The X-Files The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (Season 11, Episode 4)
TV-14
TV Episode | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

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The X-Files

The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (Season 11, Episode 4)

TV-14

TV Episode | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Exploring the idea of The Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people remember an alternate history, Mulder and Scully find out how the X-Files themselves may really have originated.

Director

Darin Morgan

Writers

Chris Carter (created by) | Darin Morgan (written by) | Brad Follmer (staff writer) | Benjamin Van Allen (staff writer)

Producers

Grace Gilroy (produced by) | Gabe Rotter

Composer

Mark Snow (music by)

Cinematographer

Craig Wrobleski

Editor

Eleanor Infante

Casting Director

Rick Millikan

Production Designer

Mark S. Freeborn (as Mark Freeborn)

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 24, 2018

Release date

Jan 24, 2018 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 16 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 86 wins & 217 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
David Duchovny Fox Mulder Fox Mulder See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Gillian Anderson Dana Scully Dana Scully See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Mitch Pileggi Walter Skinner Walter Skinner See fewer	Basic Instinct (1992)
Brian Huskey Reggie Something Reggie Something See fewer	Veep (2012)
Bill Dow Pangborn Pangborn See fewer	Cool Runnings (1993)
Stuart Margolin Dr. Thaddeus Q. They Dr. Thaddeus Q. They See fewer	Death Wish (1974)
Dan Zukovic Martin Martin See fewer	Scammerhead (2014)
Keith Arbuthnot Alien Alien See fewer	Child's Play (2019)
Alex Diakun Buddy / Devil Buddy / Devil See fewer	Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Susan Wright Reggie's Mom Reggie's Mom See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Antonio Cayonne FBI Agent #1 FBI Agent #1 See fewer	The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021)
Wolsey Brooks FBI Agent #2 FBI Agent #2 See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Ryan Hesp Henchman #1 Henchman #1 See fewer	Timeless (2016)
Shane Dean Henchman #2 Henchman #2 See fewer	Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story (2020)
Charles Andre Detainee Detainee See fewer	Shanghai Noon (2000)
Peter Boyle Clyde Bruckman (archive footage) (uncredited) Clyde Bruckman (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
Tom Braidwood Melvin Frohike (archive footage) (uncredited) Melvin Frohike (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The X Files (1998)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Bruce Harwood John Fitzgerald Byers (archive footage) (uncredited) John Fitzgerald Byers (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The X Files (1998)
Doug Hutchison Eugene Victor Tooms (archive footage) (uncredited) Eugene Victor Tooms (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Green Mile (1999)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Karin Konoval Mrs. Peacock (archive footage) (uncredited) Mrs. Peacock (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Piotr Michael Conspiracy Video Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Conspiracy Video Narrator (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Young Jedi Adventures (2023)
Darin Morgan Eddie Van Blundht (archive footage) (uncredited) Eddie Van Blundht (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Fred Tatasciore Alien (voice) (uncredited) Alien (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Team America: World Police (2004)