Mitch Pileggi /pɪˈlÉ›dÊ'i/ is an American actor. He played Horace
Pinker in Shocker, Walter Skinner on The X-Files, Colonel Steven
Caldwell on Stargate Atlantis, Ernest Darby in Sons of Anarchy, and
Harris Ryland in the TNT revival of Dallas (2012â€"2014).Pileggi was
born in Portland, Oregon, the son of Maxine, a homemaker, and Vito
Pileggi, a defense contractor. Pileggi's family moved frequently
because of his father's occupation as a defense contractor, and
Pileggi lived in Oregon, California, and Texas before spending most of
his adolescence in Turkey.[failed verification]Pileggi began acting
while he was a high school student in Turkey, playing musical theater.
After returning to Austin from Iran, he performed in local theaters,
and continued his acting career with small roles in B-movies, and
guest roles in television shows such as Dallas, China Beach, Code of
Vengeance, and Walker, Texas Ranger.In the 1980s, Pileggi starred in
several films including Three O'Clock High as Duke "The Duker" Herman,
an overzealous tough-as-nails high school parking lot security guard,
and in Shocker as body-possessing serial killer Horace Pinker. The
latter was directed by horror icon Wes Craven. Pileggi appeared
playing the villain in the 1991 television film, Knight Rider 2000, a
sequel movie to the original television series Knight Rider. Pileggi
also appeared briefly in the 1992 film Basic Instinct as an
investigating police officer in the interrogation scene of Michael
Douglas. He also appeared in the 1995 vampire film Vampire in Brooklyn
(also directed by Craven) starring Eddie Murphy as an Italian mobster.
Pinker in Shocker, Walter Skinner on The X-Files, Colonel Steven
Caldwell on Stargate Atlantis, Ernest Darby in Sons of Anarchy, and
Harris Ryland in the TNT revival of Dallas (2012â€"2014).Pileggi was
born in Portland, Oregon, the son of Maxine, a homemaker, and Vito
Pileggi, a defense contractor. Pileggi's family moved frequently
because of his father's occupation as a defense contractor, and
Pileggi lived in Oregon, California, and Texas before spending most of
his adolescence in Turkey.[failed verification]Pileggi began acting
while he was a high school student in Turkey, playing musical theater.
After returning to Austin from Iran, he performed in local theaters,
and continued his acting career with small roles in B-movies, and
guest roles in television shows such as Dallas, China Beach, Code of
Vengeance, and Walker, Texas Ranger.In the 1980s, Pileggi starred in
several films including Three O'Clock High as Duke "The Duker" Herman,
an overzealous tough-as-nails high school parking lot security guard,
and in Shocker as body-possessing serial killer Horace Pinker. The
latter was directed by horror icon Wes Craven. Pileggi appeared
playing the villain in the 1991 television film, Knight Rider 2000, a
sequel movie to the original television series Knight Rider. Pileggi
also appeared briefly in the 1992 film Basic Instinct as an
investigating police officer in the interrogation scene of Michael
Douglas. He also appeared in the 1995 vampire film Vampire in Brooklyn
(also directed by Craven) starring Eddie Murphy as an Italian mobster.
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