title: Nick Gehlfuss
text: # Nick Gehlfuss
  
  Nicholas Gehlfuss is an American actor, known for his role in 2014 as Robbie Pratt in the fourth season of the Showtime family comedy-drama Shameless. In 2015, he started starring as Dr. Will Halstead in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 2014, Gehlfuss had a recurring role as Robbie Pratt in the fourth season of the Showtime family comedy-drama Shameless. In 2015, he guest-starred as Dr. Thomas Galen in the short-lived NBC horror drama Constantine in the penultimate episode "Angels and Ministers of Grace".
  
  Later that year, Gehlfuss was cast in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med as Dr. Will Halstead. Halstead was first introduced in the police procedural drama Chicago P.D. and afterwards, the drama Chicago Fire's backdoor pilot for Chicago Med.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Gehlfuss was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Little Italy and Chesterland, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Marietta College and completed his Master of Fine Arts at University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has two younger siblings: Vincent and Jillian.
  
  On May 13, 2016, Gehlfuss married hotel marketer Lilian Matsuda.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Film
  
  | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009 | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Martinson Radio | voice role |
  | 2013 | In Lieu of Flowers | Mitch | |
  | 2014 | Love & Mercy | Bruce Johnston | |
  | 2016 | Equity | Gabe | |
  | TBA | Butterfly in the Typewriter | Joel Fletcher | Pre-production |
  
  ### Television
  
  | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Army Wives | Sergeant Joe Corey | Episode: "Murder in Charleston" |
  | 2011 | The Good Wife | Jesse | Episode: "Breaking Up" |
  | 2011 | The Wingman | Nick | Episode: "Nick" |
  | 2011 | Blue Bloods | Jimmy the Bookie | Episode: "Thanksgiving" |
  | 2012 | Person of Interest | Jack Hughes | Episode: "Masquerade" |
  | 2013 | The Glades | Randy Dillard | Episode: "Glade-iators!" |
  | 2013 | Rizzoli & Isles | Jack Roberts | Episode: "No One Mourns the Wicked" |
  | 2013 | The Newsroom | Ross Kessler | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
  | 2014 | Clememtine | Sebastian | TV movie |
  | 2014 | Shameless | Robbie Pratt | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
  | 2014 | Royal Pains | Lance | Episode: "Smoke and Mirrors" |
  | 2014 | Longmire | Cameron Maddox | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
  | 2014 | Murder in the First | Mark Strauss | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
  | 2014 | Constantine | Dr. Thomas Galen | Episode: "Angels and Ministers of Grace" |
  | 2015 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Sean | Episode: "The Gang Group Dates" |
  | 2015 | Power | Lee | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
  | 2015 | The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements | Glenn Seaborg | Episode: "Into the Atom" |
  | 2015–2023 | Chicago P.D. | Dr. Will Halstead | Recurring role, 16 episodes |
  | 2015–2023 | Chicago Fire | Dr. Will Halstead | Recurring role, 16 episodes |
  | 2015–2023 | Chicago Med | Dr. Will Halstead | Lead role, 157 episodes |
  