Jared Tristan Padalecki
Born: July 19 1982. San Antonio, Texas, USA
Is an American actor. He grew up in Texas and came to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls but Padalecki has most recently become known for his starring role as Sam Winchester on the CW television series Supernatural.
Padalecki's first credit was a minor role in the 1999 film A Little Inside. In 2000, he was cast as Dean Forester on the successful series Gilmore Girls, a role he played until 2005. Throughout the early 2000s, he also appeared in several made-for-television films, including Silent Witness (2000), Close to Home (2001), A Ring of Endless Light (2002) and Young MacGyver (2003).
Padalecki had an uncredited part as a high school bully in 2003's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen. In 2004, he appeared in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen comedy New York Minute, and also had a role in the thriller Flight of the Phoenix. In 2005, Padalecki starred opposite Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton in the horror film House of Wax, and appeared in another horror film, Cry Wolf.
The same year, Padalecki was cast as Sam Winchester on the WB series, Supernatural. The second season of Supernatural began airing on September 28, 2006 on the CW, with the third beginning on October 4, 2007. The show has also been renewed for a fourth season. The show is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Padalecki also serves as the host of MTV's horror reality series, Room 401.
He currently has two movies in post-production. Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas—in which Jared plays Thomas Kinkade—set for release late 2008, and Friday the 13th which will open on Friday, February 13, 2009.
Last filmography: House of Wax - Supernatural - ROOM 401 - Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas - Friday the 13th
Biography by: Wikipedia
