Frohike! An awesome sci-fi hacker

Listed as one of nine in Sci-Fi Wire’s “Neo, John Connor and 9 other awesome sci-fi hackers“, Frohike comes in at number 5:

Melvin Frohike

Appeared in: The X-Files (1994-2002) as one of the Lone Gunmen

Portrayed by: Tom Braidwood

Data: Electronics-whiz-turned-newsletter-photographer Melvin Frohike’s life changes when he crosses paths with a certain redhead FBI agent.

Why he’s so great: It seems wrong not to include ponytailed, fingerless-glove-sporting Melvin Frohike in our list of hackers. Although his main role as one third of the famed Lone Gunmen is photographer, he got his start pirating cable software. An expert computer hacker, he constantly spars with his partner in crime Richard Langly for dominance over the keyboard. He’s also an adept engineer, a bit of an inventor, a ladies’ man and a top-notch tango dancer.

I love Frohike!

The entire list can be found at the above link,, but here’s the run down:

1. Neo – Matrix
2. Kevin Flynn – Tron
3. David Lightman – Wargames
4. Acid Burn – Hackers
5. Melvin Frohike – X-Files and Lone Gunmen
6. John Connor – Terminator 2
7. Willow Rosenberg – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8. Claudia Donovan – Warehouse 13
9. Eli Wallace – Stargate Universe
10. Meredith Rodney McKay – Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis