Jesse Lee Soffer is an American actor and television director. He played Detective Jay Halstead in the popular Dick Wolf television series Chicago P.D. from 2014 to 2022 and portrayed the same character in several crossover episodes of Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

After filming his final appearance as Jay Halstead, Soffer stepped behind the camera to direct several episodes of Chicago P.D. He then played Special Agent in Charge Wesley Mitchell in the series FBI: International, another project from prolific television producer Dick Wolf.