What Has Steven R. McQueen Been Doing Since Leaving Chicago Fire?
Abigail Rogers
Updated on March 07, 2026
Steven R. McQueen's first job after leaving "Chicago Fire" was to return to "The Vampire Diaries," universe albeit briefly. McQueen's character Jeremy Gilbert went through a lot over the course of the first six seasons. Not only did Elena's (Nina Dobrev) younger brother and vampire hunter lose countless friends and family members, he was essentially brought back from the dead, only to have his girlfriend Bonnie (Kat Graham) sacrifice herself for him and later get trapped in a prison world.
Drunk and depressed, Jeremy regains his hunter abilities but decides it's time for him to leave Mystic Falls. In the 2018 season finale of "The Vampire Diaries," Jeremy is seen one last time teaching students of Alaric's (Matt Davis) at the Salvatore School how to defend themselves against the supernatural. McQueen also made a brief appearance as Jeremy in the third episode of the spin-off series "Legacies."