News The X-Files Steve Buscemi Is Going to Be a Totally Normal Guest Star on Ryan Coogler’s X-Files And he’s not the only one: this guest-star cast list is packed By Molly Templeton | Published on May 11, 2026 Screenshot: HBO Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: HBO There are reboots (negative), and then there are reboots (positive), and then there’s Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot (incandescent with excitement). The Hulu series is set to star Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel (making it a Station Eleven reunion of sorts) as FBI agents who “form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena” (according to Deadline). Recent reports have said that Hulu has only greenlit a pilot episode so far—without yet committing to a full season—but now, a whole handful of guest stars have been added to the show’s cast. Deadline reports that Amy Madigan, Steve Buscemi, Ben Foster, Devery Jacobs, Lochlyn Munro, Tantoo Cardinal, Joel D. Montgrad, and Sofia Grace Clifton have all signed on to encounter (or perhaps appear as) some of those unexplained phenomena. Buscemi has made oddball-ness his stock in trade for decades (and was in Boardwalk Empire, pictured above). Amy Madigan just won an Oscar for her role in Weapons. Ben Foster has never been less than intense in anything he’s been in (see: A Streetcar Named Desire). Devery Jacobs was one of the excellent stars of Reservation Dogs. With all due respect to the rest of his career, Lochlyn Munro is Betty Cooper’s dad on Riverdale forever. Tantoo Cardinal was in Killers of the Flower Moon. Joel D. Montgrad was in True Detective: Night Country. Sofia Grace Clifton is the young’un of the bunch, and was on Station 19. This is a very interesting lineup, with actors of all ages and, notably, three Native American actors in the mix. Either the pilot episode is incredibly stacked, or this series is already casting for a whole season. One certainly hopes for the latter. Coogler is writing and directing the X-Files pilot, and is—along with original X-Files creator Chris Carter—an executive producer on the show. Jennifer Yale (Legion, Outlander) is the actual showrunner. No premiere date has been announced; whatever that date is, it cannot get here fast enough.[end-mark] The post Steve Buscemi Is Going to Be a Totally Normal Guest Star on Ryan Coogler’s <i>X-Files</i> appeared first on Reactor.