JARED PADALECKI
as SAM WINCHESTER
JaredPadalecki is best known for his role on the small screenasRory鈥檚(Alexis Bledel) boyfriend Dean on 鈥淕ilmoreGirls.鈥?Padaleckiiscurrently starring in The CW鈥檚 thriller鈥淪upernatural,鈥?asSamWinchester, the sweet reluctant hero who joinsforces with hisolderbrother (Jensen Ackles) to save theirfatherfr0munseen forces.
Onthe big screen, Padalecki was most recently seen in thethriller鈥淐ryWolf,鈥?where he played a precocious boarding school studentdrawnintoan elaborate hoax involving a serial killer. He alsoco-starred intheWarner Bros. feature film 鈥淗ouse of Wax,鈥?opposite ChadMichaelMurrayand Paris Hilton. Other film credits include 鈥淔lightofthePhoenix,鈥?opposite Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi, and鈥淣ewYorkMinute,鈥?with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Additionally,Padalecki appeared in the hit film 鈥淐heaper ByTheDozen,鈥?in a role forwhich director Shawn Levy specificallyrequestedhim. He can also beseen starring opposite Kathy Baker andHallie KateEisenberg in theindependent baseball movie 鈥淎 LittleInside.鈥?
;Padalecki currently resides in Los Angeles with his two dogs.
JensenAckles plays Dean Winchester, the rugged bad boy who teamsupwith hisyounger brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) to battleevilsupernatural forceson "Supernatural."
Ackles" previous television roles include playingJason Teagueon"Smallville," Alec/X5-494 on "Dark Angel" and C.J. on"Dawson"sCreek."Additionally, he starred in the mini-series "Blonde,"oppositePatrickDempsey and Poppy Montgomery. On the big screen, Acklesmade hisdebutin David Winkler"s "Devour" for Sony Pictures. He willnext starinDavid Mackay"s romantic comedy "Ten Inch Hero." Theindependent filmisa sexy, funny, romantic comedy about the tangledlove livesofco-workers at a sub shop in Santa Cruz.
Ackles beganhis acting career in 1997 as the critically acclaimedEricRoman Bradyon "Days of our Lives," for which he received threeDaytimeEmmynominations and won the Soap Opera Digest Award for BestMaleNewcomerin 1998.
Ackles was born in Dallas and was raised in Richardson, Texas. He currently resides in Los Angeles.