Since 2012, Chicago Fire has led the One Chicago franchise, serving as both the initial series in the franchise and as the launching point for

both Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med. Headlined by Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney, Chicago Fire has brought together numerous seasoned

and rookie performers to make a show that feels authentic and full of heart. The show is one of Wolf Entertainment’s most successful and elevates the whole One Chicago franchise.

 

 

The firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51 are a family, which means they are there for each other just as much as they are at each other’s throats. The dynamic of the characters on Chicago Fire, whether audiences are watching the first season or the eleventh, can make viewers feel like they’re on the scene of a terrible accident or dangerous fire with the team, saving lives right alongside them. The 12th

 

 

season of Chicago Fire will return to NBC on Wednesday, January 17, along with the rest of the franchise. With several cliffhangers in the Season 11 finale, the upcoming season premiere is likely to be exciting for fans everywhere.

 

 

Eamonn Walker, like a number of other actors on Wolf Entertainment shows, had a long-time role on HBO’s Oz as inmate Kareem Saïd, a performance for which he won the CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series in 1997.

 

 

Wallace Boden began Chicago Fire as the Battalion Chief overseeing the firefighters and paramedics at Firehouse 51. Boden prides himself on how he cares for his firefighters and paramedics, as well as how he makes decisions that keep them safe and works with leaders like Hank Voight from Chicago P.D. and Sharon Goodwin from Chicago Med during One Chicago crossover episodes.

In Season 2, Episode 12, “Out With a Bang,” Boden meets Donna Robbins at a fire, and they get married in Season 2, Episode 22, “Real Never Waits.” In Season 10, Episode 10, “Mayday,” Boden is promoted to Deputy District Chief of District 4.

Though Chicago Fire is the show for which Taylor Kinney is best known, viewers might recognize him as the former fiancé of Lady Gaga. They met while filming her music video for “You and I” in 2011 but ended their engagement in July 2016.

Lieutenant Kelly Severide is the officer in charge of Squad 3, the rescue squad housed at Firehouse 51. Severide has a “ladies man” reputation for the first few seasons, but in Season 5, he meets Anna Turner. Severide is a bone marrow match for Anna and then falls in love with her, only to lose her to complications from her leukemia in Season 5, Episode 20, “Carry Me.”

Stella Kidd, whom Severide began dating off and on in Season 4, helps him work through his grief after Anna’s death, and in Season 10, Episode 22, “The Magnificent City of Chicago,” they get married. Severide, who has occasionally worked cases for the arson department, spent a portion of Season 11 at arson investigation training and then working an arson case. The Season 12 premiere will be his return.

Eigenberg is best known for his long-time role as Steve Brady on HBO’s Sex and the City and And Just Like That…, and then there’s that movie he starred in with Taylor Kinney.
Christopher Herrmann, a senior firefighter who becomes the Lieutenant of Engine 51 in Season 7, Episode 3, “Thirty Percent Sleight of Hand,” is the heart of Firehouse 51. He and his wife, Cindy, have five children, and their youngest, Kenny, was born in Season 1, Episode 24, “A Hell of a Ride.”

Herrmann prides himself on being an entrepreneur, and though many of his schemes are failures, he opens Molly’s with Dawson and Otis in Season 1, Episode 23, “Let Her Go,” and the bar has become a hangout for the team from Firehouse 51, as well as characters from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med. Herrmann is a mentor for many of the other firefighters, often challenging them to be better at their jobs and in their personal lives.