Nick Gehlfuss, the actor behind Dr. Will Halstead on Chicago Med, plays one of the show’s most emotionally vulnerable characters. But in real life, he’s kept his most personal truth hidden for years—until one accidental slip-up changed everything.
For the longest time, fans assumed Gehlfuss was single. There were no red-carpet dates, no tabloid rumors, and no visible wedding ring. He kept things professional, low-key, and quiet. But in 2022, while doing a casual interview with a Chicago morning show, he let something slip.
He referred to someone as “my wife.”
The internet immediately lit up. “Wait—Nick is married?” fans buzzed. Within hours, clips were circulating, and Gehlfuss’s social media was flooded with questions.
Turns out, he had been married for years—to a woman outside the entertainment industry, someone he’d met long before landing the Chicago Med role.
“She’s the reason I’m still sane,” he later confessed in a rare interview. “She keeps me grounded.”
So why all the secrecy?
“I wanted something in my life that wasn’t for everyone else,” he said. “Acting is public. Marriage is sacred. I didn’t want to confuse the two.”
His wife, whose identity remains private, lives with him in Chicago, and the two reportedly spend their time hiking, gardening, and cooking together. “We’re simple,” he said. “No drama, no headlines. That’s the goal.”
But after the accidental reveal, Gehlfuss leaned into the truth. He began subtly acknowledging her during interviews and even mentioned she’d helped him prepare for emotional scenes on the show.
“She reads lines with me—but more than that, she listens,” he said. “She reminds me who I am when the cameras turn off.”
So while Will Halstead may be unlucky in love on-screen, off-screen, Nick Gehlfuss found something real—and protected it fiercely.
