Name	Jesse Spencer
Height	5' 10½"
Naionality	Australian
Date of Birth	12 February 1979
Place of Birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Son of a doctor, Jesse Spencer found a knack on acting after joining the Australian Boys Choir. The Melbourne native performed in local theater, but did not nab his first professional gig until he landed the role of Christopher Robin in a musical production of “ Winnie the Pooh,” and then in 1994 Spencer made his television acting debut on an episode of the short-lived syndicated science fiction series “Time Trax,” as young Bill.

Spencer's big breakthrough arrived shortly thereafter when he won the regular role of William “Billy” Kennedy on the well-liked Aussie soap opera “Neighbors,” a show best known for launching the career of Kylie Minogue. He played the role for six years from 1994 to 2000 and received two consecutive Logie nominations for Most Popular Actor in 1998 and 1999.

After leaving the show, Spencer headed to the United Kingdom to further pursue his career, and in 2000 appeared in his first British TV film called Lorna Doone, a based-on-the novel drama/romance directed by Mike Barker. There he offered a key supporting role as Marwood de Whichehalse. He next starred as Jeremy Campbell in the horror made-for-TV film Curse of the Talisman (2001), supported Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for the twins' direct-to-video Winning London (2001) and teamed up with Liam Cunningham and Brana Bajic in director Charles Beeson's Johann David Wyss adaptation Stranded (2002, TV).

In 2003, Spencer returned to Australia to star along side Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis as a real-life Australian swimmer, Anthony Fingleton, who suffered a harassed upbringing to become a champion in the film Swimming Upstream. Directed by Russell Mulcahy, the picture was a small-scale hit and received good reviews. He followed it up with a supporting turn as star Brittany Murphy’s love interest in the American comedy Uptown Girls (2003) for director Boaz Yakin. Not only acting, the capable musician also performed two songs for the movie soundtrack, including “Molly Smiles.” Spencer recalled, “I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music. I haven' t played much the last 4 years because I've been traveling around, so when I got his role, I had to start playing the guitar again.”

Still in 2003, Spencer also found himself starring as Raphael Arbuthnot on the BBC telefilm Death in Holy Orders.

2004 proved to be a banner year for the Australian import because he landed one of his biggest achievements, a regular role as Dr. Robert Chase on the Fox medical drama “House M.D,”opposite Hugh Laurie in the title role. Premiered on November 16, 2004, the show soon became a hit and maintains good ratings till the present day. In 2005, Spencer was nominated for a Teen Choice TV Breakout Performance – Male for his performance in the series.

Despite his hectic TV schedule, Spencer managed to star in an independent film, Flourish (2006). He shared the top bill with current fiancee and “House” co-star Jennifer Morrsion.