Born in Oakville, Ontario, Jesse Cadotte studied at the University of Toronto before moving to Vancouver to major in theatre at the University of British Columbia. He made his television debut in the WTN series You, Me and the Kids, and appeared on the popular Canadian teen soap Edgemont, Showtime and Scifi's anthology series The Outer Limits, and USA Network's hit series The Dead Zone. On film, Cadotte co-starred as Matt in the film Scorn, and starred as Billy Nolan in Bryan Fuller's 2002 adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. A veteran stage actor who studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York, Cadotte recently appeared on stage as Simon in Presentation House Theatre's production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound in Vancouver.