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Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny
The X-Files
1993-2002
The X-Files is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter. The show first aired September 10, 1993, and ended May 19, 2002.
One of the American Fox network's first major hits, its main characters and slogans — "The Truth Is Out There," "Trust No One," "I Want to Believe" — became pop culture touchstones. The X-Files is seen as a defining series of the 1990s, coinciding with the era's widespread mistrust of governments, interest in conspiracy theories and spirituality and the belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life.
In the series, FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are tasked with investigating the "X-Files," marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder plays the role of the "believer," having faith in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully is a skeptic, initially assigned by her departmental superiors to debunk Mulder's unconventional work. |
