List of accolades received by The X-Files

This is a list of accolades received by the American science fiction drama television series, The X-Files.

Accolades + Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result ACE Eddie Awards 1997 Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Heather MacDougall (for "Unruhe") 1998 Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Lynne Willingham (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") ACTRA Awards 2016 Best Stunt Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle, Crystal Dalman, Dean Choe, Scott Nicholson, Mike Mitchell (for "Babylon") 2018 Best Actress Karin Konoval (for "Plus One") ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards 1999 Excellence in Production Design for Television Series Corey Kaplan, Sandy Getzler, Lauren E. Polizzi, Kevin Kavanaugh 2000 Excellence in Production Design for Television Series Corey Kaplan, Phil Dagort, Sandy Getzler, Steve Miller 2001 Excellence in Production Design for Television, Single-Camera Series Corey Kaplan, Phil Dagort, Sandy Getzler, Steve Miller Aftonbladets TV-pris 1995 Best Foreign TV Program The X-Files 1996 Best Foreign TV Program The X-Files Best Foreign TV Personality – Male David Duchovny Best Foreign TV Personality – Female Gillian Anderson 1997 Best Foreign TV Program The X-Files Best Foreign TV Personality – Female Gillian Anderson American Society of Cinematographers Awards 1994 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot Thomas Del Ruth (for "Pilot") 1995 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series John Bartley (for "Duane Barry") 1996 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series John Bartley (for "731") 1997 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series John Bartley (for "Grotesque") 1999 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Joel Ransom (for "Travelers") Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe (for "Drive") 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe (for "Agua Mala") 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe (for "Patience") 2002 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe (for "This Is Not Happening") 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe (for "Release") Artios Awards 1994 Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic Rick Millikan, Lynne Carrow ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1996 Top TV Series Mark Snow 1997 Top TV Series Mark Snow 1998 Top TV Series Mark Snow 1999 Top TV Series Mark Snow British Academy Television Awards 1996 Lloyds Bank People's Vote for the Most Popular Television Programme The X-Files 1999 Best International (Programme or Series) The X-Files Cinema Audio Society Awards 1996 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Series Michael T. Williamson, Marti D. Humphrey, Gary D. Rogers (for "Humbug") 1997 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Series Michael T. Williamson. David John West, Nello Torri, Doug E. Turner (for "Tunguska") 1998 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Series Michael T. Williamson, David John West, Harry Andronis, Kurt Kassulke (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Series Steve Cantamessa, David John West, Harry Andronis, Kurt Kassulke (for "The Unnatural") 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Series Steve Cantamessa, David John West, Harry Andronis, Brian Harman (for "The Truth") Directors Guild of America Awards 1996 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night Chris Carter (for "The List") 1998 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night Chris Carter (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") 1999 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night Chris Carter (for "Triangle") Edgar Awards 1995 Best Episode in a TV Series Chris Carter (for "The Erlenmeyer Flask") 1996 Best Episode in a TV Series Darin Morgan (for "Humbug") Environmental Media Awards 1994 Television Episodic – Drama "Darkness Falls" 1995 Television Episodic – Drama "Fearful Symmetry" 1996 Television Episodic – Drama "Quagmire" 1999 Television Episodic – Drama "Arcadia" Golden Globe Awards 1995 Best Television Series – Drama The X-Files 1996 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama David Duchovny Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Gillian Anderson 1997 Best Television Series – Drama The X-Files Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama David Duchovny Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Gillian Anderson 1998 Best Television Series – Drama The X-Files Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama David Duchovny Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Gillian Anderson 1999 Best Television Series – Drama The X-Files Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama David Duchovny Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Gillian Anderson Golden Reel Awards 1998 Best Sound Editing – Television Episodic – Effects & Foley Thierry J. Couturier, Stuart Calderon, Ira Leslie, Chris Fradkin, Susan Welsh (for "Tempus Fugit") 1999 Best Sound Editing – Television Episodic – Dialogue & ADR Best Sound Editing – Television Episodic – Music Jeff Charbonneau 2000 Best Sound Editing – Television Episodic – Dialogue & ADR Thierry J. Couturier, H. Jay Levine, Maciek Malish, James L. Pearson, Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves, Donna Beltz, Mike Goodman (for "The Unnatural") Best Sound Editing – Television Episodic – Effects & Foley Thierry J. Couturier, Cecilia Perna, George Nemzer, Stuart Calderon, Peggy McAffee, Michael Kimball, Susan Welsh, Ira Leslie (for "Agua Mala") 2002 Best Sound Editing in Television – Effects & Foley, Episodic Harry Andronis, David John West, Susan Welsh, Anthony Torretto, Jackson Schwartz, Debby Ruby-Winsberg (for "Dæmonicus") 2003 Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic – Sound Effects & Foley David John West, Harry Andronis, Susan Welsh, Anthony Torretto, Jackson Schwartz, Debby Ruby-Winsberg (for "The Truth") 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media Thierry J. Couturier, Xiao'ou Olivia Zhang (for "This") Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media Thierry J. Couturier, Cormac Funge, Pete Nichols, Gretchen Thoma, Ginger Geary, Sam C. Lewis (for "This") Golden Televizier-Ring Gala 1998 Silver Televizier-Tulip The X-Files International Horror Guild Awards 1999 Best Television The X-Files 2000 Best Television The X-Files Jupiter Awards 2017 Best International TV Series The X-Files Leo Awards 2016 Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Jonathan Whitesell (for "Founder's Mutation") Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards 2000 Best Character Make-Up – Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series – Sitcom, Drama or Daytime) Cheri Montesanto, Kevin Westmore (for "Two Fathers" and "One Son") Best Period Make-Up – Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series – Sitcom, Drama or Daytime) Cheri Montesanto, Kevin Westmore, Laverne Munroe (for "Triangle") Monte-Carlo Television Festival 2017 Best Drama TV Series The X-Files National Television Awards 1996 Most Popular Actor David Duchovny Most Popular Actress Gillian Anderson 1997 Most Popular Actress Gillian Anderson Peabody Awards 1997 Honoree People's Choice Awards 1997 Favorite TV Dramatic Series The X-Files Primetime Emmy Awards 1995 Outstanding Drama Series The X-Files Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series Chris Carter (for "Duane Barry") 1996 Outstanding Drama Series The X-Files Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson (for "Piper Maru") Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Darin Morgan (for "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose") 1997 Outstanding Drama Series The X-Files Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series David Duchovny (for "Small Potatoes") Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson (for "Memento Mori") Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series James Wong (for "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man") Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz (for "Memento Mori") 1998 Outstanding Drama Series The X-Files Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series David Duchovny (for "Redux") Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson (for "All Souls") Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesChris Carter (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series 1999 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson (for "Milagro") Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1994 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences Bruce Bryant, James Castle, Carol Johnsen Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music Mark Snow 1995 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series CCH Pounder (for "Duane Barry") Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series John Bartley (for "One Breath") Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series – Single-Camera Production Stephen Mark (for "Sleepless") Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series – Single-Camera Production James Coblentz (for "Duane Barry") Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series Thierry J. Couturier, Maciek Malish, Christopher B. Reeves, Marty Stein, H. Jay Levine, Stuart Calderon, Michael Kimball, David F. Van Slyke, Susan Welsh, Chris Fradkin, Matthew West, Ira Leslie, Jeff Charbonneau, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Kitty Malone, Yvonne Preble (for "Duane Barry") 1996 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Peter Boyle (for "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose") Outstanding Art Direction for a Series Graeme Murray, Shirley Inget (for "Jose Chung's From Outer Space") Outstanding Cinematography for a Series John Bartley (for "Grotesque") Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Thierry J. Couturier, Maciek Malish, Christopher B. Reeves, Mike Goodman, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Susan Welsh, Michael Kimball, Rick Hinson, Ira Leslie, Marty Stein, Jeff Charbonneau, Kitty Malone, Joseph T. Sabella, Jerry Jacobson, Greg Pusateri (for "Nisei") Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Michael T. Williamson, David John West, Nello Torri, Doug E. Turner (for "Nisei") 1997 Outstanding Art Direction for a Series Graeme Murray, Shirley Inget, Gary Allen (for "Memento Mori") Outstanding Makeup for a Series Laverne Basham, Toby Lindala (for "Leonard Betts") Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Mark Snow (for "Paper Hearts") Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series Jim Gross (for "Terma") Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series Heather MacDougall (for "Tempus Fugit") Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Thierry J. Couturier, Stuart Calderon, Ira Leslie, Maciek Malish, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Chris Fradkin, H. Jay Levine, Christopher B. Reeves, Susan Welsh, Jeff Charbonneau, Gary Marullo, Michael Salvetta (for "Tempus Fugit") Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series David John West, Nello Torri, Harry Andronis, Michael T. Williamson (for "Tempus Fugit") 1998 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Veronica Cartwright (for "Patient X") Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Lili Taylor (for "Mind's Eye") Outstanding Art Direction for a Series Graeme Murray, Greg Loewen, Shirley Inget (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Joel Ransom (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") Outstanding Makeup for a Series Laverne Munroe, Pearl Louie, Toby Lindala, Dave Coughtry, Rachel Griffin, Robin Lindala, Leanne Rae Podavin, Brad Proctor, Geoff Redknap, Tony Wohlgemuth, Wayne Dang, Vince Yoshida (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Mark Snow (for "The Post-Modern Prometheus") Outstanding Si