Fox Mulder

Special Agent Fox William Mulder, nicknamed "Spooky" Mulder, is a fictional character played by David Duchovny on the 1993-2002 television series, The X-Files. FBI Special Agent Mulder believes in UFOs and a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of their existence. With his FBI partner Dana Scully, the two work in the X-Files office, which is concerned with cases with particularly mysterious or possibly supernatural circumstances that were left unsolved and shelved by the FBI. Mulder considers the X-Files and the truth behind the supposed conspiracy so important that he has made them the main purpose of his life.

Biography

Early life

Fox Mulder was born to Bill Mulder and Teena Mulder (maiden name Kuipers) on October 13, 1961, presumably in Massachusetts. It is later revealed that the Cigarette Smoking Man is Mulder's biological father. He has a younger sister, Samantha Mulder, who was born on January 22 1964 and a half brother Jeffrey Spender.

His first words, at 11 months, were "JFK", and he grew up in Chilmark, Massachusetts. The Mulder family had a summer house in Quonochontaug, RI, where Fox and Samantha would play during summer vacations. He apparently had an active childhood, full of neighborhood baseball games (in the episode Blood, Mulder mentions he played in right field), and tree climbing - where he once came face to face with a praying mantis, an incident which terrified him and fostered an intense dislike for insects. He also developed an all-consuming fear of fire when his friend's house burned to the ground and they had to stay in the rubble all night to ward off looters. He had nightmares for years regarding that incident, but overcame his fear during the episode "Fire." Mulder apparently enjoyed science fiction in his early years, dressing as Mr. Spock from Star Trek in childhood, and watching The Magician. In his teenage years, Mulder was also very excited about space. Although he says he never wanted to be an astronaut, he was delighted to meet an ex-astronaut during one of his investigations and admitted that watching a shuttle launch fulfilled one of his boyhood dreams.

On November 27, 1973, Samantha disappeared mysteriously from their home in Chilmark, Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard, an event which had a severe impact on the Mulder family, especially Fox. The subsequent investigation into her disappearance turned up no evidence. Soon after, Mulder's parents divorced.

Mulder's memories of the event are not necessarily to be trusted. In the pilot episode ("Pilot"), Mulder told Scully that his sister "just disappeared out of her bed one night." Yet in a dream sequence in "Little Green Men", Fox and Samantha are shown playing Stratego and watching TV while their parents visit the neighbors, when flashing lights flood the room. Fox, frozen in shock, sees Samantha rise in the air and float out of the window, and an alien figure appears through the backlight.

This particular memory of her disappearance was recorded in a state of hypnosis, under the direction of regression hypnotherapist Dr. Heitz Werber in 1989 ("Closure"). In the season 5 episodes "Patient X" and "The Red and the Black", Mulder himself doubts the reliability of this memory, suspecting his recollection of the abduction may have been due to "an elaborate staging of events," or even entirely fabricated. Although he later regains his belief in an alien conspiracy, it is never made clear whether Mulder's memories under hypnotherapy were authentic or, indeed, who Samantha's abductors were.

Education and pre-X-Files career

The disappearance of Mulder's sister and his search for her soon after became the main consuming drive of his life. Mulder probably graduated from high school -- where his foreign language of choice was French ("731") -- in spring of 1979 or 1980 (most likely 1980, as graduating in 1979 would have required him to skip a grade or first school before his fifth birthday-- although in Massachusetts a child begins school the fall of the calendar year in which he turned 6, Mulder would have been 6 in October 1967, so could have graduated 1979). It is not known what he did between 1980 and 1983. In 1983, Mulder entered Oxford University to study psychology. He graduated summa cum laude in 1986 (a blooper: degrees in the UK are classified as 'First Class Honors,' ' Upper Second (Class),' 'Lower Second (Class),' 'Third (Class),' etc., not Latin honors as in the United States).

Later that year, Mulder entered the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. It is known that Mulder "joined the FBI" on October 24, 1986, but it is unclear whether that is the date when he began his Quantico Academy course or lasted it. 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 testing relationship. Around this time he wrote a monograph on serial killers and the occult, which helped catch serial killer Monty Props in 1988. This, coupled with his successful capture of such dangerous criminals as John L. Roche and Luther Lee Boggs, made Mulder something of an intra-Bureau legend.

At some point, Mulder began working as a field agent of the Violent Crimes division under Agent Reggie Purdue. It is possible that Mulder did, for a short time, work both as a profiler and a field agent. During Mulder's first case as a field agent a fellow FBI agent died during a standoff with a suspect, and Mulder later blamed himself for sticking to the FBI protocol, which he felt didn't allow him to prevent the agent's death. His partner in violent crimes was Jerry Lamana, whose incompetence and self-serving agenda led to him misplacing evidence which resulted in the maiming of a federal judge ("Ghost in the Machine"). In his later FBI career Mulder always showed varying degrees of disregard for rules.

Fox Mulder appears to have been a very talented and remarkable agent. It was said that Mulder had "recommendations out the yin-yang" ("Unusual Suspects"). In "Pilot", Scully claimed she'd heard of Mulder by reputation, and that he is "brilliant." Mulder was talked about at the FBI even while still in the Academy, as he was always "three jumps ahead" of others ("Young at Heart"). Mulder got the nickname "Spooky," presumably from a combination of his unnatural insights into the psychology of serial killers and other violent criminals, and his interest in the paranormal.

Work on the X-Files

Opening the X-Files

In May 1989, Mulder was sprayed with ergotamine-histamine, an experimental gas that causes anxiety and paranoia. Mulder first talked about aliens and conspiracies, although his previous interest in such things was not as active. The following month, Mulder underwent regressive hypnosis in attempt to remember what happened when Samantha disappeared. After that, Mulder began displaying a fanatical interest in the paranormal.

Mulder continued to work in the Violent Crimes department, pursuing his paranormal interests in his spare time. In 1990, he learned a great deal about the X-Files from former FBI agent Arthur Dales ("Travelers"). In late 1991, Mulder "discovered" the X-Files, and re-opened them with Agent Diana Fowley. Agent Fowley transferred away shortly thereafter, leaving Mulder the only agent to work on the X-Files. A few months later, in March 1992, Dana Scully was assigned to the X-Files as a partner to Mulder, with the assignment to use her background in hard science to apply scientific reasoning and expertise to evaluating Mulder's work with the X-Files.

Seasons 1 through 7

Mulder's ultimate goal was to uncover what he believed to be a government conspiracy to hide the truth about alien life, and to find out what had happened to his sister. His quest and belief in the existence of aliens was, for most of the series, the driving force of the plot, or mytharc. However, during a period of time after Scully's cancer went into remission (season 5), Mulder was convinced that aliens did not in fact exist, and that the government conspirators had merely concocted that threat as a smokescreen, to toy with him. Progressively through the series, Scully's scientific methodology, and Mulder's strong beliefs, began to rub off on one another.

Mulder's basement office was decorated with photographs, newspaper articles and other materials pertaining to conspiracy theories, extraterrestrial life, and other supernatural phenomena. Among the collection was a picture of Deloys monkey, a newspaper article about Duane Barry, Max Fenig's NICAP hat, and, most famously, a poster depicting a flying saucer with the words "I Want to Believe".

While working on the X-Files, Mulder often came into conflict with his superiors, most notably his direct superior, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, who was for a long time skeptical of Mulder's work. Mulder's dedication to the X-Files led many of his superiors and fellow agents to regard him as a moonstruck fringe-dweller who spent all his time and effort "hunting [for] little green men," a once promising FBI agent who threw away his career.

Mulder tended to conduct his investigations with blatant disregard for rules and regulations, sometimes even breaking the law. He accused Bureau authorities of hiding the truth and infiltrated restricted military bases and other secret facilities, leading to official reprimands and suspensions on more than one occasion. He was often in risk of being fired - however, he was usually able to keep his job through the help of various benefactors.

Throughout his work, Mulder was antagonized by the Cigarette Smoking Man and the Syndicate. Various conspirators provided Mulder with some information, but they were never entirely truthful, and Mulder could never disregard the possibility that they were trying to mislead him.

Mulder had multiple informants. Of his most significant high-level government informants, Deep Throat was first, followed by X, and later Marita Covarrubias. Each of them provided Mulder with valuable information, even saving Mulder's life on more than one occasion. Little was known about the background of these characters. Mulder also had US Senator Richard Matheson on his side for a number of years (see "Little Green Men" and "S.R. 819").

During the 7th season, Mulder eventually discovers the truth about his sister. Samantha was abducted (either by the alien colonists or the government conspirators), and various tests were performed on her. She was then returned to The Cigarette Smoking Man to live out her life under his supervision, all the while undergoing additional tests. The episode "Closure" reveals that, unable to bear the testing any longer, Samantha ran away from her home with the Spenders in California and was eventually admitted to a nearby hospital, where she disappeared from her locked room. It is revealed that Samantha was taken by "spiritual intervention," with the help of beings called "Walk-ins." Mulder is briefly reunited with Samantha's spirit. There are, however, some plot holes relating to Samantha's apparent passing (See article, Samantha Mulder).

Seasons 8 and 9

Mulder was also abducted by the aliens himself in 2000 ("Requiem"), and returned to Earth, almost dead, a few months later ("This Is Not Happening"). He had been infected by an alien virus (for the second time), but Scully found a way to rescue him ("Deadalive"). He returned to work for a brief period of time, but was eventually fired by the newly promoted Deputy Director Kersh ("Vienen"). After Scully gave birth to William, Mulder went into hiding in New Mexico.

After about a year in hiding, Mulder obtains crucial information from a secret facility about the date of the planned alien colonization effort, but is caught and put on trial for the murder of Knowle Rohrer. Despite a defense organized by Skinner with numerous witnesses, the judges (who it is hinted are at least partially working for the conspiracy) sentence Mulder to death. With help from several people, including a reformed Kersh and the ghost of Alex Krycek, Mulder breaks out of prison and escapes with Scully. As of the series finale, Mulder and Scully were on the run.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Six years after the events of the ninth season, Fox Mulder's fugitive status is unclear. Scully mentions that he is wanted by the FBI but the dialogue also seems to imply the FBI does not really want to find him and is simply happy to have him "out of their hair". He and Scully have maintained their romantic relationship and have been living together in rural Virginia for the past 5 years.. He is called to assist with the investigation of a missing FBI agent. In exchange for his help, all charges against him are dropped.

Relationships

Family

Mulder had a rather strained relationship with his parents, not least thanks to the X-Files. Initially, he had no idea his father was involved in the conspiracy and Samantha's disappearance. Bill Mulder, who became disenchanted with the shadow government and his own role in the conspiracy, eventually approached Fox about his past deeds, but was shot and killed by Alex Krycek - working as an assassin for the Syndicate - before he could reveal any great amount of information ("Anasazi"). Over the next few years, Mulder got into several conflicts with his mother while trying to discover the extent of her own knowledge of his father's precise involvement. Teena Mulder dies of an apparent suicide, when the stress of Samantha's abduction finally becomes too painful ("Sein und Zeit").

During the last years of his work on the X-Files, Mulder was even forced to doubt that Bill Mulder was his true father. He is led to consider the possibility that his mother had had an affair with the Cigarette Smoking Man (due to strong evidence provided in "Talitha Cumi"), a connection which may have resulted in the birth of either Samantha or Mulder himself. The possibility was hinted at later in the series, and Jeffrey Spender, who certainly was the Smoking Man's son, said that Mulder was his half-brother. In the 9th season, "William" explains that Spender and Mulder have very similar DNA, providing strong evidence that they do have the same father. Another theory is that William (Bill) Mulder had an affair with Cassandra Spender, making him both Fox Mulder's and Jeffrey Spender's father.

Mulder's relationship with his sister Samantha was, in some ways, one of the most central of the series, although the real Samantha was only ever shown in flashbacks. These flashbacks show them alternately bickering and affectionate, and it can be assumed that their relationship was close. They seem to have spent a good deal of time together, playing pick-up games of neighborhood baseball (Mulder usually played right-field), riding bikes, playing board games, and watching television. After her disappearance, when Mulder was twelve, the family fell apart, and Mulder's intense desire to unravel the mystery of her abduction became the central drama of his life.

In the flashback episode "Travelers" in 1990, a ring on Mulder's left ring finger led fans to believe he might have been married before the opening of The X-Files. However, the ring belonged to then newly-married David Duchovny and was not written into the script of the episode as having any meaning for the back-story of the character

By the 6th season of the series, the relationship between Mulder and Scully was clearly more than professional or even friendly, and by the 7th it was evidently romantic. Mulder was, evidently, the father of Scully's child William. The episode "all things" showed Scully dressing in Mulder's apartment in the early morning, with a sleeping, apparently naked, Mulder in the bed where she had presumably spent the night. When Mulder reflects on William's conception in "Essence", he asks himself "How did this child come to be? What set its heart beating? Is it the product of a union or the work of a divine hand?" implying that he and Scully were intimate at least once. This was later corroborated in "Trust No 1" by the unnamed Supersoldiers statement "...how one lonely night you (Scully) invited Mulder to your bed." In "Deadalive", while talking to A.D. Skinner at Mulder's funeral, says that Mulder "was the last", referring to the fact that all of Mulder's family was dead (mother, father, sister, and now him). Skinner replies: "I don't truly believe that Mulder is the last". In "Provenence" Scully is informed that both William and his father have to die. The man who tells her this says William is destined to follow in his father's footsteps by trying to fight off the alien race. He more or less says that part of the 'prophecy' is true and now he must last it by killing William. Agent Reyes asks what he means and Scully says that he means Mulder is dead. This scene and several others throughout this episode and it's continuation imply with great detail that Mulder is in fact William's father. In "The Truth", the prosecutor in Mulder's trial asks: "Agent Scully, isn't it true that you and Mulder were lovers, and you got pregnant and had his love child?" She and Mulder share a brief yet profound look, undoubtedly confirming the question. Scully, speaking to Mulder earlier in the episode, referred to William as "our son." In the feature film The X Files: I want to believe, Mulder again refers to William as "our son". The paternity was also confirmed by writer and producer Frank Spotnitz at NY Con in early 2008.

Friends and foes

Mulder's closest friend was FBI partner Dana Scully, who was assigned to "debunk [his] work" by the conspirators and the FBI brass. But against their intentions, her loyalties quickly became affixed to Mulder's quest and Mulder himself, a connection which seemed to pull Mulder's work out of obscurity, as Scully's scientific bent afforded them a certain amount of credibility. Their intense professional and personal relationship continued to strengthen through the years. While the relationship was platonic for the greater part of the series, there are clues that it developed into a romantic one by the last few seasons. Mulder and Scully almost always called each other by their surnames - Mulder purportedly hated his first name, but Scully had no such aversion. At the end of season eight, the romantic undertones were confirmed when the two shared a kiss. In the series finale, the very last scene depicted Mulder and Scully in bed together, contemplating what the future held. As of the film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, it was depicted that they live together and are in an ongoing relationship.

Throughout the first season, Mulder was often assisted in his cases by an unknown informant, whom he later dubbed Deep Throat. Deep Throat's assistance was soon discovered, however, and he was executed by Syndicate agents. His assistance was later mirrored by another informant, known only as X, who was also found out and killed. Mulder's last informant was Marita Covarrubias, an assistant to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, and a Syndicate operative. Unfortunately, she too was discovered and was punished by the Syndicate, who used her in Black Oil vaccination experiments.

When in need of extra assistance, Mulder went to various friends/contacts with expertise in different areas. The Lone Gunmen, three conspiracy theorists/computer hackers/tabloid newspaper publishers, were his most trusted friends, after Scully. The trio was generally sought after when Mulder and/or Scully needed more techno-savvy assistance. The Lone Gunmen, in turn, had their own contacts when a situation was beyond their abilities. Dr. Charles "Chuck" Burks was another character who helped Mulder when Mulder's own knowledge of the paranormal was not enough to crack a case. Earlier in the series, Mulder could be seen calling Danny Valladeo, a character who was never shown on screen. He would typically help Mulder with tasks such as pulling up plate numbers.

Mulder's greatest nemesis was the Cigarette Smoking Man, who, despite his obvious ill-intent, seemed to hold Mulder in special regard. Though he mocked Mulder to his face for his foolishness and the futility of his quest, in "Two Fathers" he told his son Jeffrey Spender, "You pale to Fox Mulder." Mulder also developed an intense enmity for Alex Krycek, a double agent who briefly worked with Mulder in the FBI as an infiltrator, and who continued to serve as a recurring adversary, acting as an assassin for the Syndicate in the murders of Bill Mulder and Melissa Scully.

Personality

Mulder famously has a sardonic sense of humor even in the face of the most bizarre and dangerous phenomena, and his trademark dry jokes (many of them improvised by actor David Duchovny) are characteristically glib or cynical.

Despite his aloofness and cynical sense of humor, Mulder displays unbridled enthusiasm and interest when it comes to the paranormal, especially because of his personal involvement after his sister's abduction. Skinner and many others in the department have become concerned by his less than professional behavior (most notably in 'Conduit'); while Scully, loyal to her partner, argues this isn't true, she too is convinced of such. This only proves true as Mulder makes a habit of letting his personal feelings get in the way of an investigation. His emotional attachment to the UFO cases becomes more severe throughout the series, not just because of his sister's abduction, but because of Scully's eventual abduction as well, and the cancer resulting from it. Mulder is also quick to lose control of his temper and his senses when Scully is involved; he has on more than one occasion drawn or referred to his firearm in an unprofessional manner and become violent in his grief. A notable example of this is in 'Ascension', when Mulder threatens an innocent crane operator with his gun and later, tries to strangle Duane Barry, Scully's kidnapper, when he glimpses Scully's blood. In 'One Breath', Mulder, upon learning Scully was unconscious in a hospital after her disappearance, stumbles into her hospital room without permission, screaming at nurses, threatening doctors, and tearing apart the examination room before he is thrown out by security. Mulder's overprotectiveness where Scully is concerned stems not only from his obvious devotion and love for her, but also a long-harbored guilt; Mulder has admitted feeling indirectly responsible for Scully's abduction, the cancer and infertility resulting from it, and the deaths of her sister and daughter. Mulder also lets his interest in the paranormal get in the way of his job. In 'Shadows', Mulder becomes angry with Scully after Scully helps a girl get her ghost protector to find peace in the afterlife; instead of trying to solve the case and do his job as an agent, Mulder is more concerned with having access to vast amounts of research about poltergeists.

He is somewhat athletic and has an interest in sports, mostly baseball and basketball. He jogs regularly, and has been shown playing a casual game of basketball ("Two Fathers") and displays some skill with a 3-point shot (such as in "Paper Hearts", where he effortlessly sinks a shot when challenged). He often bounces his basketball around his apartment when bored. His favorite professional teams are the New York Yankees and the New York Knicks (coincendentally Duchovny's favorite NBA team) even though he grew up in Massachusetts.

Though his ethnicity and religious affiliation are never directly disclosed, scripts and surname data indicate Mulder is a Dutch-American Protestant. The name Mulder is characteristically Dutch. His mother's maiden name is Kuipers, which is also Dutch. David Duchovny suggested Mulder is Jewish when interviewed during the second season. In the episode "Drive," Mulder facetiously apologizes on behalf of the "international Jewish conspiracy" in response to the abusive and anti-Semitic tirades of a suspect, to which Mulder appears to take offence; the suspect also guesses Mulder's ethnicity is Jewish based on his surname. Despite this, in the episode "Kaddish," Mulder is unable to identify a Talmudic book, states (albeit somewhat wistfully) that he does not know Hebrew, and quips that Jesus returned from the dead. Also, Mulder, as his father before him, had a Christian burial presided over by a Protestant minister following his apparent "death" in the episode DeadAlive. This suggests he hails from a Protestant background, as Scully hails from a Catholic background. Mulder also seeks comfort in a Christian church following the events of the episode "Conduit.". Of course Mulder could conceivably be of a Jewish ethnic descent but a Christian background, perhaps through ancestral marriage or conversion.

Mulder's actual belief in God, though rarely addressed in the show, is confirmed by the teaser of the episode Closure, wherein he states,

I want to believe we are unaware of God's eternal recompense and sadness. That we cannot see his truth. That that which is born still lives and cannot be buried in the cold earth, but only waits to be born again at God's behest.

which, while not necessarily a statement of belief, does serve that purpose in the absence of any statements to the contrary. Aside from this, one might consider the absurdity of non-belief in God on the part of a man who has seen angels and demons, and all manner of the supernatural in between.

Mulder is almost never seen sleeping in a bed. The bedroom in his apartment (which appeared as late as the 6th season of the show's run) is apparently used for storage and is filled floor to ceiling with junk, including a couple of boxes of pornographic magazines. Instead, Mulder sleeps on his couch, often falling asleep to a blaring television. Mulder can seem to go through manic periods when worried or working on a case, contributing to or exacerbating his insomniac tendencies. Since "Dreamland II" where a 'man In Black' body-swaps with Mulder and takes over his life, Mulder gets his bedroom renovated and equipped with a waterbed. In "Monday" he finds himself soaked through when his waterbed (which he can't remember getting) is leaking.

Mulder's porn habits are a recurring joke on the series, and are alluded to in several episodes. In the third season episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" the psychic Bruckman implies that Mulder will die from an act of autoerotic asphyxiation. Mulder normally watches porn to sleep; at other times, he does it out of boredom or habit. At times it is implied that he watches porn as other people watch TV shows.

Mulder apparently has a rather poor sense of direction - he sometimes goes through the wrong corridors in a building and can't use a map very well. Similarly, Mulder isn't comfortable when in the country and dislikes nature to some extent. In "Home" he tells Scully that he would like to live in a rural community when he retires, then takes it back when their hotel television can't seem to get reception for the Knicks game.

Mulder rarely drinks alcohol, and in the few cases he does, he is so drunk that he behaves out of character, suggesting a low tolerance level ("X-Files: Fight the Future"). This might also reflect his choice of drinks- including spooning frozen orange juice from a can directly into a bottle of vodka and drinking the contents ("Syzygy"). In the episode "Je Souhaite", while watching Caddyshack at Mulder's apartment, Mulder and Scully are shown drinking Shiner Bock beer.

He says his famous penchant for sunflower seeds was passed down from his father. At home, Mulder does not appear to be particularly skilled in the culinary field, on one occasion opening his refrigerator only to find it bare, save for a jug of orange juice, 4 months past its expiration date ("Chinga"). This suggests a high proportion of take-out or frozen meals (understandable, considering the amount of time Mulder spends on the road). In the episode "Blood," it is revealed that Mulder's favored manner of dining at home involves eating food from his hands, over the sink.

In "Fire", he reveals suffering from pyrophobia, but it is never mentioned throughout the rest of the series. It is revealed, in "Wetwired", that he is red-green colorblind, but this never comes up again. He also admits to a childhood fear of bugs in "War of the Coprophages". Mulder has a photographic memory.

Mulder disapproves the use of drugs when treating psychological disorders and says that he's not a Freudian.

For some (perhaps brief) period of time Mulder was a smoker. In Travelers, while interviewing former FBI Agent Arthur Dales, Mulder is seen smoking a cigarette. The episode is set in 1990.

Mulder greatly dislikes his first name and will tolerate its use from only a select few. Scully once called him Fox in "Tooms" and he politely asked her never to do so again.

In rare occasions when Mulder is bored, isolated, or without Scully, he is known to repeatedly sharpen pencils and to, sometimes, throw pencils at the ceiling.

Appearances

Seasons 1 - 7

• All episodes
• Season 6, episode 20 "Three of a Kind" has a voice over of Mulder, but he does not actually appear in the episode.

Season 8

• Within
• Without
• The Gift
• Per Manum
• This Is Not Happening
• Deadalive
• Three Words
• Empedocles
• Vienen
• Alone
• Essence
• Existence

Season 9

• Trust No 1 (archive footage only)
• William (brief cameo, also directed)
• The Truth

Other Appearances

• Fox Mulder had a brief cameo on The Lone Gunmen, an X-Files spin-off featuring the the characters of the same name. He appeared on the episode All About Yves.
• In the Millennium (also created by Chris Carter) episode "Lamentation," The main character, Frank Black, visits the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and Mulder and Scully are briefly seen descending a stairway. In fact, they are Duchovny and Andersons' stand-ins.
• Animated versions of Mulder appeared on The Simpsons and Eek! the Cat, in the episodes "The Springfield Files" and "Eek Space-9", respectively. Both featured the voice acting of David Duchovny. The animated television series ReBoot featured characters "Fax Modem" and "Data Nully", obvious spoofs of Mulder and Scully, in the episode "Trust No One". Anderson provided her voice work for the episode, but Duchovny declined.
• Duchovny appeared as Mulder on the sketch show Saturday Night Live, when he hosted an episode. Joining him was co-star Nicholas Lea, who would appear as Alex Krycek in a sketch that spoofed The X-Files.

Trivia

• Chris Carter has said that he named Mulder after his mother's maiden name. His first name, Fox, was actually not a tribute to the FOX network which aired The X-Files, as often assumed. Carter said he had a childhood friend named Fox.
• According to the 5th season episode "Unusual Suspects", which took place entirely in 1989, Mulder is 6' tall (~183cm), about 170lb (~77kg), and has green eyes.
• In season 6 episode "The Unnatural", we find that Mulder is a fan of baseball — so much so that he is able to correctly state the number of home runs Mickey Mantle hit from each side of the plate in his career.
• In season 6 episode #15 (6x15) named "Monday", we find that Mulder's address is 2630 Hegal Pl. #42, Alexandria, VA 23242.
• In the video game Ape Escape 2 for the Playstation 2, there is an ape named Mulder with the tagline "The truth is out there!".
• At least in two episodes, one in season four and another in season five, Mulder denotes how much he dislikes Holiday on Ice.
• Mulder seems to be a great fan of Elvis Presley.
• In the pilot episode of Supernatural, Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) manages to sneak himself and his brother into the investigation on a bridge. As two FBI agents approach them, he nods to them and says, "Agent Mulder. Agent Scully." There are several more references to The X-Files in the show, most notably in episode 02x07, "The Usual Suspects", when the brothers fight over which of them would be Mulder and which would be Scully.
• On the Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood, the characters of Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper are often called Mulder and Scully.
• In the city of Ottawa, ON Canada, the intersection on Mulder Avenue and Scully Way can be found in the suburb of Orleans.
• In the Deep Space Nine episode, Trials and Tribble-ations the Temporal Investigations Agent is named Dulmer, an anagram of Mulder.

External links

• Fox Mulder - The X-Files Wiki
• From Russia with Madness - Wold Newton universe speculation on the origins of Fox Mulder.
• X-Files Deep Background: Fox Mulder - A volunteer encyclopedia of information on all aspects of the show.