Jesse Lee Soffer

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 can now be seen portraying Supervisory Special Agent Wesley Mitchell on "FBI: International", another series from prolific TV producer Dick Wolf.