Jesse Lee Soffer's role as Detective Jay Halstead in Chicago P.D. was a significant presence for nearly 10 seasons on the NBC drama. His character's toughness, his intimate relationships with Erin Lindsay and Hailey Upton, and his quick thinking when going after criminals and murderers, lent themselves well to the show's storytelling potential. Halstead also had a tense and meaningful repertoire with his leader, Sergeant Hank Voight. Whenever Voight would go above the law in certain cases to protect the team, Jay had a problem with him because he was used to working strictly by the book.

After Soffer's stunning exit from the show (where Halstead left Hailey alone and was a major void in the Intelligence unit), the Chicago P.D. veteran went on to star in FBI: International, another drama by producer Dick Wolf. On the fourth season of the CBS show, Soffer portrays FBI agent Wesley "Wes" Mitchell,...