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BIOGRAPHY
Full Name: Jared Tristan Padalecki
Jared started to take acting lessons when he was 12. Then he won the Claim to Fame Contest in 1999 and got to appear on the Teen Choice awards. Jared lived in San Antonio, Texas and attended James Madison High School. He was named a candidate for the year 2000 Presidential Scholars Program. After graduating in the year 2000 he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. He plays Dean, a character on a show called "Gilmore Girls" (2000), and is branching out into film work.
FUN FACTS
Birthdate: July 19th 1982
Birthplace: San Antonio, TX
Siblings: Older brother is named Jeff, younger sister is named Megan
Schools: Graduated from James Madison High School in 2000.
Height: 6' 4"
Favorite Book: "The Great Gatsby"
Favorite Movie: "Good Will Hunting"
Has the same manager as Freddie Prinze Jr.
Won Fox TV's "Claim To Fame" Contest and got to present at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards.
Has been taking acting classes since he was 12.
Favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate chip cookie dough
Weekend attire is t-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, or anything that's comfortable
Favorite food is cheeseburger with mustard lettuce and tomato.
Born in 1982, he is the youngest cast member of the TV series "Gilmore Girls" (2000), approximately a year younger than Alexis Bledel.
He is the second tallest male cast member of "Gilmore Girls" (2000), standing about 3 inches taller than Scott Patterson and about 1 to 2 inches shorter than Edward Herrmann.
Has two dogs.
Was considered for the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the proposed relaunch of the Superman film franchise.
Favorite band is Our Lady Peace
He is four years younger than his TV older brother, Jensen Ackles.
He and classmate Chris Cardeans together won the National Forensics League national championship in Duo Interpretation in 1998.
He and his Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles were voted People Magazine's "Sexiest Ghostbusters" in 2005.
Close friends with actor Chad Michael Murray; they met on the set of Gilmore Girls. They also stared in the 1953 remake of House of Wax.
Good friends with actor Derek Lee Nixon & Director Andrew Pozza from San Antonio, Texas.
Is best friends with Jensen Ackles, his on screen brother in "Supernatural".
He is of Polish descent.
QUOTES
"Anywhere I can be with my family" - Jared on the happiest place on earth.
When asked about his superstitions: "Whenever I drive under a yellow light, I always kiss my finger and tap it on the roof of the car. And I do that when I get onto a plane as well!"
"I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most. - On the thing that scares him the most.
"I'm a little self-conscious about my body. I love to wear hoodies because you can get cozy and eat some food and your belly doesn't show!"
On love: "Don't place expectations on someone. Enjoy the time you have together, and let it go where it goes."
"I love cookies baking. During the winter, they have these candles that smell like cookies, and I always buy like a hundred of them."
"My drama coach gave me a lot of self-confidence when I wasn't sure of myself."
"Just be yourself and the right guy will come along, whether it be today, tomorrow, or next year. It'll happen!"
FILMOGRAPHY
1999
A Little Inside
2000
Silent Witness
2001
Close To Home
ER: [Piece of Mind]
Gilmore Girls
2002
Ring of Endless Light
2003
Young MacGyver
Cheaper by the Dozen
2004
New York Minute
Flight of the Phoenix
2005
House of Wax
Cry Wolf
2006
Supernatural
2007
Supernatural
The Christmas Cottage