JESSE LEE SOFFER

ACTING

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.