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BLP sources|date=March 2011Infobox person|image = Jesse Spencer cropped.jpg| name = Jesse Spencer| birth_name = Jesse Gordon Spencer| birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|12| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia| occupation = Actor, musician| yearsactive = 1991–present Jesse Gordon Spencer (born 12 February 1979) is an Australian actor and musician. He is best known for his current portrayal of Dr. Robert Chase on the medical drama House (TV series)|House and for portraying Billy Kennedy (Neighbours)|Billy Kennedy in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours . Like Spencer, House character Robert Chase is Australian.
Biography
Early life and education
Spencer was born in Melbourne , Australia . His parents Robyn and Rodney Spencer are the founders of the Australians Against Further Immigration political party and have run several times as candidates in federal and state elections for that party and for One Nation (Australia)|One Nation .Cite web|url= http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804144821/bio |title=Jesse Spencer Biography – Yahoo& #33; Movies |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=3 April 2011 He is one of four children with two older brothers, Tarney, who is an oculo-plastic surgeon, Luke, who is an orthopaedic registrar, and a younger sister, Polly, who is an anaesthetic registrar.
Spencer attended Canterbury, Victoria|Canterbury Primary School, Malvern, Victoria|Malvern Central School and the private Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College . Whilst at Scotch he auditioned for the long-running soap opera, Neighbours . He continued to work toward his Victorian Certificate of Education|VCE qualification while working on the show and graduated in 1997. Citation needed|date=May 2010
Career
Acting
As an actor, Spencer is well known in Australia and the UK as Billy Kennedy (Neighbours)|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 Winning London opposite Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen , Uptown Girls opposite Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning , and Swimming Upstream opposite Harry McKeon, Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis .
Since 2004, he has been based in the United States playing the role of intensivist Dr. Robert Chase in House (TV Series)|House , opposite Hugh Laurie in Gregory House|the title role . He also co-starred with his ex-fiancée Jennifer Morrison in House and in the film Flourish (film)|Flourish .
Music
As of 2008, he plays violin in Band From TV , a music group which was formed by Greg Grunberg , and includes his House co-star Hugh Laurie . They play various events, putting the proceeds into the different charities that each member supports. The band also played on American Idol Gives Back alongside Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher .
Spencer has played the violin since the age of 10 and also plays the guitar and piano.
Awards
He was nominated for Logie Awards in 1998 and 1999 for "Most Popular Actor" for Neighbours . In 2005, he was nominated for "Choice TV Breakout Performance – Male" for House (TV series)|House M.D. at Teen Choice Awards and nominated in 2009 at Screen Actors Guild Awards for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series".
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 . http://www.prleap.com/pr/73425/ Australians in Film In 2007, he was included in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People issue.
Persondata|NAME = Spencer, Jesse Gordon |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian actor |DATE OF BIRTH = 12 February 1979 |PLACE OF BIRTH = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, Jesse Category:1979 births Category:Actors from Melbourne Category:Australian child actors Category:Australian expatriate actors in the United States Category:Australian film actors Category:Australian television actors Category:Living people Category:People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
