iPedia Free Information Center

Information about Jesse Spencer

Jesse Spencer

Birth nameJesse Gordon Spencer
Born12 January 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
Jesse Gordon Spencer (born 12 February 1979) is an Australian actor known most recently for his role as Dr. Robert Chase in the medical drama House.

Biography

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). His father is a general practitioner.

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. He has also revealed in a magazine interview that he was once roommates with James McAvoy when he was living in London in his early twenties.

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 Order, 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. Jesse also co-starred with former fiancée Jennifer Morrison in the film Flourish.

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. He is also a fan of Battlestar Galactica, according to a magazine interview.

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.

Filmography

  • Neighbours (1994–2000), Billy Kennedy
  • Lorna Doone (2000), Marwood de Whichehalse
  • Curse of the Talisman (2001), Jeremy Campbell
  • Winning London (2001), James Browning
  • Stranded (2002), Fritz Robinson
  • Fear Itself (2002), Pilot
  • Swimming Upstream (2003), Tony Fingleton
  • Uptown Girls (2003), Neal Fox
  • Death in Holy Orders (2003), Raphael Arbuthnot
  • House (2004–present), Dr. Robert Chase
  • Flourish (2006), Eddie Gator

References

1. ^ Jordan, Julie. "House Costars Call Off Engagement", 2007-08-15. 
2. ^ [1] Australians in Film

External links

 •  • [ e]
House
Episodes Awards Soundtrack
Characters:Gregory House Lisa Cuddy Eric Foreman James Wilson Allison Cameron Robert Chase
Cast and crew:David Shore Hugh Laurie Lisa Edelstein Omar Epps Robert Sean Leonard Jennifer Morrison Jesse Spencer
January 12 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events


..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982

Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins.

..... Click the link for more information.
Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
..... Click the link for more information.
Victoria

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: "Garden State", "The Place to Be"
Motto(s): "Peace and Prosperity"

Other Australian states and territories
Capital Melbourne
Government Constitutional monarchy
Governor David de Kretser
..... Click the link for more information.
Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
..... Click the link for more information.
February 12 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events


..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982

Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins.

..... Click the link for more information.
Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
..... Click the link for more information.
House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer.
..... Click the link for more information.
Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
..... Click the link for more information.
Canterbury
Melbourne, Victoria

Victoria Avenue, Canterbury.

Population: 7,660 (2006)[1]

Postcode: 3126

Area: 3 km

Property Value:
..... Click the link for more information.
Malvern
Melbourne, Victoria

Stonnington City Centre

Population: 9422 (2006)[1]

Established: 1835

Postcode: 3144

Area: 2.
..... Click the link for more information.
Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.
If you are prevented from editing this page, and you wish to make a change, please discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or .
..... Click the link for more information.
soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap.
..... Click the link for more information.
Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began its run in March 1985. Created by Reg Watson, it has a G classification, signifying that its content is suitable for viewers of any age.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is the credential given to students who have completed Year 11 and Year 12 of their secondary schooling, in the state of Victoria, Australia.
..... Click the link for more information.
James McAvoy

Birth name James Andrew McAvoy
Born March 21 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Glasgow, Scotland

Occupation Actor

Spouse(s)
..... Click the link for more information.
London
Canary Wharf is the centre of London's modern office towers
London shown within England
Coordinates:
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
..... Click the link for more information.
William Norton Kennedy, usually known as Billy or, from his 18th birthday onwards, Bill, was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jesse Spencer. He first appeared in 1994 until 2000.
..... Click the link for more information.
IMDb profile

Uptown Girls is a 2003 comedy/drama directed by Boaz Yakin and adapted from the story by Allison Jacobs into screenplay by Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik and Lisa Davidowitz.
..... Click the link for more information.
Swimming Upstream is the 2003 Australian film directed by Russell Mulcahy. It is based on the autobiography by Anthony Fingleton.

External links

  • Swimming Upstream at the National Film and Sound Archive

..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
..... Click the link for more information.
Hugh Laurie OBE

Hugh Laurie
Birth name James Hugh Calum Laurie
Born May 11 1959 (1959--) (age 48)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Occupation
..... Click the link for more information.
Jennifer Morrison

Birth name Jennifer Marie Morrison
Born March 12 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Chicago, Illinois
Died

Other name(s)
..... Click the link for more information.
IMDb profile
Flourish (2006) is a comedic thriller written, produced and directed by Kevin Palys and starring Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer and Leighton Meester.
..... Click the link for more information.
House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer.
..... Click the link for more information.
Jennifer Morrison

Birth name Jennifer Marie Morrison
Born March 12 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
Chicago, Illinois
Died

Other name(s)
..... Click the link for more information.
    A Festivus for the Rest of Us

External links

  • BBC: On This Day
  • The New York Times: On This Day
  • On This Day in Canada

Months and days of the year
January 0
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2003 2004 2005 - 2006 - 2007 2008 2009

2006 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
Ville de Paris

City flag City coat of arms

Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur
(Latin: "Tossed by the waves, she does not sink")

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro.
..... Click the link for more information.


This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus


page counter