After 40 years in the acting industry, esteemed actor Mitch Pileggi has donned a cowboy hat once more as Jared Padalecki's onscreen father Bonham Walker in the self-titled The CW series "Walker."
While the actor has a resume a mile long, many fans know him from his role as Walter Skinner on "The X-Files."
During an exclusive interview with Looper, Mitch Pileggi recalls his experiences from the show.
"The X-Files" is coming up on its 20th year anniversary, spanning 11 seasons, two films, and an upcoming animated comedy series. Is there any part of the mythology or a specific episode that stands out to you as one of your favorites?
There were a lot of good episodes. It has been a long time since I've watched. "The Post-Modern Prometheus" was a great one, but "Home" is my favorite of all time. That's about the sickest one that we ever put out there, so that shows you where my head is. Being part of "The X-Files" was amazing. It was absolutely amazing, and to have been on that set and spent so many years doing that, I feel honored to have had that opportunity. It was a great ride, and I still talk to Chris, I texted Gillian [Anderson] on her birthday and David [Duchovny], and we text back and forth and see each other on occasion.
Do you have any fond memories on set with those guys?
Oh, yeah. We had a lot of good times. I mean, we got silly, and we would work long hours. That's back when we were working 16 hours, averaging 16 hours a day. It was rough, so the fact that we could even smile at the end of the day was pretty amazing. There were a lot of great times. It's a long time ago, and it goes a long period, but yeah.