Biography
Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi (born April 5, 1952) is an American actor. Pileggi is known for playing FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on the long-running popular series The X-Files. He also had a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis as Col. Steven Caldwell. He appeared in the 2008 film, Flash of Genius.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Desert Shadows
2022
as Professor Charles M. Ridley
After the death of their father, two brothers decide to travel to hunt and strengthen their bonds. However, they are surprised when they themselves se...
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2021
as John Kelly
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propagand...
Polaroid
2019
as Sheriff Thomas Pembroke
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take...
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as TRF Group Leader
Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history ...
The Girl in the Photographs
2015
as Sheriff Porter
Small-town store clerk Colleen is eager to escape her tedious existence and annoying boyfriend. Then gruesome photos of murdered women start appearing...
Mega Cyclone
2011
as Gunter MacGregor
Jupiter’s famous blemish, the Great Red Spot, has vanished. When massive storms are reported in North America, it quickly becomes apparent that the hu...
Woodshop
2010
as Miller
In this tough-as-nails, coming-of-age comedy, high school valedictorian Chris Johnson's plans for an Ivy League future are suddenly derailed by an unf...
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
2009
as Steven Caldwell
The exhilarating, feature-length pilot episode, "Rising", sends a brilliant team of scientists through a Stargate to the legendary city of Atlantis. B...
Xtra Credit
2009
as John Weller
A young offender on the mend, 19-year-old Cole Hurley agrees to attend a university devoted to prisoner reform. But hope for a turnaround is endangere...
Flash of Genius
2008
as Macklin Tyler
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail ...
The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008
as Walter Skinner
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
Recount
2008
as Bill Daley
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...
Man in the Chair
2007
as Floyd
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
First to Die
2003
as Warren Jacobi
A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on thei...
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?
2001
as Narrator
Were the Apollo moon landings faked?
Gun Shy
2000
as Dexter Helvenshaw
Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in comple...
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 4 - Unmasking the Magician: The Final Reveal
1998
as Host
The following "big" secrets are revealed: Escape from... 1) Car Crush, 2) Cremation, Spike Torture, Surviving a Guillotine, Buried Alive (and Rising f...
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants
1998
as Police Chief Jeff Croy
When a hive of deadly killer ants attack a town in Alaska, a small group races to survive and to find a way to stop the ruthless ants.
The X-Files
1998
as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about ...
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 3
1998
as Host
The "big" secrets revealed: Escape from the Impaling Bed, The Stretch(ing Lady), Throwing Knives, Haunted (Doll)House, Catching a Bullet, The Mismatch...
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 2
1998
as Host
The "big" secrets revealed: Crushing a Lady, Teleporting Lady, Tranced Lady of Steel, Walking Through a Wall, Animating a Suit of Armor, Shooting an A...
Inside The X-Files
1998
as Self
Inside the X-Files for a behind-the-scenes look at the show. Also included are interviews with the cast and creator Chris Carter, never before seen se...
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
1997
as Host
The following "big" secrets are revealed: Lady to a Tiger in a Cage, Levitating a Lady, Chinese Lantern (From Shadow to Flesh), Zig Zag Lady, Explodin...
Raven Hawk
1996
as Carl Rikker
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Tony the Hitman
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she me...
Dangerous Touch
1994
as Vince
A promiscuous radio sex therapist is dragged into blackmail by a young hustler.
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
1993
as Thompson
A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.
Basic Instinct
1992
as Internal Affairs Investigator
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described...
Knight Rider 2000
1991
as Thomas J. Watts
In the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent spate of killings involving handguns brings Mich...
Guilty As Charged
1991
as Dominique
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his rever...
Night Visions
1990
as Captain Keller
A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.
Shocker
1989
as Horace Pinker
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete...
Brothers in Arms
1988
as Caleb
Two brothers on a hike in the woods, one of them with a hidden motive, get in trouble with hillbillies, when they save a girl from rape.
Return of the Living Dead Part II
1988
as Sarge
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again r...
Three O'Clock High
1987
as Duke Herman
Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Reve...
3 On a Match
1987
as Bull Tully
A naive computer expert (Patrick Cassidy), a con artist (David Hemmings), and a tough guy (Bruce A. Young) join together in an escape from a Louisiana...
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
as Lab Foreman
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987
as Gate AP
Two unorthodox, anything-goes law enforcement partners, unencumbered by regulations and the law, search for the killer of a fellow U.S. Marshal in thi...
Dalton: Code of Vengeance II
1986
as Verbeck
Sequel to Code of Vengeance in which Vietnam vet-turned-loner David Dalton goes off this time in pursuit of his crazy former commanding officer and hi...
On the Line
1984
as Stephens
A Border Patrol agent is determined to catch his old nemesis, an American criminal who successfully smuggles illegal aliens across the border from Mex...
Mongrel
1982
as Woody
At a boarding house, a vicious dog gets loose from his chain and chews up a tenant's ass that was teasing him with a piece of raw meat. As a result, t...