Jared Padalecki

Overview

Jared Padalecki was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Sherri (Kammer), a teacher of English, and Gerald Padalecki, a tax accountant. He is of Polish (father) and German, English, Scottish, and French (mother) descent. 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 played "Dean Forester" on Gilmore Girls (2000) on the WB starting in 2000 and ending in 2005. From 2005 to 2020, he portrayed "Sam Winchester" on the CW's Supernatural (2005). He also has several feature film credits.
- IMDb mini biography by: spyder84 and corrected by CLShannon75, Shailesh,Ahmad Hassan

He is four years younger than his TV older brother, Jensen Ackles. They are real life best friends.
Known on sets for his love of playing pranks on his co-stars.
He and former Supernatural (2005) recurring guest star Genevieve Padalecki were married on February 27, 2010, in her hometown of Sun Valley, ID. Jensen Ackles, who plays "Dean Winchester", the older brother to Jared's character "Sam Winchester" on Supernatural (2005), was one of the groomsmen. Jared's real-life older brother, Jeff Padalecki, was best man.
An exceptionally skilled chess player.
Was enrolled as a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin. When he got a job working on Gilmore Girls (2000), he dropped out of school.

[on the happiest place on earth] Anywhere I can be with my family.
[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!
[on what scares him the most] 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.
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.