Acting
Jesse Lee Soffer
Biography
Jesse Lee Soffer is an American actor and television director. He starred as Detective Jay Halstead on Dick Wolf's hit TV series "Chicago P.D." from 2014-2022, and portrayed the same character on several crossover episodes of "Chicago Fire", "Chicago Med", and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". After filming his last appearance as Jay Halstead, Soffer stepped behind the camera to direct multiple "Chicago P.D." episodes. He then portrayed Supervisory Special Agent Wesley Mitchell on "FBI: International", another series from prolific TV producer Dick Wolf.
Also known as
Jesse Lee · Jesse Soffer · جسی لی سافر
Photos
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
22
Acting credits
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Directing
0
Writing
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Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.4Chicago P.D.
2014 · tv · as Jay Halstead
- 2
★ 8.4Chicago Fire
2012 · tv · as Jay Halstead
- 3
★ 8.4The Mentalist
2008 · tv · as Alan Dinkler
- 4
★ 8.3Chicago Med
2015 · tv · as Jay Halstead
- 5
★ 8.0Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · tv · as Jay Halstead
- 6
★ 7.9Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · tv · as Jacob Wilson
- 7
★ 7.7CSI: Miami
2002 · tv · as Shane Huntington
- 8
★ 7.6FBI: International
2021 · tv · as Wesley Mitchell
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
