Bruce Harwood
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Bruce Harwood as John Byers |
Bruce Harwood (born
April 29,
1963) is a Canadian
actor best known for his role of
John Fitzgerald Byers, one of the Lone Gunmen on
The X-Files. Harwood also trained for several years to be a professional
figure skater, before he started his acting career. His ice-skating skills are on display in a third season episode of
The X-Files called
Apocrypha. In addition to
The X-files, Harwood portrayed Byers in the
spin-off series
The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in
2001.
The Lone Gunmen and September 11
On March 4, 2001, the "Pilot" episode of The Lone Gunmen aired. In which, the three Gunmen foil a plot by the US Government to fly a remote-controlled plane into the Trade Towers in order to start a war with a Middle-East country in order to increase the sales of military arms.
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