While Chicago Fire was renewed for an eighth season back in February, it was done so without new deals for two of its biggest stars. Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney’s contracts were up for the series after this current season but both actors have ink new deals to stick with the hit firefighter drama.
Both actors closed new two-year deals to stick with the series which was renewed along with the other Chicago dramas, P.D. and Med. As Chicago Fire‘s leading men, Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney had received salary bumps in a renegotiation early on, adding a year to their original six-year contracts. The deals for the three other original cast members, Eamonn Walker, Monica Raymund, and David Eigenberg — expired at the end of Season 6 last spring. Raymund opted to move on (she has since signed on for a new series, Starz’s Hightown), while Walker and Eigenberg entered new two-year contracts that go through the upcoming eighth season.
Three other Chicago Fire cast members, Christian Stolte, Joe Minoso, and Yuri Sardarov, who started as recurring in Season 1 before becoming regulars in Season 2, had their deals coming up at the end of Season 7. All three have been locked in for next season. Chicago Fire’s cast also includes Kara Killmer, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Annie Ilonzeh, all of whom joined as series regulars later and are all under contracts for one or more seasons.
Spencer plays Captain Matthew Casey, Truck Company 81. Kinney portrays Lieutenant Kelly Severide, Rescue Squad 3 and the show looks into the lives of the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51 who risk their lives week in and week out to save and protect the citizens of their city.
The extension marks an impressive television tenure who has been working consistently for 16 years consecutively on network TV having spent 8 seasons on House before joining Chicago Fire when that show ended. Taylor Kinney came to Chicago Fire after a stint on The Vampire Diaries.
