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Nick Gehlfuss Biography

Nicholas Alan Gehlfuss is an American actor. He is famous for his role in the fourth season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless in 2014 as Robbie Pratt. His other famous role is that of Dr. Will Halstead in the medical drama Chicago Med since 2015.

Nick Gehlfuss Age |Birthday

Nick Gehlfuss was born on 21 January 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He is 30 years old as of 2019.

Nick Gehlfuss Height

Gehlfuss is  ‎6 feet 2 inches (1.86 m) tall.

Nick Gehlfuss Net Worth

Nick has an estimated networth of  ‎$7 million as of 2019. His source of income is from his acting career.

Nick Gehlfuss Lilian Matsuda | Wife

Nick is married to Lilian Matsuda, a hotel marketer since May 13, 2016. Theirs was a secret wedding held in Ohio. The bride wore a lace and taffeta gown to their outdoor wedding.

Nick Gehlfuss Shameless

Gehlfluss landed a role in the fourth season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless which premiered on January 12, 2014, and ended on April 6, 2014, with 12 episodes. Shameless TV series is an American comedy-drama television series that began airing on January 9, 2011, and is filmed throughout the city of Chicago, as well as in Los Angeles.

Gehlfuss appears in the series on a recurring role as Robbie Pratt.

Nick Gehlfuss Chicago Med

Chicago Med is a medical drama television series that premiered on November 2015. The series is fixated on the fictional Gaffney Chicago Medical Center and it follows the happenings of the emergency department doctors and nurses.

Nick stars in the series with the role of Dr. Will Halstead, a former plastic surgeon, and an ED attending physician from Chicago. He was first introduced in the police procedural drama Chicago P.D. and later on, he appeared in the drama Chicago Fire’s backdoor pilot for Chicago Med.

Are Nick Gehlfuss and Jesse Lee Soffer Related?

Jesse Lee Soffer is an American actor. He is known for portraying Will Munson on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. He plays the character of Detective Jay Halsted the elder brother to Dr. Will Halstead(Nick)in Chicago PD, a former plastic surgeon in its spin-off Chicago Med. They are not related in any way but their characters are related since they are brothers

Nick Gehlfuss Movies and TV Shows

2009 Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency as Martinson Radio (voice role)

2013 In Lieu of Flowers as Mitch
2014 Love & Mercy as Bruce Johnston
2016 Equity as Gabe
Butterfly in the Typewriter as Joel Fletcher (Pre-production)

Television

• 2010 Army Wives Episode: “Murder in Charleston”
• 2011 The Good Wife as Jesse Episode: “Breaking Up”
  • The Wingman as Nick Episode: “Nick”
  •  Blue Bloods as Jimmy the Bookie Episode: “Thanksgiving”
• 2012 Person of Interest as Jack Hughes Episode: “Masquerade”
• 2013 The Glades as Randy Dillard Episode: “Glade-iators!”
  •  Rizzoli & Isles as Jack Roberts Episode: “No One Mourns the Wicked”
  • The Newsroom as Ross Kessler Recurring role; 4 episodes
• 2014 Clememtine as Sebastian as Television film
  • Shameless as Robbie Pratt Recurring role; 6 episodes
  •  Royal Pains as LanceEpisode: “Smoke and Mirrors”
  •  Longmire as Cameron Maddox Recurring role; 3 episodes
  •  Murder in the First as Mark Strauss Recurring role; 3 episodes
  • Constantine as Dr. Thomas Galen Episode: “Angels and Ministers of Grace”
• 2015 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Sean Episode: “The Gang Group Dates”
  •  Power as Lee Recurring role; 2 episodes
  • The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements as Glenn Seaborg Episode: “Into the Atom”
• 2015–present

Chicago P.D. as Dr. Will Halstead Recurring role; 15 episodes Chicago Fire Recurring role; 14 episodes Chicago Med Main role; 82 episodes

Nick Gehlfuss Gay

Like many actors who are famous for their on-screen roles, Gehlfuss has been associated with being gay. He is however not gay and has a wife by the name Lilian Matsuda.

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Nick Gehlfuss Interview

‘Chicago Med’ Star, Nick Gehlfuss, talks of Will’s “Struggle” With Natalie and Post-‘Chicago PD’ Character Changes

First, we have to talk about that fight with Connor. Why did it come to that?

There’s been this underlying tension the entire time and what was great about this moment is that Dr. Rhodes has Dr. Halstead’s best interest in mind… [Will] could put the hospital and everyone else in jeopardy for doing this; probably [cause] more harm to himself than the hospital at that point because he’s already in the lawsuit and we’ll see what happens with that. This had to happen.

Did you have fun shooting that?

We did. (Laughs.) Colin and I have a good rapport. We’re good buddies actually, but we’ll see what happens with this now. In the end, we’re having a beer and we’re not speaking, so we’ll see what happens. We were careful in that sense that we didn’t want it to get into a punching match between these two guys, even though that very well could have happened, especially when you’re dealing with someone like Will Halstead who comes from a very tough neighborhood.

He has the ability to brawl, no doubt about it. I think what stops him from doing that is him realizing the reality of the moment. It’s not who won or who lost in this type of situation. He realizes, “This is silly. We shouldn’t be doing this.” I think Will has some respect for the fact that [Connor] helped him out in this situation.

Where do they go from here? How do you describe their dynamic at this point?

Whether or not this tension is done with, I actually don’t know. But I’ll tell you, it’s going to change their relationship no matter what. As far as what I can tell you, in the very near future, the next episode, we’re going to get an idea of what happens with the lawsuit that Will is involved in and we’re going to learn more about “Manstead.”

What can you say about Will and Natalie, and what’s next for them?

He’s giving her space and he’s in the midst of two women, really. I think we can tell that his heart is more with Natalie. They share a lot of history. It’s a complicated relationship between them because she’s had this death of her husband and this baby that’s his. I think that he was there for her and vice versa through his mother and all this stuff and they’ve shared some tragedy with one another. That can bond two people together in ways they don’t even know so he takes a risk, he kisses her and she says, it’s not the right time — not something he wanted to hear. But as far as what’s going to come, you’re going to see him working on giving her space and the struggle of that for him.

As you said before, Will risked a lot for this cancer patient. He attributed it before to his mom, but what else do you think it is that makes him keep pushing the limits?

What’s happening is some of his personal stuff is getting in the way. He put the hospital and his career in jeopardy and it was a major wake-up call for him. He’s also this guy who thinks he can save everybody. He’s got a bit of a God complex. My favorite line in one of our episodes was, “What’s the difference between God and a doctor?” A doctor says this to Will and he goes, “God knows he’s not a doctor.” And that’s exactly what Will needs to hear.

He’s going to continue to be tested. At this point, he’s realizing that maybe he loses a little bit of self-control every once in a while. He’s a fourth-year resident, chief of ER, so his next step is to become an attending, which is — other than running the hospital — sort of the top doctor. He’s certainly capable of it and badly wants that, but he’s still got to learn a few things and that’s part of what the residency is all about, learning what it is that is getting in your way and eliminating that to become a great doctor.

He’s the epitome of reliability but he certainly has no problem bending the rules if he thinks it’s for the greater good. He comes from a great place, always. It’s always justified. That’s what’s great about the writing; it’s these controversial issues that are balanced so well on each side that as a viewer, you almost don’t know which side you want to be on.

You say that he’s a dependable character but when we first him on Chicago P.D., he was not so dependable. What has brought about that change in him?

I think he was at a turning point as far as what matters most to him. He was a character that liked to party and in it for the money, and I think when he came back and started working at Chicago Med, that everything put into perspective — the family of it all and really seeing firsthand the good that can come from this. He’s a Chicago native so these are his roots and you always sort of come back to them at some point whether you want to or not. You can never get rid of them. I think he’s made a decision that he’s here and this is what he’s doing.

That’s one of the things he has in common with Connor because he went halfway across the world to try to get distance from his family.

Exactly. And I think that what Will is realizing with Connor is that they have a lot more in common than he thought initially… As he learns more about him and that his mother committed suicide, these things unravel where it’s like, “OK, maybe he’s not the threat or the idea I had of him from the get-go.”

Because you originated this character on a different show with a different set of writers, what did you have to do to make sure the character stayed consistent through the transition?

There were some things that couldn’t stay for the purposes of Chicago Med and that’s what happens in development. He did some plastic surgery in New York, but he’s made a major change into emergency medicine and that can happen. You sort of realize that your true calling is over in another department so we changed that for the purpose of the show because it’s a show that takes place in an emergency department.

And the idea that he is a Chicago guy, I don’t think we ever really touched on the fact that he did go to New York in Med. Some of the short-term logic had to be — for longevity — we had to throw some of that out the window to build a character and build a world that we didn’t know we were building [originally]. Certain things were tweaked, but I don’t think we’re ever going to talk about the days or the idea that Will had ever been to New York. He’s really a Chicago native so we get the idea that he never really left.

There are people who are tuning in to Chicago Med that hadn’t seen the other introduction. Also, there’s the sense that Will and his brother, Jay — things are good with them. There’s not any animosity or anything. They’re there for each other and it’s a positive relationship, and we’re going to see much more with these two. Will confides in his brother and his brother will offer up advice and just be there for him the way you are with the family.

But you never had concerns that the character was being changed too much in moving from P.D. to Med?

No. Our writers came in and from the get-go, I had full faith. There was no concern. I was part of the conversation and everything was being relayed toward me and they were letting me know reasons for certain things.

How has it been jugging appearances on all three series?

Let’s just say when we have a day off, it’s not really a day off. A lot of these shows are ensemble shows and if you have a lighter episode, you have the ability to go over and do a little bit on another episode of [another show]. It’s required, but it’s like, absolutely, we love doing it. That’s what makes this whole franchise so unprecedented. They’re seamlessly intertwined, it’s synergy at its finest. An actor, when they get on a TV show, they’re unavailable because they have no time, but here you get to book other jobs on top of that, like going to the other shows. It’s a dream come true, really.