Eddie Cahill

Edmund Patrick Cahill (born January 15, 1978)[1] is an American actor known for portraying "Miracle on Ice" goalie Jim Craig in the movie Miracle, and for playing the roles of Tag Jones in Friends and Detective Don Flack in CSI: NY. His most recent main role was as District Attorney Conner Wallace in Conviction.

Eddie Cahill
Cahill in 2014
Born	Edmund Patrick Cahill (1978-01-15) January 15, 1978 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Nikki Uberti ( m. 2009)
Children	1

Early life

Cahill was born in New York City, New York. He is the middle of three children with an older and a younger sister. He is of Irish descent from his father, a stockbroker, and of Italian descent from his mother, an elementary school teacher.[2][3]

Cahill graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York in 1996.[4] He attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York[5] and the Atlantic Theater Acting School,[6] part of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[7]

Career

In 2000 Cahill performed in Nicky Silver's Off-Broadway production of The Altruists.[8] He was noticed by Sarah Jessica Parker[9] and shortly after he 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 NBC sitcom Friends as Rachel's young assistant and boyfriend, Tag Jones. In 2002, he starred in a short-lived WB drama, Glory Days.[10]

In the 2004 hockey movie Miracle, Cahill had the chance to play his boyhood hero, goalie Jim Craig.[11] He had never played the goaltender position prior to the movie,[12] 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.[13]

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.[14][15] The show ran for nine seasons and he was in all 197 episodes.

Cahill went back to the Atlantic Theater Company in June 2011 and performed at the conclusion of their 25th Anniversary season.[16] 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."[17]

In the summer of 2012 Cahill performed in David Adjmi's play, 3C, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City.[18] He played "annoying neighbor Terry, a swinging bachelor true to the era, who unlike everyone else in this play, has no deep feelings at all."[19]

In 2014 Cahill was cast as a main character starting in the second season of the CBS summer drama Under the Dome. He played Sam Verdreaux, a former EMT and reclusive brother-in-law to "Big Jim" Rennie.[20] The series was canceled after three seasons.[21]

Cahill was cast as the male lead in the 2016 ABC legal drama Conviction. He played New York County District Attorney Conner Wallace, who creates the Conviction Integrity Unit, which is set up to re-examine cases where there is a credible suspicion of wrongful conviction.[22] The series was canceled after one season.[23]

In 2019 Cahill played a charismatic criminal in a three-part story arc in CBS's NCIS: New Orleans. Among other crimes he was involved in the death of NCIS Special Agent Christopher LaSalle.[24] In this series, he reunited with his former CSI: NY co-star, Vanessa Ferlito.

Personal life

Cahill married his longtime girlfriend Nikki Uberti in Los Angeles on July 12, 2009.[25] Uberti is a makeup artist,[26] former model,[27] and ex-wife of photographer Terry Richardson.[28] The couple has a son born in 2009.[29]

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.[30]

Cahill is an avid New York Rangers hockey fan and wrote an NHL Celeb Blog for three seasons.[31][32]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
Stage
1999	Gramercy Park is Closed to the Public	Dex	Powerhouse Theater[33][34]
2000	The Altruists	Lance	Vineyard Theatre[35][36]
2011	I Need a Quote	Salesman	Atlantic Theater Company[37]
2012	3C	Terry	Rattlestick Playwrights Theater[38][39]
2019	Nassim	n/a	New York City Center[40][41]
2019	The Hard Problem	Jerry Krohl	James Bridges Theater[42][43]
Television
2000	Sex and the City	Sean	Episode 3.04 "Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl..."
2000–2001	Friends	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" 8.02 "The One with the Red Sweater"
2000	Charmed	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" 3.11 "And to All a Good Night"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Tommy Dowd	Episode 2.17 "Folly"
2002	Glory Days	Mike Dolan	All 9 episodes
2002	Haunted	Nicholas Trenton	Episodes 1.07 "A Three-Hour Tour" 1.09 "Simon Redux"
2002	Dawson's Creek	Max Winter	Episode 6.09 "Everything Put Together Falls Apart"
2004–2013	CSI: NY	Don Flack	All 197 episodes
2014–2015	Under the Dome	Sam Verdreaux	26 episodes (2.01–3.13)
2016–2017	Conviction	Conner Wallace	All 13 episodes
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Carson Rodes	Episode 9.06 "Aia i Hi'ikua; i Hi'ialo" ("Is Borne on the Back; Is Borne in the Arms")
2019	L.A.'s Finest	Michael Alber	Episodes 1.12 "Armageddon" 1.13 "Bad Girls"
2019	NCIS: New Orleans	Eddie Barrett	Episodes 6.06 "Matthew 5:9" 6.09 "Convicted" 6.10 "Requital"
Film
2004	Miracle	Jim Craig	Bill Ranford doubled for most of the on-ice action.[13]
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Larry Gordon
2008	This Is Not a Test	Robert Forte	Cahill worked with CSI: NY castmates Hill Harper and Carmine Giovinazzo.
2008	The Narrows	Nicky Shades	Cahill was burned when a special effect went wrong.[44]
2019	Sextpert Advice	Sydney	Short film[45][46]
Other
2004	The Making of "Miracle"	Himself	Video short documentary[47][48]
2004	From Hockey to Hollywood: Actors' Journeys	Himself	Video short documentary[49][50]
2008	CSI: NY – The Game	Don Flack	Video game (voice only)[51]

References

1. Trongo, Rachel (January 15, 2013). "Happy Birthday, Eddie Cahill!". CSI Files. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
2. Quinn, Tony (Winter 2001). "Nice Guy Eddie". Irish Connections. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
3. Staff (January 15, 2002). "Eddie Cahill's Glory Days". TeenTelevision. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
4. Leeds, Sarene (April 2002). "I went to high school with a celeb!". Twist. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
5. Skidmore College Theater actors. Skidmore College. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
6. "Atlantic Acting School alumni". Atlantic Theater Company. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
7. "Atlantic Theater Company Acting School". New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
8. Brantley, Ben (March 7, 2000). "But Enough About You: Let's Talk About Me". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
9. Bates, Andy; Cahill, Eddie (May 5, 2017). "Ep 02 Eddie Cahill" (Podcast). The Optimal U. Event occurs at 19:30. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
10. Barker, Lynn (January 30, 2002). "Eddie Cahill's Glory Days". TeenTelevision. Archived from the original on October 16, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
11. Murray, Rebecca (January 26, 2004). "Interview with Eddie Cahill and Jim Craig". About.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
12. Staff (January 30, 2004). "Miracle (2004) – About the Production". HollywoodJesus.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
13. Merron, Jeff (February 12, 2004). "Reel Life: Miracle rings true...". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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17. Sholiton, Robert (June 22, 2011). "10X25 – Series C". Bob's Theater Blog. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
18. Gordon, David (May 8, 2012). "Photo Flash: Eddie Cahill, Anna Chlumsky, Jake Silbermann and Cast of 3C Meet the Press". TheaterMania. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
19. Farrar, Jennifer (June 21, 2012). "3C Review: If Chekhov Had Imagined Three's Company". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
20. Goldberg, Lesley (February 4, 2014). "Under the Dome Adds CSI: NY Star, Newcomer as Regulars for Season Two". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
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29. thenikkicahill (November 24, 2014). "Five years ago today, this guy came into my life". Instagram. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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31. Cahill, Eddie (April 15, 2009). "Rangers look to Capitalize". NHL Celeb Blogs. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
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34. "Toni Ann Johnson Bio". ToniAnnJohnson.com. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
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38. Staff (January 3, 2012). "3C – Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Auditions". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
39. Bittencourt, Ela (June 23, 2012). "Dystopian Days of Disco: David Adjmi's 3C". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
40. Clement, Olivia (March 21, 2019). "Carrie Coon, Guillermo Diaz, Marin Ireland, More Join the Lineup for Off-Broadway's Nassim". Playbill. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
41. Gardner, Lyn (August 9, 2017). "Nassim review – language and life lessons from a vivid Iranian voice". The Guardian. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
42. BWW News Desk (November 4, 2019). "L.A. Theatre Works Records The Hard Problem By Tom Stoppard At UCLA". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
43. Cahill, Eddie (November 11, 2019). "The Hard Problem by Tom Stoppard". Twitter. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
44. Velle, François (Director); Blackington, Tatiana (Screenwriter) (2009). "Audio commentary of The Narrows" (DVD). Image Entertainment. Event occurs at 1:10:15.
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46. Raphael, Tobit (2019). "Sextpert Advice Trailer". Vimeo. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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External links

• Eddie Cahill on Internet Movie Database
• Eddie Cahill on Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Eddie Cahill on Instagram
• Eddie Cahill on Twitter