Mitch Pileggi Biography

Fast Facts

• The son of a defense contractor, he lived in California and Texas before attending high school in Turkey
• Briefly followed in his father's footsteps and worked as a defense contractor himself in Iran in the late 1970s
• Worked as a cab driver, bookkeeper and janitor while honing his craft in local theater
• Met his second wife, Arlene, on the set of The X-Files; she was Gillian Anderson's stand-in
• (She was later cast as Skinner's secretary
• ) Returned to the series Supernatural in 2010 in the recurring role of Sam and Dean's grandfather, a part he originally played in a 2008 guest spot on the show