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Darin Morgan (born 1966) is an American screenwriter best known for several offbeat, darkly humorous episodes of the television series The X-Files and Millennium. His teleplay for the X-Files episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" won a 1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
- Writer, director, film producer, actor
- Loyola Marymount University
- 1989–present
- Syracuse, New York
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Darin Morgan (born 1966) is an American screenwriter who worked on various episodes of the The X-Files and Millennium. Well known for his offbeat, quirky writing style, Morgan's scripts were dark and humorous, often stood out from the rest of The X-Files episodes, and have also received high critical acclaim among The X-Files community.
Darin Morgan's brother, Glen Morgan, is also a screenwriter who worked on The X-Files with James Wong, and the brother-in-law of Kristen Cloke, who has portrayed several characters in The X-Files and Millennium.
Darin Morgan was named by his parents after pop vocalist Bobby Darin and grew up in Syracuse, New York, during which time his tastes tended towards vintage comedy film, especially the work of classic slapstick performers like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. Darin followed his brother, Glen, into the film program at Loyola Marymount University, where he made a six-minute mockumentary called "Legends of Doo-Wop" that allegedly revealed the untold story of two 1960s pop producers who supposedly were secretly responsible for sound effects that had made "Everyday" and "Stand By Me" become hits. The short film became a sensation on campus and, in an incredible turn, it won Darin Morgan a three-film deal with Tri-Star at the relatively young age of nineteen. Morgan, however, soon found himself miserable and out of work. He also dropped out of Loyola Marymount University before completing his studies.
He was subsequently cast in a few acting roles, including a part in an episode of The Commish, and it was in 1994 that his association with The X-Files began when he starred in "The Host", his brother having already been assigned to write for the series with writing partner James Wong. The writing duo had written several fan favorites in the series' first season, including "Beyond the Sea", Darin Morgan's favorite episode of The X-Files that, fittingly, was named after one of Bobby Darin's most famous songs.
Darin Morgan subsequently received a story credit for "Blood", the next episode to be produced following "The Host", after his brother, Glen, enlisted Darin's help with fleshing out the story while Glen was writing the episode with James Wong. As a result of his assistance on the episode, Darin was offered a job on the show's writing staff, alongside his brother. Despite his agent's pleas to the contrary, Darin almost turned down the job, considering himself first and foremost a comedy writer. Although he was also worried that his sensibilities would clash with the dark palette of The X-Files, Darin reluctantly accepted the job and, even though he ultimately wrote only four episodes for the series, he brought a comedic flair to The X-Files that had not previously existed on the series but influenced other members of the writing staff to occasionally mimic his inspirational writing style.
Following the first of these four episodes, "Humbug", Darin Morgan also served as story editor throughout the duration of the series' third season, returning the next season to play his final part in the series as Eddie Van Blundt. He continued to serve as consulting producer through Millennium's second season, bringing his comedic style to two episodes in that season that he also directed, including one that was a sequel to the last episode he had written for The X-Files, both episodes featuring writer José Chung, the first character to cross-over between the two series.
The X-Files
Episode \tCredit Season 2 •"The Host" Actor (Flukeman) •"Blood" (story) •"Humbug" Writer Season 3 •"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" •"War of the Coprophages" •"Jose Chung's From Outer Space" Writer Season 4 •"Small Potatoes" Actor (Eddie Van Blundht) Season 10 •"Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster" Director/Writer Season 11 •"The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat"
Millennium
Episode \tCredit Season 2 •"José Chung's Doomsday Defense" •"Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me"
•Darin Morgan on Wikipedia
•Darin Morgan at the Internet Movie Database
Apr 29, 2022 · Published Apr 29, 2022. Darin Morgan is regarded as one of the greatest writers in The X-Files' history, and here's every episode he wrote, ranked from worst to best. Darin Morgan has written some of the best The X-Files episodes of all time, and here's how they rank, worst to best.
Jan 25, 2018 · By Ben Lindbergh Jan 24, 2018, 9:02pm EST. Fox/Ringer illustration. Darin Morgan might not believe it, but he’s the most beloved writer in the history of The X-Files. In a phone conversation...
- Ben Lindbergh
Oct 28, 2007 · Not Just a Fluke: How Darin Morgan Saved The X-Files. In its nine years on the air, The X-Files brought shadowy government conspiracies back to the center of national attention like...
Sep 12, 2023 · More than creator Chris Carter, more than Morgan’s prolific brother Glen, more than future Breaking Bad honcho Vince Gilligan, Darin Morgan saw what The X-Files could really be,...
Producer: The X-Files. Darin Morgan was born on 2 September 1948 in Santa Clara County, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The X-Files (1993), Millennium (1996) and Those Who Kill (2014).
