season 1

24 episodes · 1993

Season 2

Season 2

25 episodes · 1994

Season 3

Season 3

24 episodes · 1995

Season 4

Season 4

24 episodes · 1996

Season 5

Season 5

20 episodes · 1997

Season 6

Season 6

22 episodes · 1998

Season 7

Season 7

22 episodes · 1999

Season 8

Season 8

21 episodes · 2000

Season 9

Season 9

20 episodes · 2001

Season 10

Season 10

6 episodes · 2016

Season 11

Season 11

10 episodes · 2018

Preview

Official Trailer

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