Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ackles plays the character of Dean Winchester on Supernatural.
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Biography
Full name: Jensen Ross Ackles
Born: March 1st, 1978 in Dallas, Texas
Parents: Roger Alan Ackles (actor), Donna Joan Shaffer
Siblings: Joshua (older brother), Mackkenzie (younger sister)
His parents named him Jensen because they considered other names too common. Jensen attented Dartmouth Elementary School until 1990, Apollo Junior High School until 1993 and graduated from Lloyd V. Berkner High School in his hometown Richardson, Texas in 1996. Jensen planned to study sports medicine to become a physical therapist but ended up giving acting a shot.
Jensen's dad Alan played his character's father in Devour. He is now widely referred to in fandom as Papa Ackles, a name Jared called him faninohio on TWOP during his attendance at A Few Good Men in 2007.
Career
Jensen landed a recurring role on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady, for which he won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer. He was nominated for the Day Time Emmys in the next 3 years until he left Days in 2000.
In 2001, he made his first appearance on the FOX sci-fic show Dark Angel in the episode "Pollo Loco" (1.17), in which he played Max's (Jessica Alba) "brother" Ben/X5-493. His acting was so well received by both audiences and producers that he returned in Season 2 of Dark Angel as the regular character Alec/X5-494, Ben's clone. As Alec, Jensen stayed on the show until its demise in 2002.
In 2003, The WB took Jensen under contract and put him on the last season of their teen drama hit Dawson's Creek in the role of C.J., Jen's (Michelle Williams) boyfriend. After Dawson's Creek ended, Jensen then was relocated to Vancouver to become a regular on The WB's Smallville, where he stayed for another year in the role of Jason Teague, Lana Lang's (Kristin Kreuk) boyfriend.
During the hiatus between Season Two and Three of Supernatural, Jensen appeared as Lt Kaffee in Aaron Sorkin's play A Few Good Men alongside Lou Diamond Phillips at the Casa Mañana Theatre, in Fort Worth, Texas from June 5 to 10, 2007.
Complete Filmography
Ten Inch Hero (film, 2007) ... Priestly
Supernatural (TV series, 2005-present) ... Dean Winchester
Devour (film, 2005) ... Jake Gray
Smallville (TV series, 2004-2005) ... Jason Teague
The Plight of Clownana (short film, 2004) ... Jensen
Still Life (unaired TV series, 2004) ... Max
Dawson's Creek (TV series, 2003-2004) ... C.J.
Dark Angel (2001-2002) ... Alec/X5-4943
Blonde (TV movie, 2001) ... Eddie G
Days of Our Lives (TV series, 1997-2000) ... Eric Roman Brady #6
Cybill (TV series, in episode "The Wedding," 1997) ... David
Sweet Valley High (TV series, in episode "All Along the Water Tower," 1996) ... Brad
Wishbone (TV series, in episode "Viva Wishbone!", 1996) ... Michael
Mr. Rhodes (TV series, 1996) ... Malcolm
