Jesse Lee Soffer Joins NBC’s "Chicago PD" as Regular, Gets Arc on "Chicago Fire"
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
Thursday June 20, 2013


Jesse Lee Soffer has closed a deal as a new series regular on NBC‘s midseason drama series "Chicago PD". On the "Chicago Fire" spinoff, Soffer will play a young police detective who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.

I’ve learned that Soffer’s character will be introduced this fall on the mothership series "Chicago Fire" in a couple of episodes before segueing to "Chicago PD".



NBC employed a similar strategy with the other characters from the spinoff who made their debut on "Chicago Fire".

Soffer will be able to do both shows as "Chicago Fire" is a midseason series and goes into production later than "Chicago Fire". I hear Soffer got the attention of NBC executives with his starring role in the network’s drama pilot "Hatfield’s & McCoys" this past season.

Earlier in the season, he was was a regular on Fox’s "The Mob Doctor".

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