30 Stars You Forgot Appeared On The X-Files

26. Kurtwood Smith

Yes, none other than Red Foreman himself turned up on The X-Files during the show's early years, in the season three episode Grotesque. In the episode, Smith plays FBI agent Bill Patterson, a sort-of former mentor to Fox Mulder who feels he has wasted his talents working on the X-Files unit. Only, drawn into darkness himself, he reaches out to Mulder for help with a case of a macabre nature. For viewers of a certain age (perhaps too young to remember him in RoboCop) this might have been their first exposure to Smith in a serious role, and he fits in perfectly in the X-Files universe. In fact, it's rather sad that this role had to be a one-off appearance.
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Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.