Mitch Pileggi to reprise role on 'The X-Files' event series

Italian-American actor Mitch Pileggi has confirmed that he will be reprise his role as Walter Skinner on 'The X-Files'.

The 'Dallas' star confirmed that he will join stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who will reprise their roles as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in the six-episode event series, Deadline.com reported.

Production on the event series, whose plot is not being revealed, is set to begin this summer.

The 'X-Files' follows FBI special agents Scully (Anderson) and Mulder (Duchovny) as they investigate unexplained cases 'X-Files' for which the only answers involve paranormal phenomena.