Jesse Spencer has returned to Australia for his first concert in his home country in 20 years.
The Melbourne-born actor, who rose to fame with Neighbors and American medical drama House, is in the city filming Last Days of the Space Age on Disney+.
Appearing on The Project on Tuesday night, Jesse, 45, surprised the show’s hosts with how broad his Australian accent still is after decades living in the United States.
‘Are you saying I’m going to wear it? Is it working? Jesse joked, but then admitted that he goes back and forth.
‘It comes back pretty quickly as soon as you get off the plane. Obviously when you’re doing the dialect and you’re on set surrounded by Americans, I mean it really helps (to keep the American accent),’ Jesse explained.
“Whatever you’re surrounded by, I guess it’s like a form of osmosis, and you just take it in and take it back.”
Jesse also said that while he returns to Melbourne annually, the country has changed a lot since he lived there full-time.
“I’ve been out of the country for so long, it’s a little strange, and every time you come back it just changes.”
Jesse Spencer (pictured) has returned to Australia for his first concert in his home country in 20 years. The Melbourne-born actor, who rose to fame with Neighbors and American medical drama House, is in the city filming Last Days of the Space Age on Disney+.
I was driving near Southbank, trying to find the Rialto. Where is? The tallest building in Melbourne. I couldn’t find it’ he said laughing.
They explained that taller buildings have emerged since then.
‘I know, it’s all over the store!’ Jesse said, adding: ‘I try to come home once a year. It’s important to come home.’
It comes after the actor debuted a striking new look.
In the trailer for the Disney+ show Last Days of the Space Age, Jesse, who once wowed with his youthful looks and luscious blonde hair, looks very different in several scenes in the new show.
Appearing on The Project on Tuesday night, Jesse, 45, surprised the show’s hosts with how broad his Australian accent still is after decades living in the United States.
He has stopped looking like a heartthrob and now looks much more distinguished, playing a father in the drama series, sporting a beard and gray locks.
The series follows three families in Perth in 1979 when the American space station lands near the Western Australian city.
Jesse plays father Tony Bissett, who juggles family life while also leading a strike at the local power plant.
The new show is a welcome departure for Spencer, who says he has been looking for a production in Australia after working in the US for so long.
“I was looking for an Australian production, probably since 2004,” he told Sydney Morning Herald.
In the trailer for the Disney+ show Last Days of the Space Age, Jesse, who once wowed with his youthful looks and luscious blonde hair, looks very different in several scenes of the new show (left)
“We have this hiatus, but the television network, the schedule (sometimes I had six weeks off, sometimes a little more), but making a production work is really difficult.
“Once you’re on (network television), it’s very difficult to get out,” he explained.
The Melbourne-born actor also spoke to television week about his reasons for joining the Disney+ production.
‘I left Chicago Fire and then started a family, and I was doing that for a while, then The Last Days of the Space Age came along.
‘It was nice to be able to work for a few months on my first Australian project in over 20 years. “I was very excited to do it,” he gushed.
Jesse’s acting career took off on the soap opera Neighbors from 1994 to 2000 as Billy Kennedy, the youngest son of Dr. Karl and Susan Kennedy.
Jesse moved to the US and got his big break on the medical drama House as Dr. Robert Chase, starring opposite Hugh Laurie, from 2004 to 2012.
Jesse’s acting career took off on the soap opera Neighbors from 1994 to 2000 as Billy Kennedy, the youngest son of Dr. Karl and Susan Kennedy. Jesse is pictured with his co-star Brooke Satchwell.
He moved to the US and got his big break on the medical drama House as Dr. Robert Chase, starring opposite Hugh Laurie, from 2004 to 2012.
Jesse starred as a main cast member of the action drama Chicago Fire until 2020 and has since appeared as a guest on the show.
Also in 2020, he married his longtime girlfriend, research scientist Kali Woodruff, in a private ceremony in Florida.
The Australian actor revealed the happy news to The daily telegraph and called the couple’s special day their “silver lining for 2020.”
In 2020, he married his longtime girlfriend, research scientist Kali Woodruff (left) in a private ceremony in Florida.
“Despite a spike in COVID, a change of venue, a plume of Saharan dust, not to mention a torrential storm, we made it across the line on our wedding day and I’m a very lucky man,” Jesse told the publication .
“What a silver lining for 2020. She’s smart, pretty and way ahead of her age,” he proudly added of his new wife.
‘We are very happy. “She is my port in every storm and we are already excited to move into the next phase of our lives.”
Melbourne-born Jesse began dating Kali after meeting her at a Chicago music festival in 2014.
According to the publication, he popped the question last year during a week-long hike in the Peruvian Andes.
Jesse previously dated Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira from 2010 to 2013.
Jesse starred as a main cast member of the action drama Chicago Fire until 2020 and has since appeared as a guest on the show.