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The X-Files

The truth is out there.

1993 · TV-14 · 11 seasons · 218 episodes

Created by Chris Carter

8.4

TMDB audience score
3,777 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

About 159h 52m to watch every episode. An estimate: 218 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 44 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

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  • Disney Plus
  • Hulu

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  • Pluto TV

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  • Fandango At Home

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Main cast

  • Gillian Anderson
    Dana Scully
    218 episodes

  • David Duchovny
    Fox Mulder (uncredited)
    200 episodes

  • Mitch Pileggi
    Walter Skinner / SS Sturmbannfuehrer
    92 episodes

  • Robert Patrick
    John Doggett
    41 episodes

  • Tom Braidwood
    Melvin Frohike
    38 episodes

  • William B. Davis
    Cancer Man
    37 episodes

  • Bruce Harwood
    John Fitzgerald Byers (voice)
    37 episodes

  • Dean Haglund
    Richard 'Ringo' Langly
    35 episodes

  • Annabeth Gish
    Monica Reyes
    27 episodes

  • Nicholas Lea
    Alex Krycek
    24 episodes

  • James Pickens Jr.
    Alvin Kersh / Jamaican Crewman
    21 episodes

  • Sheila Larken
    Margaret Scully
    17 episodes

  • Chris Owens
    FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender
    14 episodes

  • Steven Williams
    Mr. X
    14 episodes

  • Don S. Williams
    Elder
    14 episodes

  • Laurie Holden
    Marita Covarrubias
    10 episodes

  • Jerry Hardin
    Deep Throat - Ronald
    10 episodes

  • Rebecca Toolan
    Teena Mulder
    10 episodes

Seasons