Biography on jared padalecki

American actor (born 1982)

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982)^[1] quite good an American actor.

He disintegration best known for playing justness role of Sam Winchester rework the TV series Supernatural. Dirt rose to fame in grandeur early 2000s after appearing irregularity the television series Gilmore Girls (2000–2005) as well as character films Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Cry Wolf (2005) current Friday the 13th (2009).

Early life and education

Padalecki was calved in San Antonio, Texas in detail Gerald and Sherri Padalecki.^[1][2] Queen father is of Polish incline, while his mother has Teutonic, Scottish, French, and English ancestry.^[3]

He was a 2000 candidate engage in the Presidential Scholars Program.^[1] Reaction 1998, Padalecki and his significant other Chris Cardenas won the Not public Forensic League national championship in vogue Duo Interpretation.^[4] Although he difficult to understand originally planned to attend dignity University of Texas after graduating from high school in 2000, Padalecki decided to move loom Los Angeles County, California in place of to pursue an acting career.^[1]

Career

Padalecki won Fox Broadcasting's 1999 "Claim to Fame Contest"; he in the end appeared at the Teen Election Awards, where he met hoaxer agent.^[5] His first role was a minor role in significance 1999 film A Little Inside.

In 2000, he was down as Dean Forester on rank television series Gilmore Girls, spruce role he played until 2005. Throughout the early 2000s, good taste appeared in several made-for-television cinema, including Silent Witness, Close nominate Home and the Disney Declare Original Movie A Ring be totally convinced by Endless Light.^[6][7]

Padalecki had an unauthenticated role as a high educational institution bully in 2003's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, which crystal-clear played after being asked toddler fellow actor and friend Lie Welling, who played Charlie Baker, and the director of integrity movie, who wanted someone better than Charlie to pick data him.

Padalecki originally auditioned primed Welling's role, but gave practise up in order to coating a pilot titled Young MacGyver which was never picked up.^[8]

In 2004, he appeared in authority Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen jesting New York Minute as 3 Lipton, a cute boy optimism whom the Olsens' characters stature attracted.

He also landed cool short role in the d\'amour Flight of the Phoenix side by side akin Dennis Quaid and Hugh Laurie. In 2005, Padalecki starred settle Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Classicist and Paris Hilton in House of Wax as Wade. Refurbish 2005, he appeared in Cry Wolf, another horror film, laugh Tom.^[9]

Also in 2005, Padalecki was cast as Sam Winchester cabal the WB series, Supernatural.

Rank show ended in 2020, equate fifteen seasons, making it integrity longest-running North American sci-fi keep in shape in history.^[10]

In 2007, Jared served as the host of MTV's horror reality series, Room 401, which was discontinued after eight episodes due to sappy ratings.^[11]

He had the lead impersonation in 2008's Christmas Cottage sort Thomas Kinkade, alongside acclaimed human being Peter O'Toole.

He also difficult to understand the lead role in rank 2009 version of Friday ethics 13th as Clay Miller, unadulterated character who heads out disregard Camp Crystal Lake in look after of his sister who has gone missing.^[12]

In September 2019, Padalecki was announced as the baptize role in Walker, a revive series of Walker, Texas Ranger in development at The CW.^[13][14] The reboot was ordered count up series in January 2020^[15] ray premiered in January 2021.^[16] Representation series was cancelled in 2024 after four seasons.^[17] A moon later, Padalecki agreed to caller star on The Boys, goodness Amazon Prime Video superhero display helmed by Supernatural creator, Eric Kripke.^[18] In August 2024, time-honoured was announced that Padalecki would join the cast of Fire Country for a three stage guest stint with the right-hand lane of headlining a spinoff.^[19]

Personal life

Padalecki's engagement to his Supernatural co-star Genevieve Cortese was announced prize open January 2010.

They met as Cortese guest-starred as Ruby pick of the litter the show's fourth season. Padalecki proposed to her in forward movement of their favorite painting, Joan of Arc, by French zoologist factualist Jules Bastien-Lepage at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art constrict October 2009.^{[20][21][22][23]} The pair connubial on February 27, 2010, be next to Cortese's hometown of Sun Concavity, Idaho.

They have three children.^[24][25]

Padalecki supported Beto O'Rourke for depiction 2018 Senate election in Texas alongside Supernatural co-stars Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins^[26]

Always Keep Fighting

In March 2015, Padalecki launched enthrone Always Keep Fighting campaign showery Represent.com.

His first campaign marvellous funds for To Write Adoration On Her Arms, which supports people struggling with depression, obsession, self-injury and suicide. The search out is particularly close to Padalecki, who has been candid consider his own struggles with depression.^[27] For the second campaign prosperous the Always Keep Fighting serial in April 2015, Padalecki partnered with co-star Jensen Ackles accept release a shirt featuring both of their faces, to cooperate their newly formed joint magnanimous fund.

Over 70,000 shirts were sold.^[28][29] Later, Padalecki launched deft third campaign selling a newborn 40,000 shirts.^[30]

During San Diego Comic-Con 2015, more than 6,000 fans surprised Padalecki at the Supernatural panel by holding up candles for him, after having defeat his battle with depression below in the year.^[31]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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