Who is smoking man in x files

Bush William B. Now we have a pretty good idea of why. One of many future "Breaking Bad" stars to have first worked with Vince Gilligan on "The X-Files," Norris appeared in a Season 2 episode as a federal marshal trying to stop the spread of a nasty disease. In Season 3, Black guest starred with Giovanni Ribisi as a teenager whose friend has the power to control lightning. Though she didn't appear on screen, Foster provided the voice of a tattoo named Betty in a Season 4 episode.

In Season 5, Lili Taylor had a guest appearance as a blind woman who "sees" a violent crime and ends up accused of it herself. In a Season 6 bottle episode, Asner and Tomlin played a pair of ghosts who haunt a mansion and turn couples against each other.

CSM's cigarette use shows his willingness to knowingly put cancer in his body. At first, he didn't believe Smith. However, he soon realized that Smith must be correct. After brain surgery with Fox Mulder in October , the CSM learned that he had cerebral inflammation, and wasn't expected to live long. This sickness was noticed right away by Agent Scully when he visited her in early The Cigarette Smoking Man confined to a wheelchair and attended to by Greta.

The inflammation had expanded by June , when the CSM was confined to a wheelchair and could not breathe on his own. A nurse named Greta consequently lived with him and attended to his needs. At this point, Krycek attempted to kill the CSM and take advantage of his weakened state. Despite his previous illnesses and being hit and burned by a missile in , the Smoking Man was still operating in and despite having prosthetics to cover his disfigurements he was mobile and seemingly healthier.

The CSM went by many names throughout his career. Those who worked with him, referred to him with monikers or nicknames. In the s, the CSM used the name "C. Spender" on various documents including a file pertaining to his son, Jeffrey — T wo Fathers.

Scully investigated it and discovered its connection to many scientists and top government officials, including Bill Mulder. In the spring of , the CSM had his office labeled with the name "C. Shortly afterward, Melvin Frohike discovered these two publications and believed them to be written by the CSM. Extracting information from Jack Colquitt in these novels, Frohike informed Mulder and Scully of the events he believed corresponded to the CSM's "autobiography. According to Frohike, the CSM was born on August 20, which does not make much sense considering his apparent age as portrayed in in Pearl Harbor questioning the Zeus Faber's crewman in Baton Rouge , Louisiana.

His father was a Communist activist executed as a spy, and his mother died of lung cancer. The Cigarette Smoking Man on October 30, He was not a fan of movies, enjoyed reading novels and never smoked.

He had secretively served in several clandestine operations, including the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Bay of Pigs incident and the assassination of Rafael Trujilo.

On October 30, , he reported to General Francis , who instructed him to assassinate the president , John F. He accepted the assignment without question, and was removed from the Army with all record of his service stricken in order to fulfill his new duties. It took over a year for the CSM's plan to unfold. On November 22, , the plan was set in motion to assassinate President Kennedy.

The CSM went under the alias of Mr. Hunt , and he was using Lee Harvey Oswald as a patsy. He assassinated President Kennedy from that sewer opening. He later went to the Texas Theater and observed Oswald's capture when Oswald was searching for him. The assassination is referenced in One Breath , when the CSM responds to Mulder extorting information from him at gun-point with "Don't try to threaten me, Mulder.

I've seen presidents die. He was a fan of Martin Luther King, Jr. He decided to work with another patsy. On April 4, he successfully assassinated Dr. King and pinned it on Ray. Soon afterward, he finally finished his novel, Take a Chance , and was deeply saddened when it was not accepted for publication. He began to focus more on his work afterwards, including Robert F. Kennedy , implying he was also killed by the secret government.

In the intervening decades, the CSM had grown to having very near full control over every secret operation in the United States. He spoke to dignitaries such as Saddam Hussein , and was disappointed when he discovered that Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned. He wanted to study the E. He used surveillance techniques to monitor Scully and Mulder's first meeting, and was quite happy at Mulder being able to tell why Scully had been assigned to the X-Files.

In , the CSM was overjoyed when he discovered that his second novel, Second Chance , had been accepted to be published. When CSM discovered he would lose some creative control, he was let down but still optimistic. He wrote out his resignation letter in preparation of his work's publication. When his work hit newstands on November 12, the CSM was angered at the fact that they changed the ending to his story, and decided afterward to keep up his work and not resign from his position.

In , Cassandra Spender was returned and began to be used by the CSM in his hybridization projects. Also in , Samantha Mulder was returned from the aliens. Afterward, he placed evidence from abductee Ray Soames into a secret file in the Pentagon, where many other boxes containing evidence could also be found — P ilot.

However, Barnett died before any information was given. Later that year, he was present with Assistant Director Walter Skinner when Skinner reprimanded Agent Scully for her unconventional reports and investigations into the X-Files. After Mulder was discovered and reported back to Skinner's office, the CSM attempted to goad Skinner into placing Mulder on censure, transfer, suspension, and probation, a "four bagger", but when Skinner discovered that Mulder's phone had been wiretapped, he forced the CSM to leave his office.

The CSM was present at a meeting, following Agent Scully's disappearance and possible abduction , which tried to ascertain Duane Barry 's whereabouts. He closely observed Agents Krycek and Mulder. When asked by Krycek why they did not simply eliminate Mulder, the CSM claimed it was policy not to eliminate him, or else Mulder's quest would become a crusade.

He angrily showed Skinner a report and attempted to ask him to put a stop to Agent Mulder's activities. When he was unable to discover the MJ documents, the CSM informed the Syndicate that he had them and afterward discovered that Agent Mulder was in possession of the document. Soon afterward, the CSM reported to the Syndicate that Mulder had been killed and that the document had been fully retrieved.

The CSM's next report to the Syndicate didn't go quite as well, as the members were beginning to distrust whether he was in possession of the MJ files and whether Mulder was dead. Skinner later made a deal with the CSM in which Mulder and Scully were reinstated to the FBI and Albert Hosteen , who had told twenty other Navajos of the exact contents of the file, would not inform the public of the contents. The CSM was forced to make the deal.

Shiro Zama 's records after his death. When he reported to the Syndicate, they were angered by his operations involving Skinner which put their secrecy at risk. He was apparently attempting to discredit Skinner in order to remove the assistant director's support of the X-Files.

In April , the CSM was behind a scenario involving subliminal messages sent over cable wires. This was discovered by Agents Mulder and Scully. Once Smith was captured, he was held in a cell and interrogated by the CSM for several days. CSM later went to watch over Teena Mulder in the hospital. He decided to set a trap for CSM's men to see who it was, and it was successful, as they learned it was X. The CSM saw that Mulder's condition worsened and convinced the Alien Bounty Hunter to heal her, as her son would be more dangerous if he had nothing left to lose.

He listened in from afar with technology that could cut through their jamming, and also had a sniper rifle trained on the door.

He decided not to shoot Frohike after all. He was sent by the Syndicate to retrieve the pouch, which had highly classified secrets within it. The CSM discovered the assassin, and his tie to the Russians , who had been attempting to inoculate their comrades from the black oil. Later, he was able to call off a congressional hearing started by Agents Mulder and Scully. He asked him what it would take. Without agreeing to anything, the CSM simply said he would need to get back to him and left.

Later, he went to Skinner's office to make the deal. He threatened Skinner afterward, and made sure to note he is involved with him and cannot go to the authorities without implicating himself.

He then reported to the Syndicate the progress with escaped smallpox -carrier bees , which he had exterminated, and the fact that he had a "man in place" to insure that that wouldn't happen again. Later, he found Skinner in his apartment threatening him at gunpoint, convinced the CSM will not help Scully.

In his sly way, the CSM assured him he would, and Skinner decided not to kill him. Then, he got a call from Covarrubias for instructions on what to tell Mulder. He told her to tell him what he wants to hear. He was infuriated when he thought the Syndicate had sent someone else to keep Mulder in check. He later discovered that Mulder was in fact alive, and allowed him to retrieve the cure for Scully's cancer.

He claimed that he had allowed Mulder to escape with Scully's cure in order to insure Mulder's loyalty. Perhaps in response to this breach of security, the First Elder sent an assassin who shot the CSM in his apartment. Krycek was sent with another man to get the CSM in Canada. The CSM shot the other man, but Krycek cornered him. The CSM met with the other Syndicate members and, after making a quip about the inability of the man who shot him to kill him, was asked to deal with the Gibson Praise situation.

After booking a room at the Avalon Hotel, the CSM went to the psychiatric Hospital to meet up with Jeffrey Spender to tell him that he pulled the strings to get him the case and to warn him to know who to trust.

The CSM, however, insisted it was just a game. AS he left the building, he met up with Jeffrey again, and told him that he was his father. He saw the firefighter who had been exposed to purity, however, this time the man was alive, being used for organic material.

This was unlike what he had seen before, and ordered Bronschweig to test the vaccine on it. Soon, he discovered a breach of security when Mulder secretly arrived and, when the ship rocked, he realized Mulder had the vaccine and introduced it into the system.

The CSM ordered all of the men to abandon the post and left Mulder. He was sent by the Syndicate to "dispose" of the problem. He was able to release Gibson Praise from Syndicate custody in order to find the creature. He then went to Spender and congratulated him about how he handled the case and Mulder. He admitted he has killed before, but also stated one could not kill what a man stands for. He was present when Agent Scully attempted to ask Kersh for the use of Navy satellites.

Afterwards, he attempted to contact Agent about the information, and later worked with Kersh and Spender to discover what Agent Scully was doing. He investigated on the scene and knew it was the alien rebels that had killed the doctors, though Eugene Openshaw had survived and been taken to St.

Mark's Medical Center. The CSM was able to clean the area of some key evidence and went to the hospital to find out what happened from Openshaw. Surprisingly, he learned that Cassandra was now a successful alien-human hybrid and the rebels wanted to expose the conspiracy by taking her alive.

Openshaw noted that he would be questioned, something neither of them wanted. As he was confined in a medical bed and immobile, the CSM then manipulated the medical equipment to kill him. He left and reported to the Second Elder about the rebel attack and of an emergency Syndicate meeting to discuss.

There, the CSM briefed the group on the attack. Oddly, the Second Elder suggested joining the rebels. He ended the conversation by simply saying they will proceed with their plan they have had for 50 years. The CSM had also instructed his son to catch Mulder and Scully in his office in order to have them suspended for trespassing in the X-Files office.

This was to keep Mulder at bay, but his son was not so aware and came back to him at the Syndicate meeting room, demanding to know the truth about his mother. The CSM dismissed this, since he was not confident his son could handle knowledge of the full truth.

Spender objected, and the CSM slapped him twice to get the message across. He intercepted his son again later, giving him a mission to kill the rebel who was impersonating the Second Elder, in order to give him a "fighting chance" of rejoining his good graces.

Nevertheless, the CSM did not have confidence in his son or anyone else to do what needed to be done. He decided to confide in Diana Fowley and she agreed to help him. At the next meeting of the Syndicate, the CSM encouraged the option of handing over Cassandra in order to save themselves. The group agreed, and so preparations were made. The CSM went to Fowley's apartment to look for his son when he found Mulder already there, looking through her things.

He confronted the CSM at gunpoint about his new revelations. Chris Carter has said "for me, the show has always been Mulder and Scully" , which will be a surprise to agents Reyes and Doggett, so it seems like that really could be The End.

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