---
name: "Jason Cahill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jason-cahill"
fi1m_id: "jason-cahill"
imdb_id: "nm0128663"
tmdb_id: 1223734
wikidata_id: "Q6162159"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T22:22:05.343055+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."
---

# Jason Cahill

## Identity

Jason Cahill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jason-cahill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jason-cahill
- **IMDb ID:** nm0128663
- **TMDB ID:** 1223734
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6162159
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Cahill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6162159, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223734

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Wolk](https://film.one/person/andy-wolk.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Charles Haid](https://film.one/person/charles-haid.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [David Mills](https://film.one/person/david-mills.md), [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (3), 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Cahill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6162159, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223734

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88), [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)
- **AMC+:** [*Halt and Catch Fire*](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Jason Cahill is an American television writer and producer. He began his writing career on the series *Two* in 1996, then contributed scripts to *ER* and *Profiler*, where he also worked as executive story editor. He has written episodes for *NYPD Blue* and *Surface*.

Cahill served as executive story editor on five episodes of the first season of *The Sopranos* and wrote three episodes of the series: "Meadowlands" (season 1), "Boca" (season 1, co-written) and "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office..." (season 2). He received a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama for "Meadowlands". He has also written for *Fringe* and *Halt and Catch Fire*, and worked as writer and executive producer on *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Executive Story Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Story, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), series, Consulting Producer
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Surface* (2005), series, Writer
- *How I Killed a Saint* (2004), as Nikola
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Two* (1996), series, Writer
- *ER* (1994), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

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