John Doggett

Xfiles character


name=John Doggett
affiliation=FBI/USMC/NYPD
first=Within
last=The Truth
portrayer=Robert Patrick

John Jay Doggett (b. April 4, 1960 Atlanta, Georgia) is a fictional character and one of the primary protagonists of seasons 8 and 9 of the TV series "The X-Files". He is played by Robert Patrick.

Biography

Early life

Doggett served in the United States Marine Corps in an Amphibious Unit from 1977-1983. His final rank was Sergeant. During this time, he became friends with fellow Marine Knowle Rohrer. From 1982-1983, Doggett played a role in the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force for Lebanon Development. Doggett retired from the Marine Corps with commendations after being wounded in the line of duty, Service No. A6-27109.

After gaining a Masters degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University Doggett went on to work for the New York Police Department from 1987-1995, eventually becoming a detective in the Fugitive Division's Warrant section. While he was working for the NYPD, his son, Luke Doggett, was abducted and murdered. Doggett teamed up with Special Agent Monica Reyes, who was working out of the New York FBI field office at the time, to search for his son and his son's killer. After his son's death, Doggett's marriage to Barbara Doggett failed, ending in divorce.

X-Files

In 1995, Doggett graduated from the FBI Academy and assumed the position of FBI Special Agent in the Criminal Investigations Division. In 2000, Agent Doggett was assigned by Deputy Director Alvin Kersh to head up the manhunt to find Special Agent Fox Mulder in the Season 8 episode "Within". The manhunt was unsuccessful and Doggett was demoted to work on The X-Files with Special Agent Dana Scully. During this time Doggett and Kersh developed a bitter enmity, similar to the early relationship between Mulder and Skinner.

Initially, Scully and Doggett were not very trusting of the other. After years of investigating X-Files with Mulder, Scully had slowly grown to believe in the existence of the paranormal. Doggett, however, is a no-nonsense agent, who frequently utilizes his down-to-earth sensibilities he learned as a Marine and a cop. Doggett therefore functioned as "the skeptic", while Scully somewhat served in Mulder's old position of "the believer". Gradually, Doggett and Scully came to trust one another, although he and Mulder, who later returned and recovered from his abduction, remained untrusting of each other for some time.

Doggett and his new partner, Agent Reyes, took charge of the X-Files after Mulder was fired from the FBI and Scully left active duty to teach at the FBI Academy and to care for her son, William. Doggett effectively served as Scully's replacement on the show, with Reyes taking over Mulder's part as the believer. However, they both brought their own unique personalities and views, and didn't exactly fit the mold of their predecessors.

In the series finale, Doggett testified on Mulder's behalf when Mulder was charged with murder. Later, he and Reyes narrowly escaped from Knowle Rohrer, who Doggett had discovered about a year prior was working for the conspiracy.

At the end of the series, Doggett and Reyes are likely regular agents, as it appears that Kersh was forced to close down the X-Files division, perhaps permanently. Six years after the end of the series, the X-Files division remained closed, and Doggett's whearabouts are unrevealed.

Appearances

John Doggett appeared in the opening credits and every episode of seasons eight and nine.

External links

*BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/xfiles/personnel/doggett.shtml Doggett description page] .
*The X World [http://thexworld.mysteria.cz/doggett_e.html Doggett page] .

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