JARED PADALECKI
as SAM WINCHESTER
Jared Padalecki is best known for his role on the small screen as Rory鈥檚 (Alexis Bledel) boyfriend Dean on 鈥淕ilmore Girls.鈥?Padalecki is currently starring in The CW鈥檚 thriller 鈥沦upernatural,鈥?as Sam Winchester, the sweet reluctant hero who joins forces with his older brother (Jensen Ackles) to save their fatherfr0munseen forces.
On the big screen, Padalecki was most recently seen in the thriller 鈥淐ry Wolf,鈥?where he played a precocious boarding school student drawn into an elaborate hoax involving a serial killer. He also co-starred in the Warner Bros. feature film 鈥淗ouse of Wax,鈥?opposite Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton. Other film credits include 鈥淔light of the Phoenix,鈥?opposite Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi, and 鈥淣ew York Minute,鈥?with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Additionally, Padalecki appeared in the hit film 鈥淐heaper By The Dozen,鈥?in a role for which director Shawn Levy specifically requested him. He can also be seen starring opposite Kathy Baker and Hallie Kate Eisenberg in the independent baseball movie 鈥淎 Little Inside.鈥?
Padalecki currently resides in Los Angeles with his two dogs.
Jensen Ackles plays Dean Winchester, the rugged bad boy who teams up with his younger brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) to battle evil supernatural forces on "Supernatural."
Ackles' previous television roles include playing Jason Teague on "Smallville," Alec/X5-494 on "Dark Angel" and C.J. on "Dawson's Creek." Additionally, he starred in the mini-series "Blonde," opposite Patrick Dempsey and Poppy Montgomery. On the big screen, Ackles made his debut in David Winkler's "Devour" for Sony Pictures. He will next star in David Mackay's romantic comedy "Ten Inch Hero." The independent film is a sexy, funny, romantic comedy about the tangled love lives of co-workers at a sub shop in Santa Cruz.
Ackles began his acting career in 1997 as the critically acclaimed Eric Roman Brady on "Days of our Lives," for which he received three Daytime Emmy nominations and won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998.
Ackles was born in Dallas and was raised in Richardson, Texas. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
