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(born
12 February 1979)
Australian actor.
Early life and education
Jesse Spencer was born in
Melbourne, Australia. He has two brothers, Tarney (an oculo-plastic surgeon) and Luke (an orthopaedic surgeon), and a sister, Polly (currently an intern in medicine).
Spencer attended
Canterbury Primary School,
Malvern Central School and
Scotch College. Whilst at Scotch he auditioned for the long-running
soap opera,
Neighbours. He continued to work toward his
VCE qualification whilst working on the show and graduated in 1997.
Career
Spencer is well known in Australia and the UK as
Billy Kennedy in the Australian soap opera
Neighbours, a role he played for six years from 1994 to 2000. He has since appeared in the drama
Death in Holy Orders, as well as the films,
Uptown Girls and
Swimming Upstream.
He is now based in the
United States playing the role of
Dr. Robert Chase in
House, alongside
Hugh Laurie in the title role. He also co-starred with then-fiancée
Jennifer Morrison in the film
Flourish.
As of 2008, he plays violin in
Band From TV, a music group who were formed by
Greg Grunberg. They play various events, putting the proceeds into the different charities that each member supports.
Personal life
Spencer became engaged to
House co-star
Jennifer Morrison on
23 December 2006, after proposing in
Paris. According to an interview with Spencer and Morrison in
InStyle Weddings, the couple met in March 2004 at
Vancouver International Airport where they were on their way to film the first episode of
House before they began dating in July 2004. Morrison and Spencer also revealed that they were to marry on a private estate in
Los Angeles later in 2007. However, in August 2007, the couple announced that they had called off their engagement
[1].
Spencer has played the
violin since the age of ten and also plays the
guitar and
piano
Awards
Spencer received a "Golden Boomerang" Award by
Australians in Film at the 2nd Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards on
11 May 2006, for his work on
House, alongside
Jacinda Barrett,
James Wan and
Leigh Whannell [2]. In 2007, he was included in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue.
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes2000Lorna DooneMarwood De Whichehalse2001
Winning LondonLord James Browning2001Curse of the TalismanJeremy Campbellmade-for-TV movie2002StrandedFritz Robinsonmade-for-TV movie2003
Swimming UpstreamTony Fingletonbased on an autobiography2003
Uptown GirlsNeal Fox2003
Death in Holy OrdersRaphael Arbuthnotmade-for-TV movie, based on a novel2005Fear ItselfPilot2006FlourishEddie Gator
Television
YearTitleRolenotes1994
Time TraxYoung Bill1994-2000
NeighboursBilly Kennedy1998
Hercules: The Animated SeriesTriten Jr.voice2002
Always GreenerKyle2005
Blue HeelersLee Cruickshank2007
The Morning Show With Mike and Julietself2004-present
House M.D.Dr. Robert Chase
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