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Mitch Pileggi

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Mitch Pileggi

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Overview

  • Born
    April 5, 1952 · Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Birth name
    Mitchell Craig Pileggi
  • Height
    6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)

Biography

    • Mitch Pileggi was born on April 5, 1952 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for Basic Instinct (1992), The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) and The X-Files (1993). He has been married to Arlene Warren since January 1, 1997. They have one child. He was previously married to Debbie Andrews.

Family

  • Spouses
      Arlene Warren(January 1, 1997 - present) (1 child)
      Debbie Andrews(December 13, 1978 - July 2, 1984) (divorced)
  • Children
      Sawyer Scout Pileggi
  • Parents
      Vito J. Pileggi
      Maxine Pileggi

Trademarks

  • Often plays serious authority figures with a military or government background
  • Bald head

Trivia

  • Besides David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, he is the only other actor to appear in The X-Files (1993), The X Files (1998) and The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008).
  • In real life, Mitch Pileggi (Skinner) met his wife Arlene Warren on the set of The X-Files (1993) while she was stand-in to Gillian Anderson (Scully). In later episodes, Warren got some screen time--as Skinner's secretary, named Arlene.
  • Pileggi and his wife second wife, Arlene, wed in Hawaii during Christmas Break 1996. David Duchovny was Pileggi's best man.
  • Can speak German, as a consequence of growing up in Germany for a while as an "army brat".
  • He began acting while he was a high school student in Turkey, playing musical theater.

Quotes

  • So far I'm still standing on 'Sons of Anarchy' but all the rest of the people on the show have me in their crosshairs so I'm waiting for the bullet in the head.
  • My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor.
  • I like the shaved head and I like the beard. I've had people who want me to shave it. I tell them - I think this is the way I'm going to work.

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