Jesse Allan Nilsson was a former Canadian actor. He was born on 9th December 1977 in Toronto, North York.  

He went to the Claude Watson School and later he was a student of the Ryerson Theatre School.

He’s been acting since age 8. Jesse began his career modelling and acting in commercials before earning the role in “Ready or Not”. Since then he has appeared as a guest star in the shows “Twice in a Lifetime” and “In a Heartbeat”. His first movie role was in "Teenage Space Vampires" (1998), followed by a breakthrough part as a lead in the television movie “Model Behavior”, a Disney teen movie opposite Justin Timberlake.

More recently, Jesse had a guest star role on the CBC series "Our Hero", portraying an animal-rescue technician. He was also lead in the series University for Odyssey/Muse Entertainment, and there were guest roles in Dear America, for HBO.

Jesse died on Saturday April 26, 2003 at his parent’s home. Jesse's sister found her dead brother shortly after lunch. Jesse's family called the ambulance and the ambulance arrived promptly, but his heart had already stopped. There was very little they could do. The service was held at Jerret Funeral Chapel on 1^st May but Jesse Nilsson isn’t buried there.  

There are many theories about his passing, but he was a lifetime asthmatic who had been suffering from pneumonia for two weeks prior to his death. Drugs were also a major factor. He took cocaine.

He was dating people when he died, but he did not have a full time girlfriend.