Eddie Cahill
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Edmund Patrick "Eddie" Cahill (born January 15, 1978) is an American actor best known for portraying "Miracle on Ice
" goalie Jim Craig in the movie Miracle
, and for playing the fictional roles of Tag Jones on Friends
and Detective Don Flack
on CSI: NY
.
. He is the middle child; he has one older and one younger sister. He is of Irish
descent from his father, a stockbroker, and of Italian
descent from his mother, an elementary school teacher.
Cahill was graduated from Byram Hills High School
in Armonk
, New York in 1996. He attended Skidmore College
in Saratoga Springs
, New York and the Atlantic Theater Acting School, part of the Tisch School of the Arts
at NYU
.
's Off-Broadway
production of The Altruists in 2000. He was noticed, and shortly after made several television guest-star appearances including Sex and the City
, Felicity, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
. Cahill was also a recurring guest-star in the comedy Friends
as Rachel
's young assistant and boyfriend, Tag Jones. In 2002 he starred in a short-lived WB
drama, Glory Days
.
In the 2004 hockey movie Miracle
, Cahill had the chance to play his boyhood hero, goalie Jim Craig. He had never played the goaltender
position prior to the movie, so most of the game-action sequences of Craig were filmed with former NHL
goalie Bill Ranford
doubling for Cahill, although Cahill did shoot several key sequences from within goal.
When CBS
decided in 2004 to create a third CSI series, CSI: NY
, to add to its franchise, Cahill was hired to play the cocky, snarky homicide Detective Don Flack
who backs up the team of CSIs and who gets some of the best lines.
In June 2011, Cahill went back to the Atlantic Theater Company
and performed at the conclusion of their 25th Anniversary season. He was in Tom Donaghy's
one-act play, I Need a Quote, about "a hilarious telephone conversation between a single mother and a home insurance salesman."
on July 12, 2009. The couple had a baby girl, Maria, on December 18, 2009. (Uberti is a makeup artist, former model, and ex-wife of photographer Terry Richardson
).
On his right shoulder Cahill has a tattoo
of his wife's name in a heart with an arrow through it and a swallow on top.
Cahill is an avid New York Rangers
hockey fan. He even wrote an NHL Celeb Blog for three seasons.
Miracle on Ice
The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22...
" goalie Jim Craig in the movie Miracle
Miracle (film)
Miracle is a 2004 American biographical sports film about the United States men's hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The USA team's victory over the heavily favored Soviet team in the medal round was dubbed the Miracle on Ice...
, and for playing the fictional roles of Tag Jones on Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
and Detective Don Flack
Donald Flack, Jr.
Don Flack is a character on the CBS television series, CSI: NY. He is portrayed by Eddie Cahill.- Characterization :Detective Don Flack is portrayed as the legal muscle for the CSI: NY team, similar to the roles of his Las Vegas and Miami counterparts Jim Brass and Frank Tripp. He can often be...
on CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
.
Early life
Cahill was born in New York City, New YorkNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He is the middle child; he has one older and one younger sister. He is of Irish
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
descent from his father, a stockbroker, and of Italian
Italian American
An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...
descent from his mother, an elementary school teacher.
Cahill was graduated from Byram Hills High School
Byram Hills High School
Byram Hills High School is a four-year co-educational public secondary school located in Armonk, New York. Its principal is Mr. Chris Borsari and its vice principals are Chris Walsh and Ken Cotrone. It is the only secondary school within the Byram Hills Central School District and serves...
in Armonk
Armonk, New York
Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place located in the town of North Castle in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 4,330....
, New York in 1996. He attended Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
in Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, also known as simply Saratoga, is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 26,586 at the 2010 census. The name reflects the presence of mineral springs in the area. While the word "Saratoga" is known to be a corruption of a Native American name, ...
, New York and the Atlantic Theater Acting School, part of the Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
at NYU
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Career
Cahill first performed professionally in Nicky SilverNicky Silver
Nicky Silver is an American playwright. Formerly of Philadelphia, he resides in New York City.As a teen, Silver attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York. He began writing after graduating from the New York University Theatre program. Many of his early plays...
's Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
production of The Altruists in 2000. He was noticed, and shortly after made several television guest-star appearances including Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
, Felicity, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
. Cahill was also a recurring guest-star in the comedy Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
as Rachel
Rachel Green
Rachel Karen Green is a fictional character on the popular U.S. television sitcom Friends, portrayed by Jennifer Aniston. Aniston received an Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe for her performances.-Background:...
's young assistant and boyfriend, Tag Jones. In 2002 he starred in a short-lived WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
drama, Glory Days
Glory Days (TV series)
Glory Days is an American horror/mystery-based television series broadcast from January to March 2002 on The WB Television Network...
.
In the 2004 hockey movie Miracle
Miracle (film)
Miracle is a 2004 American biographical sports film about the United States men's hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The USA team's victory over the heavily favored Soviet team in the medal round was dubbed the Miracle on Ice...
, Cahill had the chance to play his boyhood hero, goalie Jim Craig. He had never played the goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
position prior to the movie, so most of the game-action sequences of Craig were filmed with former NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
goalie Bill Ranford
Bill Ranford
William Edward Ranford is a former professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Los Angeles Kings. He graduated from New Westminster Secondary School in 1985. He was selected in the third round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, 52nd overall, by the Boston Bruins...
doubling for Cahill, although Cahill did shoot several key sequences from within goal.
When CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
decided in 2004 to create a third CSI series, CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
, to add to its franchise, Cahill was hired to play the cocky, snarky homicide Detective Don Flack
Donald Flack, Jr.
Don Flack is a character on the CBS television series, CSI: NY. He is portrayed by Eddie Cahill.- Characterization :Detective Don Flack is portrayed as the legal muscle for the CSI: NY team, similar to the roles of his Las Vegas and Miami counterparts Jim Brass and Frank Tripp. He can often be...
who backs up the team of CSIs and who gets some of the best lines.
In June 2011, Cahill went back to the Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the...
and performed at the conclusion of their 25th Anniversary season. He was in Tom Donaghy's
Tom Donaghy
Tom Donaghy is a playwright whose work has been produced by major theatre companiesacross the United States, including Atlantic Theater Company, Lincoln Center Theatre, and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, the Goodman Theater in Chicago, the La Jolla Playhouse and South Coast Repertory in...
one-act play, I Need a Quote, about "a hilarious telephone conversation between a single mother and a home insurance salesman."
Personal life
Cahill married his longtime girlfriend Nikki Uberti in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
on July 12, 2009. The couple had a baby girl, Maria, on December 18, 2009. (Uberti is a makeup artist, former model, and ex-wife of photographer Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson
Terrence "Terry" Richardson is an American fashion photographer.-Early life:Richardson was born in New York City, the son of Bob Richardson, a fashion photographer who struggled with schizophrenia and drug abuse...
).
On his right shoulder Cahill has a tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
of his wife's name in a heart with an arrow through it and a swallow on top.
Cahill is an avid New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
hockey fan. He even wrote an NHL Celeb Blog for three seasons.
Credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | |||
| 2000 | The Altruists | Lance | Vineyard Theatre Vineyard Theatre The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981... |
| 2011 | I Need a Quote | Salesman | Atlantic Stage 2 Atlantic Theater Company Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the... |
| Television | |||
| 2000 | Sex and the City Sex and the City Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes... |
Sean | Episode 3.04 "Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl..." |
| 2000–2001 | Friends Friends Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television... |
Tag Jones | Episodes 7.04 "The One with Rachel's Assistant", 7.05 "The One with the Engagement Picture", 7.08 "The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs", 7.09 "The One with All the Candy", 7.12 "The One Where They're Up All Night", 7.14 "The One Where They All Turn Thirty", and 8.02 "The One with the Red Sweater" |
| 2000 | Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M... |
Sean | Episode 3.05 "Sight Unseen" |
| 2000 | Felicity | James | Episodes 3.09 "James and the Giant Piece", 3.10 "Let's Get It On" aka "Final Touches", and 3.11 "And to All a Good Night" |
| 2001 | Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced... |
Tommy Dowd | Episode 2.17 "Folly" |
| 2002 | Glory Days Glory Days (TV series) Glory Days is an American horror/mystery-based television series broadcast from January to March 2002 on The WB Television Network... |
Mike Dolan | All nine episodes |
| 2002 | Haunted Haunted (TV series) Haunted is an American television program first aired in September 2002 on UPN. The program, which was filmed in Vancouver, was canceled in November 2002 due to low ratings. As a result, only seven of the completed episodes were aired. However, all eleven filmed episodes have subsequently been... |
Nicholas Trenton | Episodes 1.07 "Three Hour Tour" and 1.09 "Simon Redux" |
| 2002 | Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons... |
Max Winter | Episode 6.09 "Everything Put Together Falls Apart" |
| 2004–present | CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes... |
Det. Don Flack Donald Flack, Jr. Don Flack is a character on the CBS television series, CSI: NY. He is portrayed by Eddie Cahill.- Characterization :Detective Don Flack is portrayed as the legal muscle for the CSI: NY team, similar to the roles of his Las Vegas and Miami counterparts Jim Brass and Frank Tripp. He can often be... |
All 170 episodes (so far) |
| Film | |||
| 2004 | Miracle Miracle (film) Miracle is a 2004 American biographical sports film about the United States men's hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The USA team's victory over the heavily favored Soviet team in the medal round was dubbed the Miracle on Ice... |
Jim Craig | Bill Ranford Bill Ranford William Edward Ranford is a former professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Los Angeles Kings. He graduated from New Westminster Secondary School in 1985. He was selected in the third round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, 52nd overall, by the Boston Bruins... doubled for most of the on-ice action. |
| 2005 | Lords of Dogtown Lords of Dogtown Lords of Dogtown is a 2005 biographical film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Stacy Peralta. The film is based on the story of "The Z-Boys", an influential group of skateboarders who revolutionized the sport... |
Larry Gordon | |
| 2008 | This Is Not a Test This Is Not a Test (2008 film) This Is Not A Test is a 2008 comedy/drama written and directed by Chris Angel and filmed in Los Angeles, California.The film was released on DVD in the U.S. on January 20, 2009.-Storyline:... |
Robert Forte | Cahill worked with CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes... castmates Hill Harper Hill Harper Francis Harper , known professionally as Hill Harper, is an American film, television and stage actor, and author. An alumnus of Harvard Law School, he is best known for his portrayal of Dr... and Carmine Giovinazzo Carmine Giovinazzo Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo is an American actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Danny Messer in CSI: NY.-Early life:Giovinazzo was born and raised on Staten Island, the son of Nancy and Dominick, who was a police officer. He comes from a family of policemen and has Italian,... . |
| 2008 | The Narrows The Narrows (2008 film) The Narrows is an American 2008 independent film starring Kevin Zegers, Sophia Bush, Vincent D'Onofrio, Eddie Cahill and Monica Keena.-Plot:... |
Nicky Shades | Cahill was burned when a special effect Special effect The illusions used in the film, television, theatre, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects .... went wrong. |
| Other | |||
| 2004 | The Making of "Miracle" | Himself | Video short documentary |
| 2004 | From Hockey to Hollywood: Actors' Journeys |
Himself | Video short documentary |
| 2008 | CSI: NY – The Game CSI: NY (video game) CSI: NY – The Game is a video game based on the CSI: NY television series. This is the sixth CSI game released, and the first for CSI: NY.As with the previous CSI games, there are five cases to work on... |
Det. Don Flack Donald Flack, Jr. Don Flack is a character on the CBS television series, CSI: NY. He is portrayed by Eddie Cahill.- Characterization :Detective Don Flack is portrayed as the legal muscle for the CSI: NY team, similar to the roles of his Las Vegas and Miami counterparts Jim Brass and Frank Tripp. He can often be... |
Video game (voice only) |
External links
- Eddie Cahill at TV.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...
- Eddie Cahill – CSI: NY Cast at CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...