Cigarette Smoking Man/Background Information

===Character Creation===
In the original script for the episode "," the character of Lake Drazen, an FBI agent, was the template for the Cigarette Smoking Man. Drazen was to have introduced Scully to Mulder, and be present at Mulder's slide-show presentation. At the end of the script, Drazen threw Scully's report into an incinerator, reminiscent of the CSM in the final episode.
 was the actor who most frequently portrayed the CSM in episodes of . However, both Craig Warkentin and Chris Owens, the same actor who played Jeffrey Spender, portrayed younger versions of the CSM. Warkentin appeared in "" and Owens appeared in both "" and "".
Although William B. Davis first appeared in the pilot episode of The X-Files, it was not until "" that he was first given dialogue. His character in that episode may have been the CSM and, if so, his first lines would also be the CSM's first words. However, the character was not clearly established as being the CSM and was instead credited as "CIA Agent". The first time that the CSM definitely did speak was in "Tooms".
The CSM made a short but memorable appearance in The Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files". In a pose virtually identical to that seen during his first appearance on The X-Files, the CSM is seen smoking a cigarette while standing next to a filing cabinet that he leans on.
Although not a regular member of the cast, Davis, along with and , are the only cast members who appeared in the pilot episode that continue to feature in the series, and also appeared in the original series finale "The Truth".
===Apocrypha===
He appears in the 2004 video game The X-Files: Resist or Serve which takes place during the show's , with William B. Davis reprising the role.
In the Topps Comics series of comics, the Cigarette Smoking Man appears in Not to be Opened Until X-Mas (the series' first issue), A Little Dream of Me (the third issue) and Thin Air (issue seventeen).
The character also appeared in the comic book series The X-Files: Season 10 by IDW Publishing, which acted as a continuation to the television series.
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