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.