FILMOGRAPHY

2004-] "House, M.D."
2006] Flourish
2003] Death In Holy Orders (TV)
2003] Uptown Girls
2003] Swimming Upstream
2002] Stranded (TV)
2001] Winning London (V)
2001] Curse of the Talisman (TV)
2000] Lorna Doone (TV)
1994-2000] "Neighbours"

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Born 12 February 1979 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

He has one younger sister, Polly & two older brothers, Tarney & Luke.

Was a member of the Australian Boy's Choir. He auditioned, during year 10, for the role of Billy Kennedy in "Neighbours".

Jesse on how he got into acting:
"When I was a kid, my parents liked to encourage us to get into musical instruments, and I chose violin for some reason. So I started playing that, and then Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy. I just didn't like it, but from that one of the choirmasters asked me to audition for musical theater. I went for it and got it my first audition. I did the show, and it was brilliant, really enjoyed it, so it just carried on from there. And from there I got into TV and left music behind."

Hugh Laurie on Jesse:
"I predict in 18 months, the show (House) will be called Chase. I think Jesse Spencer is the future and I'm just the dying embers of a previous generation."

Jesse on House:
"It's a really good show. It has fantastic scripts and writing and I'm genuinely happy to be part of such a classy production. The pilot was great and Bryan Singer was going to make sure it was good from the start," Spencer says. "There was a slight hesitation (in signing a five-year contract after such a long stint on Neighbours) but if it does go for five years, then it's going to be a hit. I can't see it going down the tube."

Jesse on acting:
"I wasn't really sure at the time I was doing Neighbours whether I wanted to continue on that path. It was a fantastic experience, but I didn't know if it was going to be a career - so many people can burn out. A lot of kids give up school to go and do television. I was lucky. I was forced to finish school. The condition under which my folks allowed me to do Neighbours was that I studied and got into university. By the end of Neighbours I had decided I wanted to persue acting. I love film. I love watching actors. I love stories and I love performing. It is so different coming from such an intellectual family. It's very freeing to have the opportunity to work in a creative field."

Jesse on young Australian actors moving to America:
"It's like "Okay, now I'm gonna go to America!" No, there are a lot of people that stay. I've been in England the last four years, so this isn't my first journey out of Australia. I guess a lot of Australians come to L.A., but I went to London. I think a lot of it is, to be completely honest, has to do with the amount of work. Australia doesn't have a huge industry, and there's a lot of work over here. In the end, actors want to work."