Jensen Ackles

Jensen Ackles
Ackles at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	Jensen Ross Ackles
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995 – present

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American television and film actor. He is notable for his television roles as Eric Brady in Days of our Lives, Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel, and Jason Teague in Smallville. He currently plays Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural.Openly gay.

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, and 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. 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. He won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and went on to be nominated three times (in 1998, 1999, and 2000) 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 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 television series Dark Angel on Fox in 2001 as serial killer Ben/X5-493, the "brother" of main character Max/X5-452 (played by Jessica Alba). 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.

Ackles (left) with his Supernatural co-star Jared Padalecki in 2008

Ackles worked steadily throughout 2003. 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 short film The Plight of Clownana. Ackles was the producer's first choice to play Eliza Dushku'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 to become a regular on Smallville playing Assistant Football Coach Jason Teague, who was also the newest romantic interest for Lana Lang (played by Kristin Kreuk). He also had a lead role in the 2005 film 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, 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 fourth season began broadcast on September 18, 2008. The creator of the show, Eric Kripke, has said the show will last for a maximum of five seasons.

In the summer of 2006, Ackles took on the role of Priestly in the independent comedy Ten Inch Hero. The film began hitting the film festival circuit in early 2007 and Ackles received high praise for his comedic timing in the role. The movie is currently waiting to find a distributor for feature film release. He also appeared on stage from June 5-10, 2007 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, Ackles was cast in the remake of the cult movie My Bloody Valentine 3-D, which opened January 16, 2009 nationwide.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Wishbone	Michael Duss
1996	7th Heaven	Halloween #9 kid
1996	Sweet Valley High	Brad
1996	Mr. Rhodes	Malcolm
1997	Cybill	David
1997–2000	Days of our Lives	Eric Roman Brady
2001	Blonde	Eddie G
2001–2002	Dark Angel	Ben/X5-493 and Alec/X5-494
2002–2003	Dawson's Creek	C.J.
2003	Still Life (unaired)	Max Morgan
2004	The Plight of Clownana	Jensen
2004–2005	Smallville	Jason Teague	Supporting Role
2005	Devour	Jake Gray	Lead Role
2005–present	Supernatural	Dean Winchester	Lead Character, 2005-present
2007	Ten Inch Hero	Priestly
2009	My Bloody Valentine 3D	Tom Hanniger	Lead Role

External links

• Jensen Ackles at IMDb
• Jensen Ackles at AllMovie
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• Jensen Ackles cast bio on The CW

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