The X-Files: C.G.B.



The X-Files: C.G.B. is an American conspiracy thriller television series focused on the Cigarette Smoking Man, one of the main antagonists of the original X-Files television show. The series acts as an origin story to the character and depicting his early activities prior to Fox Mulder and Dana Scully joining the FBI and becoming part of the X-Files. The title of the series is a reference to the character's initials.

It is the fourth show set in the X-Files universe, following from The X-Files (1993-2018), Millennium (1996-1999) and The Lone Gunmen (2001).

Season 2 aired in 2024, before it was cancelled due to low ratings.

Cast

 * Jeremy Schuetze as Carl Gerhard Busch/Smoking Man
 * Additionally, original Smoking Man actor William B Davis reprises the role by providing narration for the Pilot.
 * Fiona Vroom as Cassandra Spender
 * TBA as William Mulder
 * TBA as Ronald Pakula/Deep Throat