Jensen Ross Ackles (born Mar. 1, 1978 (34 years ago)) is an American actor. He is notable for his TV roles as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel, and as Jason Teague in Smallville. Ackles appears as Dean Winchester on the CW TV series Supernatural starring alongside Jared Padalecki. Early life Ackles was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Donna Joan (née Shaffer) and Alan Roger Ackles, an actor. Ackles has a brother, Joshua, who's three years older, and sister, Mackenzie, who's seven years younger. He is of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. He had planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and become a physical therapist but instead moved to Los Angeles to start his acting career. Career After modeling on and off since the age of 4, Ackles began to concentrate on an acting career in 1996 (16 years ago). He appeared in several guest roles on Mr. Rhodes, Sweet Valley High, and Cybill before joining the cast of the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives as Eric Brady in 1997 (15 years ago). He won a 1998 (14 years ago) Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and went on to be nominated three times (in 1998 (14 years ago), 1999 (13 years ago), and 2000 (12 years ago)) for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Days of our Lives. Ackles departed Days of our Lives in 2000 (12 years ago) and went on to appear in the mini-series Blonde, about the life of Marilyn Monroe. He also auditioned for the role of the young Clark Kent on Smallville, but it was offered to actor Tom Welling instead. After failing to land the part, he appeared in a guest role on the James Cameron TV series Dark Angel on Fox in 2001 (11 years ago) as serial killer Ben/X5-493, the "brother" of main character Max/X5-452 (played by Jessica Alba (172 pics)). His character died in the episode, but Ackles returned to the show as a series regular in the second season as Ben's sane clone, Alec/X5-494. He remained with the show until its cancellation in 2002 (10 years ago). Ackles worked steadily throughout 2003 (9 years ago). He joined the cast of the WB's hit show Dawson's Creek during its final season, playing CJ, Jen Lindley's lover. Afterward, Ackles filmed several episodes of the unaired series Still Life for Fox before it was abruptly dropped. He also had a small role in the 2004 (8 years ago) short movie The Plight of Clownana. Ackles was the producer's first choice to play Eliza Dushku (53 pics)'s love interest on the second season of Tru Calling, Ackles turned down the role, which was then offered to another actor and the character's name was changed to "Jensen" because the producers of Tru Calling liked Ackles' name. Ackles returned to Vancouver (where Dark Angel was filmed) in 2004 (8 years ago) to become a regular on Smallville playing the assistant football coach Jason Teague, who was also the newest romantic interest for Lana Lang (played by Kristin Kreuk (60 pics)). He also had a lead role in the 2005 (7 years ago) movie Devour in which Ackles' father, actor Alan Ackles, also had a role playing the father of Ackles' character, Jake Gray. Most recently, Ackles joined the cast of the CW horror/drama series Supernatural in 2005 (7 years ago), where he stars as Dean Winchester. Dean and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) drive throughout the United States hunting paranormal predators, sometimes with their father, (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). The fifth season began broadcast on sep. 10, 2009 (3 years ago). In the summer of 2007 (5 years ago), Ackles took on the role of Priestly in the independent comedy Ten Inch Hero. The movie began hitting the movie festival circuit in early 2007 (5 years ago) and Ackles received high praise for his comedic timing in the role. In Feb. 2009 (3 years ago), the movie was released on DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) exclusively by Blockbuster Home Video. He also appeared on stage from Jun. 5–10, 2007 (5 years ago) with Lou Diamond Phillips in A Few Good Men at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, as Lt. Daniel Kaffee. Ackles received strong praise for his work in this role, which was also his professional theatre debut. In the summer of 2008 (4 years ago), Ackles was cast in the remake of the cult movie My Bloody Valentine 3D (2 pics), which opened nationwide on Jan. 16, 2009 (3 years ago). Personal Life In Nov. 2009 (3 years ago), Jensen got engaged to his Ten Inch Hero co star and girlfriend of three years, Danneel Harris. Filmography 2001 (11 years ago): Blonde 2004 (8 years ago): The Plight of Clownana 2005 (7 years ago): Devour 2007 (5 years ago): Ten Inch Hero 2009 (3 years ago): My Bloody Valentine 3D (2 pics) TV 1996 (16 years ago): Sweet Valley High 1996 (16 years ago)–1997: Mr. Rhodes 1997 (15 years ago): Cybill 1997 (15 years ago)–2000: Days of our Lives 2001 (11 years ago)–2002: Dark Angel 2002 (10 years ago)–2003: Dawson's Creek 2003 (9 years ago)–2004: Still Life 2004 (8 years ago)–2005: Smallville 2005 (7 years ago)–present: Supernatural

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