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Chicago Fire season 7

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ58381019
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The seventh season of Chicago Fire, an American drama television series from executive producer Dick Wolf and producers Derek Haas and Matt Olmstead, was ordered on May 9, 2018, by NBC. The season premiered on September 26, 2018, with a timeslot change from Thursday at 10:00 p.m. to Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. The season concluded on May 22, 2019, and contained 22 episodes.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Jesse Spencer as Captain Matthew Casey, Truck 81

Taylor Kinney as Lieutenant Kelly Severide, Squad 3

Kara Killmer as Paramedic in Charge Sylvie Brett, Ambulance 61

David Eigenberg as Firefighter, later Lieutenant, Christopher Herrmann, Truck 81/Engine 51

Yuri Sardarov as Firefighter Brian "Otis" Zvonecek, Truck 81

Joe Minoso as Firefighter Josef "Joe" Cruz, Squad 3

Christian Stolte as Firefighter Randall "Mouch" McHolland, Truck 81

Miranda Rae Mayo as Firefighter Stella Kidd, Truck 81

Annie Ilonzeh as Paramedic Emily Foster, Ambulance 61

Eamonn Walker as Battalion Chief Wallace Boden, Battalion 25

Recurring

Randy Flagler as Firefighter Harold Capp, Rescue Squad 3

Anthony Ferraris as Firefighter Tony Ferraris, Rescue Squad 3

Daniel Kyri as Firefighter Candidate Darren Ritter, Engine 37/Engine 51

Gary Cole as Fire Commissioner Carl Grissom.

Kim Delaney as Jennifer Sheridan

Melissa Ponzio as Donna Robbins-Boden

Michael Cognata as Julian Robbins, Donna Robbins-Boden's brother and Chief Boden's brother-in-law

Robyn Coffin as Cindy Herrmann

Jeff Lima as Leon Cruz

Steven Boyer as Assistant Deputy Commissioner Jerry Gorsch

Gordon Clapp as CFD Chaplain William Orlovsky

Teddy Sears as CFD Chaplain Kyle Sheffield

Colin Egglesfield as Gordon Mayfield

Jordan Belfi as Bradley Boyd

Tye White as Tyler

Kate Villanova as Naomi Graham

Patrick Mulvey as Dr. James "Jim" Shaw

Guest stars

Monica Raymund as Paramedic Gabriela Dawson (episode 1)

Treat Williams as Retired Battalion Chief Benjamin Severide, Battalion 22 (episode 5)

Brittany Curran as Katie Nolan (episode 7)

Rahm Emanuel as Mayor of Chicago (episode 22)

Crossover characters

Jason Beghe as Sergeant Henry "Hank" Voight

Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson

Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead

Tracy Spiridakos as Detective Hailey Upton

Marina Squerciati as Officer Kim Burgess

LaRoyce Hawkins as Officer Kevin Atwater

Amy Morton as Desk Sergeant Trudy Platt

Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead

Torrey DeVitto as Dr. Natalie Manning

Colin Donnell as Dr. Connor Rhodes

Brian Tee as Dr. Ethan Choi

Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood

Norma Kuhling as Dr.

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