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Nicholas Lea (born June 22, 1962 as Nicholas Christopher Schroeder) is a well-known Canadian actor best known for his work on The X-Files playing Alex Krycek.

Biography

Lea was born in British Columbia and his first major role was on the TV series The Commish where he played Officer Enrico Caruso from 1991 to 1994. It was during this time that he had a minor guest role in a first-season episode of The X-Files called Gender Bender.

The producers were impressed by his performance and when, in the second season, he auditioned for the role of turncoat FBI agent Alex Krycek, he was successful. Lea guest starred in eleven episodes from 1994 to 1996 and became a popular character amongst the fans. Because of his character's willingness to switch sides, he was known as the 'ratboy'. In the season three episode Apocrypha, Krycek was left to die in an abandoned silo with an alien ship.

This allowed Lea to take a starring role in the series Once a Thief — which followed on from the 1996 John Woo film — alongside Ivan Sergei. Sadly, the series was cancelled after one season, but Lea only had to come knocking and the producers welcomed him back to The X-Files, as did the fans. Lea continued to play Krycek, who quickly became a nemesis not just of Mulder and Scully but particularly of A.D. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi). In various capacities, Lea continued appearing on the show until its end in 2002.

Since then he has guest starred in shows such as NYPD Blue, Andromeda, Sliders, Highlander, and CSI. He has also a member of the Board of Directors for the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver.

Lea acted in the movie Knight Rider
(2006) which is in production.

Trivia

Among his former dates include Lucy Liu
and Melinda McGraw
, whose character on The X-Files was shot dead at the behest of his character.
For five years, he was the lead singer in an alternative band entitled Beau Monde.

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