Chris Owens (actor)
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Christopher Bradley Owens is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files.
Owens (left) with actress Farah Merani at 2016 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser
The Post-Modern Prometheus
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"The Post-Modern Prometheus" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files and originally aired on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. Writte
Chris Owens (actor)
…in 1997 in the same role in an episode called "Demons". Later that year, he played the Frankenstein-esque Great Mutato in a surreal episode called "The Post-Modern Prometheus". In 1998, Owens was cast as special agent Jeffrey Spender, son of The Smoking Man and alien abductee Cassandra Spender. Owens was credited as 'Also…
Scully (left) and Mulder (right) take The Great Mutato (center) to a Cher concert. The episode was filmed in black-and-white, in a stylistic nod to the 1931 film Frankenstein.
The episode was heavily inspired by Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein.
After viewing the episode, singer Cher came to regret turning down a cameo appearance.
Chris Carter was nominated for both Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing at the 50th Primetime Emmy Awards.