Jesse Spencer has landed his first role after exiting Chicago Fire, and it couldn’t be any more different than Matt Casey. Casey was a fixture at Firehouse 51 for the first 11 seasons, where his PTSD-related challenges made him one of Chicago Fire’s best characters. He experienced the deaths of people close to him on top of overcoming a traumatic childhood and had two significant but ultimately heartbreaking relationships before he began dating Sylvie Brett, who he had a happy ending with before the two left for Oregon together.
After 10 seasons, Spencer elected not to return to the One Chicago franchise so that he could return to his native Australia, though he returned halfway through the next season so that Casey could reach his 200-episode milestone. Thus, in season 12, Casey and Brett got married before moving to Oregon together, where Casey is working at a different firehouse. Spencer’s first role after leaving Chicago Fire is on an Australian program that airs worldwide on the Disney+ platform. This gig is the opposite of Casey in many ways, thus representing the next step in Spencer’s career.
