QUICK FACTS
Activities Actor , Executive Producer
Real name Jared Tristan Padalecki
Nationality USA
Birth July 19, 1982 (Texas – United States)
BIOGRAPHY
Jared Tristan Paladecki is an American actor, born in San Antonio, Texas, on July 19, 1982. Second of three brothers, formed by the marriage between Sherri and Gerald Paladecki, a teacher and an accountant, respectively, Jared began taking classes acting since the age of 12, while studying at Madison High School in San Antonio.
In 2000, after finishing high school, Jared decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He made his film debut with a small role in the film A Little Inside (1999). Subsequently, he appeared in films such as Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Flight of the Phoenix (2004) and in the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2005), in the role of Dean Forester, over 63 episodes. His participation in said series would give him what is his best-known role to date: Sam Winchester, in the popular series Supernatural (2005-2018), over 297 episodes.
Jared is one of the most beloved actors in recent years, mainly for his role in said horror and science fiction series, which has allowed him to obtain greater opportunities in cinema, in films such as House of Wax (2005) , Cry Wolf (2005), Friday the 13th (2009) and Phantom Boy (2015), among others.
