By Chris Snellgrove
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Even in the 90s, most gender fans were well aware of the cross between X-Files And Twin peaks. After all, David Duchovny appeared on Twin peaks In what was indeed his first big role. THE X-Files Star also returned to Twin Peaks: the returnBut what most fans of the two franchises do not realize is that these connections will a lot Deeper than Duchovny. In fact, a huge nine The actors appeared in the two programs.
Twin Peaks X-Files actors
Obviously, David Duchovny is the most famous X-Files actor to appear on Twin peaks. In the founding show of David Lynch, Duchovny appeared as the DEA agent Denise Bryson, a role he would resume Twin peaks: The return. In a scene where the actor speaks to Lynch (himself a character in the series), the other man tells the Trans character (now a chief of staff of the FBI) ”, a sentence that was all the heart adopted by Supporters of trans rights.
Apart from Duchovny, the next greatest X-Files star to appear on Twin peaks was don Davis. He played Scully’s father, a character who died in season 1, then appeared to his daughter in Visions in season 2. Twin peaksHe played a soldier (Major Briggs) and a father to Bobby, the two returning characters (from Beyond the Grave in the case of Davis) for Twin Peaks: the return.
Which other X-Files The actors appeared on Twin peaks? Richard Beymer appeared as a fatal surgeon who got tangled with Mulder and Scully in “Sanguinarium”, and he appeared in the series of Lynch as owner of the Sleazabag hotel, Benjamin Horne. Frankly, you can easily give yourself a cervical boost when you compare how different the two characters are, especially because Horne was often a comic relief character.
In addition, Kenneth Walsh plays a preacher’s false killer in the X-Files Episode “Revelations” and as a nasty Windom Earle Twin peaks. Michael J. Anderson, meanwhile, played an acieurian circus artist in The Awesome X-Files “Humbug” episode and also played the mysterious little guy who appeared in Dale Cooper’s dreams Twin peaks. Frances Bay, on the other hand, played a resident of the nursing home upset by spirits in the X-Files Episode “Excelsis dei” as well as Mme Tremond in both Twin peaks And Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me.
Some of these cross -actors have had more memorable appearances than others. For example, Robyn Lively played a woman who frequently appeared in hallucinations in the X-Files Episode “Field Trip” as well as a competitor of Miss Twin Peaks. Jan d’Arcy, meanwhile, played Sylvia Horne Twin peaks and judge Kann in “Tooms”, the X-Files Episode that brought back the infrequent monster man, Eugene Tooms.
Among all the actors of the crossroads, however, no one was no longer coherent in his two roles that Michael Horse. On X-FilesHe played a sheriff on a reserve in the “Shapes” episode. And in Twin peaksHe played the assistant Hawk of the Sheriff Truman (a role in which he resumed The return), make him a lawyer dealing with paranormal shenaroms in two different franchises.
As you can see, the connections between X-Files And Twin peaks Go much further than the appearance of David Duchovny in each series. And with the recent death of David LynchThere has never been a better time to review all of its revolutionary television series from the start. It can sometimes be confusing, but when it comes to disentangle the mysteries of Twin peaksJust remember what Denise Bryson could have said to our characters in another life: the truth is there.
