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| Deep Throat | |
| Continuity: | The X-Files |
| Notability: | Recurring character |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 1994 |
| First: | "Deep Throat" |
| Final: | "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (dies) "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati" (actual) |
| Actor: | Jerry Hardin |
Deep Throat is a pseudonym used by an otherwise unidentified recurring character featured in the FOX Network television series The X-Files. Played by actor Jerry Hardin, he was introduced in the second episode of season one appropriately titled, "Deep Throat". The character was killed off at the end of the season one finale, "The Erlenmeyer Flask", but continued to make sporadic appearances throughout the show via flashbacks. Deep Throat made eleven appearances in the series in total.
Overview[]
Deep Throat was a mysterious middle-aged individual whose true identity remains unknown. In 1993, he abruptly introduced himself to FBI special agent Fox Mulder and began feeding him information relating to unsolved cases involving possible alien abduction. Deep Throat always pointed Mulder in the right direction of his findings, but was always careful not to reveal too much. He did however, confirm what Mulder had always suspected: that extraterrestrials do exist and they have been visiting the Earth for quite some time. Deep Throat's greatest lesson to Agent Mulder was the haunting mantra, "Trust no one". Ultimately, Deep Throat paid for his clandestine efforts with his life at the hands of the equally enigmatic Syndicate.
Pseudonym[]
The code name Deep Throat is taken from a pseudonym used by William Mark Felt, Sr., who was the associate director of the FBI in the 1970s. Felt used the name Deep Throat while feeding information to investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein relating to then President Richard M. Nixon and his involvement in what would come to be known as the Watergate Scandal. The name itself is taken from a sexual act of fellatio and was also the title to a pornographic movie produced in 1972. Jerry Hardin's character on The X-Files uses the name Deep Throat and serves a similar role to Mark Felt, secretly feeding sensitive information to Fox Mulder and assisting him in uncovering the truth behind alien abductions.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Deep Throat was created by director Daniel Sackheim and writer/series creator Chris Carter.
Appearances[]
- The X-Files: Deep Throat (1st appearance)
- The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine
- The X-Files: Fallen Angel
- The X-Files: Eve
- The X-Files: Young at Heart
- The X-Files: E.B.E.
- The X-Files: The Erlenmeyer Flask (Dies)
- The X-Files: The Blessing Way (As an hallucination)
- The X-Files: Talitha Cumi (As an hallucination)
- The X-Files: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (Flashback)
- The X-Files: The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (Flashback)