Jesse (born 12 February 1979) was born in Melbourne, Australia. He has two brothers, Tarney (an oculo-plastic surgeon) and Luke (an orthopaedic registrar), and a sister, Polly (currently an intern in medicine). 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.
Jesse is well known in Australia and the UK as 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, Uptown Girls and Swimming Upstream. Since 2004, he has been based in the United States playing the role of Dr. Robert Chase in House, alongside Hugh Laurie in the title role. He also co-starred with his ex-fiancée Jennifer Morrison in House and in the film Flourish.
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. He has played the violin since the age of ten and also plays the guitar and piano.
Personal life
Jesse became engaged to his House co-star Jennifer Morrison on 23 December 2006, after proposing in Paris. According to an interview with Spencer and Morrison in InStyle Weddings, the couple met in March 2004 at Vancouver International Airport where they were on their way to film the pilot of House before they began dating in July 2004. Morrison and Spencer also revealed that they were to marry on a private estate in Los Angeles later in 2007. However, in August 2007, the couple announced that they had called off their engagement.
Jesse went to an Emmys after-party with English singer and actress Louise Griffiths on Sunday, 21 September 2008. “We met through mutual friends out in L.A. at the Green Door,” Griffiths said at the Entertainment Tonight Party sponsored by People Magazine. Spencer said that they’ve been dating for “a couple of months”. However, in an interview in March 2010, Spencer revealed that he is now single.
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