Biography
Pileggi (pronounced "puh-ledgy") was invited back for an eight-episode arc at the beginning of the second season--largely coinciding with Gillian Anderson's diminished presence due to her pregnancy. Initially viewed with suspicion by both the show's protagonists and fans, the intense, repressed and seething FBI Assistant Director Skinner eventually won everyone over with his quietly heroic efforts to aid his sometimes renegade agents even at …
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Career Milestones
| 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" | ||
1962 | At age ten, moved with family to Ankara, Turkey for four years (dates approximate) | |
1978 | Hired to work as a housing accounting specialist for a defense contractor in Iran; moved there with his wife Debbie Andrews (date approximate) | |
1980 | Returned to US during the Iranian revolution; settled with wife in Austin, TX (date approximate) | |
1983 | Moved to Los Angeles after getting divorced (date approximate) | |
1984 | 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 | |
1984 | TV-movie acting debut, "The Sky's No Limit", a CBS drama about three female astronauts | |
1985 | First TV guest shot, "The A-Team" on NBC | |
1989 | First feature lead, played mass murderer Horace Pinker in Wes Craven's thriller "Shocker" | |
1990 | Appeared in three episodes of the hit CBS primetime soap "Dallas" | |
1994 | Joined the cast of Fox's hit paranormal drama "The X-Files" in the recurring role of Assistant Director Skinner | |
1995 | Signed a six-year contract to appear on "The X-Files" | |
1996 | "Promoted" to a regular on "The X-Files" as of the 1996-97 season | |
1996 | Provided narration for the Fox compilation special "More Secrets of the X-Files" | |
Awards
1997 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files |
1997 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files |
1998 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files |
1998 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files |