Pop Pop! Joel McHale Joins The X-Files Revival
Joel McHale has signed on for the anticipated X-Files revival, Deadline reports.
The Community actor will guest-star in the six-episode season as Tad O'Malley, a popular conservative Internet news anchor who becomes an unlikely ally for Mulder (David Duchovny).
Though McHale is best known for his comedy work on Community and The Soup, he did a guest stint on Sons of Anarchy and starred in the horror film Deliver Us from Evil. X-Files creator Chris Carter is a apparently a fan of McHale's work, which led to his casting on the revival.
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