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Date of birth: July 19, 1982

Birth place: San Antonio, TX

Eye color: Brown

Height: 6'6"

Family: Mother - Sharon L., Father - Jerry Padalecki, Brother - Jeff, Sister - Megan

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Actor bio: Jared Padalecki was born on July 19, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas to Sharon L. and Jerry Padalecki. He has an older brother, Jeff, and a younger sister, Megan. He attended James Madison High School in San Antonio and was named a candidate for the 2000 Presidential Scholars Program. In 1998, Padalecki and his partner Chris Cardenas won the National Forensics League national championship in Duo Interpretation. Padalecki won Fox TV's 1999 "Claim to Fame Contest"; he subsequently appeared at the Teen Choice Awards, where he met his current manager. Before graduating from high school in 2000, he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career, although he had originally planned to attend the University of Texas. 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 2000, 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 in 2003's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen. In 2004, he appeared in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-led 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, on the set of which he met his longtime girlfriend, co-star Sandra McCoy. The same year, Padalecki was cast as Sam Winchester on the WB series, Supernatural, and gained a fan base after the show's success. Supernatural was renewed for a second season, which began airing on September 28, 2006 on The CW. The show was renewed for a third season, beginning on October, 2007 at 9pm. Padalecki most recently featured as host in an advertisement for MTV's upcoming horror reality series, ROOM 401. He hosts the series, produced by Ashton Kutcher.

Actor bio: Jared Padalecki was born on July 19, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas to Sharon L. and Jerry Padalecki. He has an older brother, Jeff, and a younger sister, Megan.

He attended James Madison High School in San Antonio and was named a candidate for the 2000 Presidential Scholars Program. In 1998, Padalecki and his partner Chris Cardenas won the National Forensics League national championship in Duo Interpretation. Padalecki won Fox TV's 1999 "Claim to Fame Contest"; he subsequently appeared at the Teen Choice Awards, where he met his current manager. Before graduating from high school in 2000, he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career, although he had originally planned to attend the University of Texas.

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 2000, 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 in 2003's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen. In 2004, he appeared in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-led 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, on the set of which he met his longtime girlfriend, co-star Sandra McCoy.

The same year, Padalecki was cast as Sam Winchester on the WB series, Supernatural, and gained a fan base after the show's success. Supernatural was renewed for a second season, which began airing on September 28, 2006 on The CW. The show was renewed for a third season, beginning on October, 2007 at 9pm.

Padalecki most recently featured as host in an advertisement for MTV's upcoming horror reality series, ROOM 401. He hosts the series, produced by Ashton Kutcher.

JARED PADALECKI CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

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Non-acting careers: Works unofficially to support dog adoption
(A Dog's Life Rescue)

Movies:

Friday the 13th (2009) ... Clay Miller
Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas (2008) ... Thomas Kinkade
House of Fears (2007) ... J.P.
Cry_Wolf (2005) ... Tom
House of Wax (2005) ... Wade
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) ... John Davis
New York Minute (2004) ... Trey Lipton
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) ... Bully
Young MacGyver (2003) ... MacGyver
A Ring of Endless Light (2002) ... Zachery Gray
Close to Home (2001)
Silent Witness (2000) ... Sam
A Little Inside (1999) ... Matt Nelson

TV:

Supernatural (92 ep., 2005-09) ... Sam Winchester
Gilmore Girls (63 ep., 2000-05) ... Dean Forester
ER (1 ep., 2001)... Paul Harris

Best known for: Supernatural

Awards: Nominated for Teen Choice Award for "Gilmore Girls" (2000), House of Wax (2005), and "Supernatural" (2005).

Upcoming projects: Friday the 13th Part 2 ... apparently the film has been green-lighted and is slated to open Aug. 13, 2010; whether Jared will be able to take time out of his schedule to be in it, we'll see.

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mmmm.... couldnt resist....

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sorry guys (literally - guys) i couldnt resist the chicken picture... lmao!

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New Girl Friend.

Mar 18 2009, 8:06 PM EDT by XxLunaxX

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Uhh Jared's dating Genevieve Cortese according to IMDB. It sucks but as long as he's happy I'm happy

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jared on Screem 2008

Oct 22 2008, 12:39 AM EDT by DeansGirl666

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im watching Screem 2008 on Spike and jared was just on!

unfortunately supernatural hasnt been mentioned yet besides to introduce "Supernatural's Jared Padalecki" =(

im hoping they win an award!! cross your fingers!!

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