Mitch Pileggi

Times were tough before the X-Files came along.

Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi(bornApril 5,1952) is an American actor, best known for playing FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner onThe X-Files.He also played killer ghost Horace Pinker in Wes Craven'sShockerand has appeared onStargate Atlantis,Dallas,and hosted a revival ofIn Search Of...(filling the shoes ofLeonard Nimoy).