---
name: "Rasheed Newson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rasheed-newson"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:49:50.589646+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."
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# Rasheed Newson

Writer. Born 27 May 1979 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 May 1979, Indianapolis, Indiana
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasheed_Newson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123413914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2024486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1519509

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Narcos*](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) (76)

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## Biography

Rasheed Newson is an American television writer, producer and novelist. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from Georgetown University. He began his screenwriting career after moving to Los Angeles in 2002, working in various assistant roles before partnering with T.J. Brady. The pair were hired as staff writers on the Fox series *Lie to Me* in 2008.

As a writing team, Newson and Brady have contributed to series including *Narcos* (2015–2016), *The 100* (2014), *Shooter* (2016–2018), *The Chi* (2020) and *Animal Kingdom* (2017). Newson co-developed the Peacock series *Bel-Air* (2022–), serving as executive producer and showrunner. He is also the author of the novels *My Government Means to Kill Me* (2022) and *There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood* (2026).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *One Mile: Chapter Two* (2026), Screenplay
- *One Mile: Chapter One* (2026), Screenplay
- *Bel-Air* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Narcos* (2015), series, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *The 100* (2014), series, Writer, Producer
- *Switched at Birth* (2011), series, Writer
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, Writer, Staff Writer

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