#director soffer

[5021george-jayhalstead]

It's Director Soffer time again, don't miss it ❤️

[karihighman]

Jesse Lee Soffer in his directing era ft. Tracy Spiridakos’ note left on the script 🥹❤️🎬📝

[xofeno]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSE LEE SOFFER! April 23, 1984 💖🎂🎈⛳🥳

[imjustwritingg]

MAYBE I SCREAMED

📸: spiridakos

[torreshalstead]

But Director Jesse is such a look 😍

The excitement for tomorrows episode is increasing hour by hour

[wwemcumuscleslover]

Ok!!! Now I feeling anxious and Sad!!!

Chicago Pd what is going to happen in this season finale!!!

I am here trying not to cry, But What is going to Happen too Voight, I will be very mad if something bad Hurt my dear Sargent

And let me Highlight here, Jesse Lee Soffer is an amazing Director.

[girlinlotsoffandoms]

WE LOVE TO SEE IT

[jareaulamontagnes]

I love how supportive they are of each other. Like I can genuinely feel her excitement through my phone screen. I love them so much, I can’t wait for tonight.

📸 spiridakos on instagram

[i-spaced-sorry]

Okay y'all! How does a girlie watch tonight's episode without access to cable? I want to watch Jesse's directoral debut but I don't have cable

[nacrella]

Director JLS appreciation post 🥹🤍

I would just like to personally thank Brian Luce for blessing my IG feed, time and time again with this beautiful man! 🥲♥️

[a-little-bit-of-tradition]

Soffer, who played Det. Jay Halstead from Seasons 1-10, returned directed Season 11's penultimate episode "Inventory".

Chicago P.D. fans may have been sad to see Jesse Lee Soffer (Jay Halstead), leave the show at the end of Season 10, but he was never really gone from the Chicago P.D. family.

After making his directorial debut with Season 10's "Deadlocked," Soffer returned to helm the penultimate episode of Season 11, "Inventory," a heart-pumping cat-and-mouse game pitting Sgt. Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) against serial killer Frank Matson (Dennis Flanagan). And Beghe knew all along that Soffer had the chops to pull it off.

Jason Beghe reflects on being directed by Jesse Lee Soffer

"I was a champion for Jesse directing. I think Jesse's a spectacularly good actor, he's a great actor, but I think because of his sensibilities, I thought that he would be a spectacular director," Beghe told NBC Insider.

He added that because they'd worked together for so long, Soffer didn't have the usual deference to Beghe's version of his character. "I'm kind of like the guy who plays Voight, you know... established. A lot of times directors may be reticent to giving me notes... because I can be intimidating maybe or something. [Soffer] is not like that at all 'cause we're brothers, you know? I love him. We are very close. There's an intimacy there. We know each other and trust each other."

He continued, "We've helped each other up when we were cut down to our knees... He's honest. You want somebody to tell you you're screwing up, you know, and he's good at that."

Chicago P.D. stars on working with Jesse Lee Soffer

Tracy Spiridakos (aka Upton, who plays Soffer's former on-screen love interest) shared a series of photos from his time on set to honor the May 15 episode.

"Tonight’s episode was directed by the one and only, our very own @jesseleesoffer 🥳🥳🥳!! And you guys, it’s a realllllllly good one. You don’t want to miss it," she said.

When it was first announced that he'd be going behind the camera in 2022, Patrick John Flueger (Adam Ruzek), was a little nervous about the dynamic on set.

"When you work this closely and you become that close with somebody after a decade, they know you pretty well. So I’m excited for him to direct, but I’m also a little nervous for him to direct," Flueger joked. "'Cause I don’t know if I’m gonna be able to get through things without laughing. Because I’m embarrassed that Jesse can see right through me like I’m a transparent ghost."

Calling Soffer a "very, very, very close friend," Flueger praised the actor-director. "He’s got incredible ideas, he’s able to offer them to actors and to the writers and to camera people in a way that displays diplomacy that I think you have to have when you’re directing TV," he said, adding, "he’s got that in spades. He’s just got a way of getting what he wants, when he really wants it, and when he knows it’s right. But also offering those suggestions and those opinions in such a way that it doesn’t put people off."

[5021george-jayhalstead]

I love his smiling face, and I am so grateful to Brian Luce for giving us all this content

[karihighman]

Trasse behind the scenes of Chicago PD aka: Director Soffer’s episode!! 😊🎬 via Brian Luce

[xofeno]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSE LEE SOFFER! April 23, 1984

"Jay's a frickin' ass-kicker, and I am a teddy bear that just wants a hug." [x]

[imjustwritingg]

I LOVE TODAY 🤗

📸: jesseleesoffer

[torreshalstead]

Let’s go!