birth_place article_title birth_date
british columbia , canada tom braidwood
 27 september 1948
tom braidwood

`` for the scottish teacher , see thomas braidwood .
for the canadian judge , see braidwood inquiry . ''
tom braidwood -lrb- born september 27 , 1948 -rrb- is a canadian actor and director known for the role of melvin frohike , one of the conspiracy theorists known as the lone gunmen on the american television series `` the x-files '' .
braidwood also served as an assistant director on the show from seasons one through five ; was a second unit director on `` millennium '' , another show from chris carter , the creator of `` the x-files '' ; and a producer of the second season of the canadian tv series `` da vinci 's inquest '' , on which he also directed some episodes .
in addition to `` the x-files '' , braidwood also appeared as frohike in the spin-off series `` the lone gunmen '' , which aired 13 episodes in 2001 .
more recently , he 's appeared in the first season of `` whistler '' , and in the 2009 movies `` messages deleted '' and `` alien trespass '' .
braidwood is married and has two daughters , jessica and kate .
