page_title: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: The X-Files: I Want to Believe / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Amanda Peet at the premiere screening of Amazon Studios' dark comedy, Transparent
context_page_description: The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 American supernatural thriller film directed by Chris Carter and written by both Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the second feature film installment of The X-Files franchise created by Carter, following the 1998 film. Three main actors from the television series, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and Mitch Pileggi, reappear in the film to reprise their respective roles as Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and Walter Skinner.
  Unlike the first film, the plot does not focus on the series' ongoing extraterrestrial-based mytharc themes, but instead works as a standalone thriller horror story, like many of the monster-of-the-week episodes frequently seen in the TV series, as well as focusing on the personal relationship between Mulder and Scully. The story follows Mulder and Scully who have been out of the FBI for several years, with Mulder living in isolation and Scully having become a doctor at a Catholic hospital, where she has formed a bond with a critically ill child patient.
context_section_description: David Duchovny as Fox Mulder
  Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully
  Amanda Peet as Special Agent in Charge Dakota Whitney
  Billy Connolly as Joseph "Father Joe" Crissman
  Xzibit as Special Agent Mosley Drummy
  Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
  Callum Keith Rennie as Janke Dacyshyn
  Adam Godley as Father Ybarra
  Xantha Radley as Special Agent Monica Bannan
  Fagin Woodcock as Franz Tomczeszyn
  Nicki Aycox as Cheryl Cunningham
  Alex Diakun as Gaunt Man
caption: Supporting actress Amanda Peet portrays FBI Agent Dakota Whitney
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