Jesse Spencer

Jesse Gordon Spencer was born in Melbourne on 12 February 1979, the son of Robyn and radiologist Rodney Spencer. His parents were the founders of the Australians Against Further Immigration party^[2] and later contested the 1998 Australian federal election for the Pauline Hanson's One Nation party.^[3]

Spencer attended Canterbury Primary School, Malvern Central School and Scotch College. While there, he auditioned for the long-running soap opera Neighbours. He completed his VCE and gained a place at Monash University but deferred to pursue acting.^[4]

Spencer began dating American actress Jennifer Morrison, who played his character's love interest in House, in July 2004; he proposed to her at the Eiffel Tower during Christmas 2006,^[13] but they called off their engagement in August 2007. He also dated Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira from 2010 to 2013.^[14]

He began dating neuroscientist Dr. Kali Woodruff Carr in 2014, and they were engaged in 2019. They were married on 27 June 2020.^[15] In April 2022, the couple welcomed their first child, a boy.^[16][17][18]

Spencer became an American citizen in November 2021.^[1]

For Neighbours, Spencer was nominated for "Most Popular Actor" at the 1998 and 1999 Logie Awards. For House, he was nominated for "Choice TV Breakout Performance – Male" at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards and "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards; he received a "Golden Boomerang" at the 2006 Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards for his work.^[19] In 2007, he was included in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue. For Chicago Fire, he was again nominated at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards for "Choice TV Actor – Action".