Dean Haglund
| Dean Haglund | |
|---|---|
 Haglund in 2005 | |
| Born |
July 29, 1965 Oakbank, Canada |
| Residence | New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Website | http://www.deanhaglund.com/ |
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 (formerly with 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, Canada, and is the son of a structural engineer.[2]
Career
Haglund appears briefly in a documentary-style production called "From Here to Andromeda", released in 2007. The production has UFOs and extraterrestrials as a central theme.[3] On October 30, 2009, he hosted Ghost Adventures Live on the Travel Channel.[4] In a throwback to X-Files, Dean appeared in episode 95 of Bones as restaurant owner Blaine Miller in Roswell NM where Booth and Bones are sent to investigate a possible extraterrestrial sighting.[5] He was on the advisory board of Sci-Fest, the first annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, held in May 2014.[6]
In June 2015, Haglund emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his girlfriend and their two dogs, and now lives in Newtown.[7] 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.[8] He currently hosts the Chillpak Hollywood Hour podcast,[9] where he discusses all things Hollywood with independent filmmaker Phil Leirness. As well as periodically hosting episodes of the X-Files on the YOUTOO television channel.
References
- ↑ "Chill Pak : Cool it down. Speed it up". Archived from the original on July 21, 2010.
- ↑ Dean Haglund Biography (1965-)
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.travelchannel.com/Ghost_Adventures_Live/meet-the-team/dean-haglund.html
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1546520/
- ↑ "Sci-Fest Team". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ Barnes, Candice (23 June 2015). "X-Files star Dean Haglund brings the truth to Perth". WA Today. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "The Lone Gunmen almost didn't make it in new X-Files series". news.com.au. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ ChillPak Hollywood Hour
Further reading
- Interview with Dean Haglund (2005), on Slice of SciFi