Mitch Pileggi

"Promoted" to a regular on "The X-Files" as of the 1996-97 season

Provided narration for the Fox compilation special "More Secrets of the X-Files"

Signed a six-year contract to appear on "The X-Files"

Joined the cast of Fox's hit paranormal drama "The X-Files" in the recurring role of Assistant Director Skinner

Appeared in three episodes of the hit CBS primetime soap "Dallas"

First feature lead, played mass murderer Horace Pinker in Wes Craven's thriller "Shocker"

First TV guest shot, "The A-Team" on NBC

Feature acting debut, a small part in "On the Line/Rio Abajo", a Spanish production about the relationship between two US border guards and a Mexican prostitute

TV-movie acting debut, "The Sky's No Limit", a CBS drama about three female astronauts

Moved to Los Angeles after getting divorced (date approximate)

Returned to US during the Iranian revolution; settled with wife in Austin, TX (date approximate)

Hired to work as a housing accounting specialist for a defense contractor in Iran; moved there with his wife Debbie Andrews (date approximate)

At age ten, moved with family to Ankara, Turkey for four years (dates approximate)

Attended college in Munich, Germany

Attended junior college in California for a year

Born in Portland, Oregon

Impressed his teacher with his performance of "Maria" from "West Side Story" in high school chorus (an American school in Turkey); began playing leads in school musicals

Left acting after high school

Lived through two coups and coup attempts in Turkey

Resumed acting; became involved in community theater at the Zachary Scott Theatre as a bookkeeper, janitor and set builder as well as actor; productions included "The Lark", "Lone Star" and "Bent"; played Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar"