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.

Jesse Lee Soffer

Acting Born April 23, 1984 Ossining, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Jay Halstead

The Mentalist

Alan Dinkler

Chicago Fire

Jay Halstead

CSI: Miami

Shane Huntington

Chicago P.D.

Jay Halstead

Chicago Med

Jay Halstead

Rizzoli & Isles

Jacob Wilson

Wings

Bobby Brady

FBI: International

Wesley Mitchell

Steve Harvey

Self

In Time

Webb

Two of a Kind

Taylor Donovan