Fox Mulder | |
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The X-Files character | |
First appearance | "Pilot" |
Portrayed by | David Duchovny |
City | Washington, D.C. |
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Occupation | FBI Special Agent |
Family |
The Smoking Man (biological father) Teena Mulder (mother) Bill Mulder (legal father) Jeffrey Spender (paternal half-brother) Samantha Mulder (maternal half-sister) |
Children | William Scully |
Partners | Dana Scully |
Affiliations |
John Doggett Monica Reyes Walter Skinner The Lone Gunmen |
Duration | 1993–2002, 2016 |
Seasons | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 |
Films | The X-Files, The X-Files: I Want to Believe |
FBI Special Agent Fox William Mulder is a fictional character in the Fox science fiction-supernatural television series The X-Files, played by David Duchovny. Mulder's peers consider his (often correct) theories on extraterrestrial activity as spooky and far-fetched. He also has a photographic memory and is partially colorblind. With his FBI partner Dana Scully, he works in the X-Files office, which is concerned with cases with particularly mysterious or possibly paranormal circumstances that were left unsolved and shelved by the FBI. Mulder was a main character for the first seven seasons, but was limited to a recurring character for the following two seasons. He returns as a main character for the tenth season.
Mulder made his first appearance in the first season pilot episode, broadcast in 1993. Mulder believes in extraterrestrial unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of their existence. Mulder considers the X-Files and the truth behind the supposed conspiracy so important that he has made them the main focus of his life.
Mulder was born on October 13, 1961 in Chilmark, Massachusetts. The mysterious disappearance of Mulder's sister and his ensuing search for her became the consuming drive of his life. In 1982, Mulder graduated with first class honours from University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. He then graduated with honors from the Quantico FBI Training Academy in 1984. Mulder joined the FBI on October 24, 1984. On graduating from the Academy, Mulder began his work in the Behavioral Science Unit (psychological profiling) under Agent Bill Patterson, with whom he had a testy relationship.