<Li> David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, an FBI special agent assigned to the newly reopened X-Files division . He remains a believer in the paranormal and the existence of extraterrestrial life, though, throughout the series, his faith begins to waver . </Li> <Li> Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, a medical doctor and FBI special agent assigned to the X-Files . Although an initial skeptic, after Mulder's abduction, she became more open - minded about the possibility of extraterrestrial life . </Li> <Li> Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner, an assistant director at the FBI and an ally of Mulder and Scully's . </Li> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Only credited for the episodes he appears in . </Li> </Ol>

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