Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) is an American actor. He grew up in Texas and came to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as in several Hollywood films, including New York Minute and House of Wax. Padalecki plays Sam Winchester on the CW television series Supernatural.

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 television series Gilmore Girls, a role he played until 2005. Throughout the early 2000s, he also appeared in several made-for-television films, including Silent Witness, Close to Home, and the Disney Channel Original Movie A Ring of Endless Light.

Padalecki had an uncredited part as a high school bully in 2003's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, which he played after being asked by fellow actor and friend Tom Welling, who played the part of Charlie Baker, and the director of the movie, who wanted someone bigger than Charlie to pick on him. Padalecki originally auditioned for Welling's role, but gave it up in order to film a pilot titled Young MacGyver which was never picked up.[6] In 2004, he appeared in the...

Q: Now your co-star Jared is a bit of a baby. He says shooting the show scares him!

Jensen:Yeah, he's a bit of a baby. I have to slap his hand away every now and again when he wants to hold mine. He's also a very big baby...I'm 6'1" and he makes me look 5'9". He's 6'5". I tell him i get to slap him whenever I stand on an applebox.
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Jensen:And they were pleased with it and went home that evening and got a phone call, 'Well, there’s this guy Jared Pada... Padasomething and they really are liking him for one of the brothers.' So of course, I look him up online.

Jared:He thought I was hot.

Jensen:This guy is smokin’ hot. I cannot play his brother. And then they said they’d like to bring me back into Dean and I was of course very excited.

John Shiban:And the second thing, honestly, is casting and chemistry. And chemistry is something you cannot manufacture. These guys have it and they are so great to write for.

I love the way that jared loves animals I myself am an animal lover I have 12 dogs and I love each and every one of them,their my babies they help make my life complete .they are each different from the other ,I also love kittens ,rabbits some gerbals!!!!I would love the chance to work with jared on helping the animals ,maybe a marathon to raise money or a race or talent contest of some sort ,because so many animals are absused,nectglected or just plain left alone,its so heartbreaking.so many die because they dont have food or because they live on the streets this saddens me,I would love to help jared make a difference in a pets life it all starts with us!!!!!lets help jared help the animals!!!!!