Smoking Man is a fictional character portrayed by William B. Davis in the TV series The X-Files.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Pilot (season 1), they were 55 years old.
They appear in 44 episodes out of a total of 217 aired and have accumulated 5784 positive votes.
The character of Smoking Man is mainly associated with Fox Mulder, Dana Scully and Walter Skinner.
Episodes44
Pilot
episode S1.E1 september 1993Agent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder.
Young at Heart
episode S1.E16 february 1994A criminal believed to have died in a prison years earlier wages a vendetta against Mulder.
Tooms
episode S1.E21 april 1994Eugene Tooms, a supernatural killer whom Mulder helped incarcerate, is released on parole.
The Erlenmeyer Flask
episode S1.E24 may 1994Deep Throat tips Mulder to a critically important case involving a missing fugitive and the cloning of extraterrestrial viruses.
Little Green Men
episode S2.E1 september 1994With the X-Files shut down, Mulder travels to Puerto Rico on a tip from his mentor in the Senate to uncover the reason behind the sudden reactivation of a remote long abandoned SETI-like communications station.
Sleepless
episode S2.E4 october 1994Mulder is on the manhunt for a Vietnam veteran who can project his consciousness into other people's minds to kill them. Mulder and Agent Krycek try to uncover the conspiracy behind the killer's powers.
Ascension
episode S2.E6 october 1994Mulder and Agent Krycek are in a race against time to find and rescue abducted Scully before crazed Duane Barry can take her to what he believes to be his alien puppet masters.
One Breath
episode S2.E8 november 1994Scully's comatose body is discovered at a local hospital and her life is hanging in the balance. When Mr. X shows Mulder the high price he'd have to pay if he truly wants justice for Scully, Mulder must choose between hope and revenge.
F. Emasculata
episode S2.E22 april 1995As Scully investigates the spread of a deadly contagion at a prison, Mulder tracks down two escaped convicts infected with the disease.
Anasazi
episode S2.E25 may 1995Mulder receives an encrypted computer tape containing the defense department's top secret files on extraterrestrial life and becomes a target. Scully takes him to a Navajo family that unearthed a buried secret to decipher the files.
The Blessing Way
episode S3.E1 september 1995A furious pursuit of Agent Mulder is underway, and more importantly, the government wants the data tape he carried. Agent Scully, against all odds, searches to uncover his whereabouts, persisting that he is alive when all others deny it.
Paper Clip
episode S3.E2 september 1995As a government hit squad closes in on the agents, Mulder searches for clues about his father's involvement in a top secret project.
731
episode S3.E10 december 1995Mulder becomes trapped aboard a train rigged with an explosive device. Scully searches for the truth behind the government's secret experiments.
Apocrypha
episode S3.E16 february 1996Mulder uncovers clues about a cover-up involving an alien entity and a sunken World War II aircraft. Scully pursues the man who murdered her sister.
Avatar
episode S3.E21 april 1996Skinner, depressed over the fact that his wife is divorcing him, has a one night stand with a stranger who's found murdered in the morning. Mulder tries to prove Skinner's innocence but Skinner refuses to cooperate for some reason.
Wetwired
episode S3.E23 may 1996Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders linked to a mysterious device that alters television signals causing paranoid hallucinations. One of them falls victim to it.
Talitha Cumi
episode S3.E24 may 1996After his mother suffers a stroke under strange circumstances, Mulder searches for a strange, benevolent alien man that possesses miraculous healing powers.
Herrenvolk
episode S4.E1 october 1996With his mother on deathbed and the alien bounty hunter in pursuit, Mulder decides to put the alien healer in mortal danger for a chance to finally uncover the whole truth behind the alien conspiracy. Meanwhile, Mr. X's cover is blown.
Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
episode S4.E7 november 1996The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Smoking Man to Mulder with focus on three episodes from his life - the assassination of JFK, his attempts at becoming a novelist and one of his UFO cover ups.
Tunguska
episode S4.E8 november 1996A tip from Krycek takes Mulder to a gulag in Tunguska, Russia where prisoners are being used for experiments with the black oil alien virus. Meanwhile, Scully's colleague is infected with the same virus which lay dormant in a meteorite.
Terma
episode S4.E9 december 1996Mulder tries to stop a Russian supersoldier from destroying the site in North America where the black oil virus can be excavated. Scully is jailed after she refuses to reveal Mulder's whereabouts at a Senate subcommittee hearing.
Memento Mori
episode S4.E14 february 1997Scully attempts to come to terms with her inoperable cancer. Meanwhile Mulder and the Lone Gunmen break into a high-security research lab to find the cure that could save her life.
Zero Sum
episode S4.E21 april 1997A swarm of bees mysteriously kill a postal worker in an enclosed restroom. Assistant Director Skinner covers up the evidence. Mulder investigates Skinner's apparent involvement with the crime.
Redux
episode S5.E1 november 1997Mulder accesses a facility that may hold a cure for Scully's illness. Scully performs an experiment in hopes of determining the origin of the disease.
Redux II
episode S5.E2 november 1997Scully is hospitalized after collapsing, while Mulder receives help from a most unlikely source as he continues to search for a cure for Scully's illness.
The Red and the Black
episode S5.E14 march 1998Scully undergoes hypnosis to recall her experiences on the bridge where the group of abductees was burned alive. Krycek provides the consortium with a vaccine for the black oil and tells Mulder of the planned colonization and alien rebels.
The End
episode S5.E20 may 1998A government assassin is caught trying to kill child chess prodigy Gibson Praise during an international chess tournament. Mulder's old flame Agent Diana Fowley arrives to help on the case but Scully is suspicious of her.
The Beginning
episode S6.E1 november 1998After the events of The X Files (1998) movie, Mulder and Scully's new boss, Kersh, assigns agents Spender and Fowley to work on the X-Files instead of them. Ignoring this, Mulder takes Scully on a hunt for a rampaging alien.
Triangle
episode S6.E3 november 1998Mulder boards the wreck of a legendary missing WWII ship that suddenly appeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The ship turns out to be a time portal. Now Scully must use all of her wits to try and get the unwilling FBI to help her save him.
Two Fathers
episode S6.E11 february 1999The alien rebels return to kill abductees including Scully and Cassandra Spender. With the Syndicate in shambles, the Cigarette Smoking Man reveals the truth to Agent Spender hoping that he will continue his work.
One Son
episode S6.E12 february 1999Everyone prepares in their own way for the alien rebels' bloody endgame after which nothing will ever be the same again. Mulder and Scully try their best to stop the bloodshed and save Spender's mother.
Biogenesis
episode S6.E22 may 1999Mulder believes metallic objects discovered on the coast of West Africa are proof of the extraterrestrial origin of life on Earth. He falls mentally ill under the apparent influence of the artifact while Scully goes to Africa for answers.
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
episode S7.E2 november 1999Scully searches for Mulder after the Cigarette Smoking Man takes him from the hospital for unknown purposes. An unconscious Mulder dreams of a better life away from his mission and the X-Files. But perhaps he is being led astray.
Closure
episode S7.E11 february 2000With help from a police psychic, Mulder continues to search for clues about Samantha's abduction and ultimately finds the long sought after answers concerning her fate.
En Ami
episode S7.E15 march 2000Agent Scully lets sympathy cloud her better judgment when she accompanies the Cigarette Smoking Man on a road trip and wonders if he's as evil as she always thought.
Requiem
episode S7.E22 may 2000Seven years after their first case, Mulder and Scully return to Bellefleur, Oregon to see Billy Miles and investigate a new series of abductions in the local forest, risking their partnership and lives.
William
episode S9.E16 april 2002A disfigured man attacks Doggett trying to retrieve X-Files for Mulder...but he might be Mulder himself.
The Truth
episode S9.E19 may 2002Mulder's return leads to him being tried for murder before a military tribunal where he seeks to prove the very existence of an alien conspiracy and justify the maintenance of the X-Files.
My Struggle
episode S10.E1 january 2016After the collapse of their relationship, former FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are reunited by a TV host who promotes conspiracy theories about the government and believes that alien abductions are actually false flag operations.
Babylon
episode S10.E5 february 2016When a terrorist ends up in a coma, a pair of younger FBI agents ask Mulder and Scully for help communicating with the man, resembling them when their adventure first began and reminding them of just how far they have come.
My Struggle II
episode S10.E6 february 2016Mulder and Scully uncover a shocking truth with global ramifications.
My Struggle III
episode S11.E1 january 2018Mulder and Scully learn that they aren't the only ones desperately searching for their long-lost son, William. The very fate of the world may depend on the outcome.
Ghouli
episode S11.E5 january 2018When a pair of teenage girls attack one another, each believing the other to be a monster, Mulder and Scully find that their investigation could possibly lead back to their long-lost son, William.
My Struggle IV
episode S11.E10 march 2018Mulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William while the Cigarette Smoking Man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.
- Pilot
- Young at Heart
- Tooms
- The Erlenmeyer Flask
- Little Green Men
- Sleepless
- Ascension
- One Breath
- F. Emasculata
- Anasazi
- The Blessing Way
- Paper Clip
- 731
- Apocrypha
- Avatar
- Wetwired
- Talitha Cumi
- Herrenvolk
- Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
- Tunguska
- Terma
- Memento Mori
- Zero Sum
- Redux
- Redux II
- The Red and the Black
- The End
- The Beginning
- Triangle
- Two Fathers
- One Son
- Biogenesis
- The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
- Closure
- En Ami
- Requiem
- William
- The Truth
- My Struggle
- Babylon
- My Struggle II
- My Struggle III
- Ghouli
- My Struggle IV
Best moments10
- The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Smoking Man to Mulder with focus on three episodes from his life - the assassination of JFK, his attempts at becoming a novelist and one of his UFO cover ups.
- Everyone prepares in their own way for the alien rebels' bloody endgame after which nothing will ever be the same again. Mulder and Scully try their best to stop the bloodshed and save Spender's mother.
- Agent Scully lets sympathy cloud her better judgment when she accompanies the Cigarette Smoking Man on a road trip and wonders if he's as evil as she always thought.
- The alien rebels return to kill abductees including Scully and Cassandra Spender. With the Syndicate in shambles, the Cigarette Smoking Man reveals the truth to Agent Spender hoping that he will continue his work.
- Mulder and Scully learn that they aren't the only ones desperately searching for their long-lost son, William. The very fate of the world may depend on the outcome.
- Scully is hospitalized after collapsing, while Mulder receives help from a most unlikely source as he continues to search for a cure for Scully's illness.
- Scully undergoes hypnosis to recall her experiences on the bridge where the group of abductees was burned alive. Krycek provides the consortium with a vaccine for the black oil and tells Mulder of the planned colonization and alien rebels.
- Mulder and Scully uncover a shocking truth with global ramifications.
- A government assassin is caught trying to kill child chess prodigy Gibson Praise during an international chess tournament. Mulder's old flame Agent Diana Fowley arrives to help on the case but Scully is suspicious of her.
- After his mother suffers a stroke under strange circumstances, Mulder searches for a strange, benevolent alien man that possesses miraculous healing powers.
- Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
- One Son
- En Ami
- Two Fathers
- My Struggle III
- Redux II
- The Red and the Black
- My Struggle II
- The End
- Talitha Cumi