Jesse Lee Soffer Bio, Wiki
Jesse Lee Soffer is an American Television Director and Actor best known for his appearance on the NBC drama Chicago P.D as Jay Halstead. He has also guest starred in its crossover episodes with Chicago Fire and Chicago Med.
Jesse Lee Soffer Age
Soffer was born in Ossining, New York, United States on 23rd April 1984. He celebrates his birthday on April 23rd every year.
Jesse Lee Soffer Height/Measurements
Soffer stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 10 inches.
Jesse Lee Soffer Education
Soffer attended The Gunnery where he graduated in 2003. While at the institution, he played soccer and was named to the all-star team when he was in senior year. Soffer also took classes at New York University.
Jesse Lee Soffer Career
Soffer started his acting career when he was six years old when he got a Kix cereal commercial. In 1993 at age 8, he made his first appearance in film with Cathy Moriarty and John Goodman in the comedy Matinee. He co-starred in the drama Safe Passage in the role of Percival in 1994. Soffer also co-starred in the comedy The Brady Bunch Movie as Bobby Brady in 1995, and then reprised his role a year later in A Very Brady Sequel. Soffer starred as Jamie Kincaid, a runaway-turned-sleuth in the television movie From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler carrying on the pattern of working with A-list talent and Oscar-calibre.
Soffer worked with director Richard Shepard in the AMV television movie The Royale. He was cast as Taylor Donovan on the ABC sitcom Two of a Kind, alongside Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. In 1999, he originated the character Max Nickerson on the soap opera on CBS named Guiding Light. He left the show four months later to concentrate on his studies. After his high school graduation, he went back to his television career. He was given the role of Will Munson, a troubled youth on another CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which he played until 4th April 2008.
Soffer was nominated thrice in 2008, for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series due to his work on ATWT. He was also nominated in 2005 for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actor. He returned to his career in film and co-starred alongside Carly Schroeder in Gracie, a Davis Guggenheim’s sports drama which is based on a true story. Soffer reprised his role on As the World Turns in the role of Will Munson. Additionally, he co-starred in the science fiction action thriller named In Time which aired in 2011 and from there, he has guest-starred on several television series like The Mentalist, CSI: Miami, and Rizzoli & Isles.
Soffer co-starred alongside Jordana Spiro in the medical drama The Mob Doctor in 2012 playing the role Nate Devlin. In the same year, he co-starred in the movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret as Travis Alexander. It was reported in June 2013, that he had joined the cast of the police procedural drama Chicago P.D. as Detective Jay Halsted. The character was introduced in season two premiere of Chicago Fire. On 8th January 2014, Chicago P.D. premiered and on 19th March 2014, season two was renewed.
Soffer appeared in season two premiere of the web series Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey on 24th September 2014. He joined Doug Smith and Will Lowery on the podcast Beyond the Fairway on 16th November 2021 to discuss the similarities between golf and acting, how he got into the game and much more. It was announced on 30th August 2022 that the tenth season of Chicago PD would be the last season for him. Soffer made his last appearance on 5th October 2022, on the third episode. Variety announced on 20th October that he will be back to Chicago P.D. to work as a director. He directed the 16th episode called Deadlocked which aired on 22nd March 2023. This marked his debut as a director.
Jesse Lee Soffer Net Worth
Throughout his career as an actor and television director, Soffer has been able to accumulate an estimated net worth of around $5 Million.
Jesse Lee Soffer Parents and Siblings
Soffer was born in Ossining, New York and brought up in Newtown, Connecticut, by his parents, Jill Hindes and Stan Soffer. Unfortunately, his father Stan passed away when Soffer was 9 years old in 1993. He has 2 younger half sisters; Jenna and Shayne Hindes from his mother’s second marriage. In addition to that, he has 2 older half siblings named Melissa and Craig Soffer from his father’s first marriage
Jesse Lee Soffer Wife
Soffer started dating Sophia Bush, a co-star in Chicago P.D. in May 2014, then the relationship ended in November 2016. After an year of dating, he officially confirmed that he was dating Torrey DeVitto, a star in Chicago Med in August 2018. They announced their separation in May 2019.
Jesse Lee Soffer Chicago P.D.
Soffer appeared in the television series Chicago P.D. which aired in 2014 as Jason “Jay” Halstead. Jay is a former partner of Detective Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) and also a former member of the CPD Intelligence Unit. He is Dr. Will Halstead’s older brother. Their mum died due to cancer and neither him nor his brother had a good relationship with their dad Pat because he did not support their choices in career. Jay said that Pat did not even come to his graduation and the two have not spoken for almost two years but Jay still loved him.
Jesse Lee Soffer The Brady Bunch
Soffer co-starred in the comedy, The Brady Bunch as Bobby Brady in 1997. Bobby is the youngest child of Brady and has a close relationship with her sister Cindy. Initially, he was stubborn towards his sisters, but warmed up to them though sometimes they would fight.
Jesse Lee Soffer Heart Surgery
Soffer’s fans were worried because he suddenly left Chicago P.D. and some thought he was undergoing surgery. However, Soffer did not undergo any surgery and he is perfectly fine and very healthy.
Jesse Lee Soffer and Tracy Spiridakos
Soffer has reportedly been in a relationship with Tracy Spiridakos, his fellow co-star in Chicago P.D. for some time time now. In 2021, they secretly got married in season nine of the NBC police procedural. Apparently, the couple has been together for some years.
Jesse Lee Soffer Films and TV Shows
- The Silent Alarm
- A Very Brady Sequel
- Gracie
- In Time
- Wings
- Two of a Kind
- As the World Turns
- CSI: Miami
- The Philanthropist
- The Whole Truth
- Rizzoli & Isles
- Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago P.D.
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jesse Lee Soffer Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
He is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts frequently. On his Twitter account, he has about 251.8K followers, around 578.4K followers on his Facebook page, and about 1.3M followers on his Instagram account.