Dean Haglund

Dean Haglund
Haglund in 2013
Born	(1965-07-29) July 29, 1965 (age 59) Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1992–present

Dean Haglund (born July 29, 1965) is a Canadian actor, known for the role of Richard "Ringo" Langly, one of The Lone Gunmen on The X-Files. Haglund is also a stand-up comedian, specializing in improvisational comedy, including work with the Vancouver TheatreSports League. In addition to The X-Files, he played the voice of Sid in Tom Sawyer, Haglund also portrayed Langly in the spin-off The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. He is the inventor of the Chill Pak, a commercial external cooling product for laptop computers.^[1]

Early life and education

Haglund was born in Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada, and is the son of a structural engineer.^[2] His father is Swedish.^[3]

Career

After his roles on X-Files and The Lone Gunmen, Haglund appeared briefly in a documentary-style production called "From Here to Andromeda", released in 2007. The production has UFOs and extraterrestrials as a central theme.^[4] On October 30, 2009, he hosted Ghost Adventures Live on the Travel Channel.^[5] In a throwback to X-Files, Dean appeared in episode 95 of Bones as restaurant owner Blaine Miller in Roswell where Booth and Bones are sent to investigate a possible extraterrestrial sighting.^[6] He was on the advisory board of Sci-Fest, the first annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, held in May 2014.^[7]

In June 2015, Haglund emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his girlfriend and their two dogs, and now lives in Newtown.^[8] Haglund's relocation to Australia nearly resulted in the removal of a planned cameo by the Lone Gunmen in the episode "Babylon" of the revived tenth season of The X-Files. However, he was informed by Bruce Harwood that the producers were looking for him, and contacted them to film the appearance.^[9] He currently hosts the Chillpak Hollywood Hour podcast,^[10] where he discusses all things Hollywood with independent filmmaker Phil Leirness.

Filmography

Television

• The Commish (1992-1994) - Drug Dealer / Zack ("Video Vigilante" and "Working Girls")
• Street Justice (1993) - Junkie ("The Wall")
• The X-Files (1994-2018) - Richard Langly
• Sliders (1995) - Stockboy ("Fever")
• Lonesome Dove: The Series (1995) - Nathan Silas ("The Return")
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1998) - Mr. Coolidge ("Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien")
• Home Improvement (1999) - Guy ("Young at Heart")
• V.I.P. (1999-2000) - Himself ("Val Goes to Town" and "Throw Val from the Train")
• The Lone Gunmen (2001) - Richard Langly
• Bones (2010) - Blaine Miller ("The X in the Files")
• Femme Fatales (2011) - Kip ("Girls Gone Dead")
• The Icarus II Project (2011) - Bernie ("Jessica")

Film

• The X-Files (1998) - Richard Langly
• Spectres (2004) - Dr. Halsey
• Face of Terror (2004) - Timmons
• Dead & Deader (2006) - Funeral Home Director (TV Movie)
• Atlantis Down (2010) - Jack Spano
• Geek USA (2013) - Sloan
• The Lady Killers (2017) - Paul Lewis

References

1. "Chill Pak : Cool it down. Speed it up". Archived from the original on July 21, 2010.
2. Dean Haglund Biography (1965-)
3. "KAOS2000 Magazine interview with Dean Haglund of "X-Files"". www.kaos2000.net. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
4. "From Here to Andromeda". Amazon. June 2007.
5. "Are you lost_ _ Travel Channel". www.travelchannel.com.
6. ""Bones" the X in the File (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb". IMDb.
7. "Sci-Fest Team". Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
8. Barnes, Candice (23 June 2015). "X-Files star Dean Haglund brings the truth to Perth". WA Today. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
9. "The Lone Gunmen almost didn't make it in new X-Files series". news.com.au. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
10. ChillPak Hollywood Hour

External links

• Dean Haglund at IMDb
• Interview with Dean Haglund (2005), on Slice of SciFi