On this day, April 5, 1952, Mitch Pileggi (FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner) was born.
Sun Apr 5, 2020: Born on this day, April 5: FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner and Wall of Voodoo's Stan Ridgway
Thu Apr 5, 2018: Happy Birthday, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, and Wall of Voodoo's Stan Ridgway
Mitch Pileggi
Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi /pɪˈlɛdʒi/ (born April 5, 1952) is an American actor, best known for his role as Walter Skinner on
The X-Files. He also had a recurring role on
Stargate Atlantis as Colonel Steven Caldwell. He appeared in the 2008 film
Flash of Genius. In 2008, he began a recurring role as Ernest Darby in
Sons of Anarchy. He starred as Harris Ryland in the TNT revival of
Dallas (20122014).
Early life and education
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Pileggi was a high school athlete, concentrating on wrestling and football. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a degree in business. For a while he worked in Iran as a defense contractor, until the 1979 Iranian revolution caused him and his brother to have to flee the country, escaping to Greece.
Career
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His most notable role was as the FBI's Assistant Director Walter Skinner on The X-Files. The role was originally recurring, but the part expanded, and in 2001 he became a regular member of the cast. The character gradually became the most integral character besides the two leads. He remained with the show until its end in 2002. Pileggi played the character in the 1998 The X-Files film and in the 2008 film The X-Files: I Want to Believe. He also reprised the role in the 2016 miniseries.
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Most of the videos of Walter Skinner seem to be unauthorized. I linked to one posted by WizzEst two years ago. It got removed. Try this. It's from the official account.
{Snip the stuff about Stan Ridgway. That's in another thread.}