It didn't take long for The X-Files to make household names of its stars, David. As Mulder and Scully having sushi. FBI agents Scully, a medical doctor-turned-FBI agent. Mulder and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts. Written and directed by lead actress Gillian Anderson, it first aired on April 9, 2000, on the Fox network.