---
name: "Chris Marcil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-marcil"
fi1m_id: "chris-marcil"
imdb_id: "nm0545713"
tmdb_id: 1222191
wikidata_id: "Q27824077"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T10:57:22.523244+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Marcil

## Identity

Chris Marcil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-marcil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-marcil
- **IMDb ID:** nm0545713
- **TMDB ID:** 1222191
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27824077
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27824077, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222191

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Sam Johnson](https://film.one/person/sam-johnson.md), [Pamela Fryman](https://film.one/person/pamela-fryman.md), [Rob Greenberg](https://film.one/person/rob-greenberg.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 1, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27824077, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222191

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Paramount+:** [*Daria*](https://film.one/tv/daria.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*How I Met Your Mother*](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris Marcil is an American television writer and producer. He has frequently collaborated with writing partner Sam Johnson.

Marcil wrote for *Frasier* (1993), contributing stories and teleplays, and served as co-executive producer and executive producer on the series from 1999 to 2004. His other writing credits include *NewsRadio* (1995), *Beavis and Butt-Head* (1993), *Daria* (1997), *How I Met Your Mother* (2005) and *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019). He has also worked as a producer on several of these shows.

Marcil has received three Primetime Emmy nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Daria* (1997), Fi1m 81, Writer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/daria.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head* (2022), series, Writer
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, Writer
- *Crowded* (2016), series, Writer
- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Troop* (2009), series, Writer
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Stacked* (2005), series, Writer
- *Sammy* (2000), series, Writer
- *Daria in 'Sealed With a Kick'* (1997), Writer
- *Daria* (1997), series, Writer, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/daria.md)
- *NewsRadio* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993), series, Writer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Steve Glazer · Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Beavis and Butt-Head* (1993), series, as Police Officer (voice) · Writer

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