Actors in both Criminal Minds and The X-Files
192 actors have appeared in both Criminal Minds and The X-Files, across 582 episodes. The most-credited is Mitch Pileggi, Norman Hill in Criminal Minds and Assistant Director Walter Skinner in The X-Files.
| Actor | In Criminal Minds | In The X-Files | Eps | Eps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Pileggi | Norman Hill | Assistant Director Walter Skinner | 1 | 70 |
| Jayne Atkinson | FBI Section Chief Director Erin Strauss | Willa Ambrose | 23 | 1 |
| Steven Williams | Captain Wright | Mr. X | 1 | 13 |
| Jane Lynch | Diana Reid | Anne Lokensgard | 10 | 1 |
| Annabeth Gish | Rebecca | Special Agent Monica Reyes | 1 | 7 |
| Bellamy Young | Beth Clemmons | Janet Wilson | 7 | 1 |
| Fredric Lehne | Jack Vaughan | Arthur Dales | 2 | 2 |
| John Pyper-Ferguson | Wilson Summers | Det. John Kresge, Paul | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Nelson | Thomas "Tommy" Yates | Mr. Van De Kamp | 2 | 1 |
| Denise Dowse | Yvonne Burns | Dr. Babsi Russel | 2 | 1 |
| Don Swayze | Charles Hankel | Terry Pruit | 2 | 1 |
| Jack McGee | Detective Brustin | Bob Damphouse | 2 | 1 |
| Lindsey Ginter | General Boyd Milgram | Crew-Cut Man | 1 | 2 |
| Michael B. Silver | Sam Shapiro | Howard Grodin | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Chinlund | Max Weston | Donald Eddie Pfaster | 1 | 2 |
| Patrick St. Esprit | Sheriff Merrill Dobson | Guard #2 | 1 | 2 |
| Silas Weir Mitchell | Cyrus Lebrun | Dougie | 4 | 1 |
| Aaron Paul | Mike Zizzo | Winky | 1 | 1 |
| Abraham Benrubi | Frank Fielding | Big Mike | 1 | 1 |
| Arye Gross | Donnie Mallick | Dr. Puvogel | 1 | 1 |
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.