As of August 2026, Steve Railsback is best known for The X-Files and Femme Fatales. Find every show and movie Steve Railsback has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Steve Railsback

Steve Railsback

Actor Born 1945 Dallas, Texas, USA 3 TV Shows 8 Movies

Steve Railsback (born November 16, 1945, in Dallas, Texas) is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is best known for his performances in the films The Stunt Man and Lifeforce, and his portrayal of Charles Manson in the 1976 television mini-series Helter Skelter.

Railsback was a student of Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio and in the late 1960s and early 1970s spent 10 years working in theatre in New York City. He once said that he found Strasberg extremely difficult to work with.

He made his film debut in The Visitors, directed by Elia Kazan. He portrayed two notorious murderers, appearing as Charles Manson in the 1976 television miniseries Helter Skelter and as Ed Gein in the 2000 film In the Light of the Moon. He also served as executive producer of the latter film.

Other notable roles include the part of Cameron in The Stunt Man with Peter O'Toole, the astronaut Tom Carlsen in Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce, Duane Barry in two episodes of The X-Files, and Joseph Welch in the pilot episode of Supernatural.

In 2008, he appeared in the science fiction/horror movie film Plaguers.

Steve Railsback has built a filmography of 11 credits over a career spanning from 1982 to 2011.

Steve Railsback's most notable role to date came in The X-Files (1993), where he played Duane Barry. He also appeared in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) as Alumnus Guy #5. Most recently appeared in The Devil's Rejects (2005) as Sheriff Ken Dwyer.

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📺 Steve Railsback's TV Shows

The X-Files
Duane Barry
1993
Femme Fatales
Dr. Daniel Duryea
2011
The Visitor
Colonel James Vise
1997

🎬 Steve Railsback's Movies

Lifeforce
Col. Tom Carlsen
1985
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Alumnus Guy #5
2009
Barb Wire
Colonel Pryzer
1996
The Devil's Rejects
Sheriff Ken Dwyer
2005
Turkey Shoot
Paul Anders
1982
Armed and Dangerous
The Cowboy
1986
Disturbing Behavior
Officer Cox
1998
Scissors
Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
1991

📝 Created / Written by Steve Railsback

Ed Gein
Executive Producer
2000

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