Jensen Ackles

an American actor and director. He is known for his roles in television

as Eric Brady inDays of our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville. Ackles currently stars as Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural.

Donna Joan (née Shaffer) and Alan Roger Ackles, an actor.

Ackles has a brother, Joshua, who is three years older, and sister, Mackenzie, who is seven years younger. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. He had planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and to become a physical therapist, but instead moved to Los Angeles to start his acting career.

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.

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, a role offered to actor Tom Welling instead.

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.

2004 to become a regular on Smallville playing the assistant

football coach Jason Teague, who was also the newest romantic interest for Lana Lang (played by Kristin Kreuk).

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, John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).

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.

remake of the cult film My Bloody Valentine 3D, which

opened nationwide on January 16, 2009.
In summer of 2010, Ackles lent his voice as the Red Hood (Jason Todd) for the animated film, Batman: Under The Red Hood, which was released to DVD and Blu-ray on July 27.
On October 22, 2010, Disney Interactive Studios announced that he would be voicing a character named Gibson in the video game, Tron: Evolution, which was released on December 7, 2010.

actress, model, and gymnast Danneel Harris in November 2009. The couple married on

May 15, 2010 in Dallas, Texas.They have one daughter, Justice Jay "JJ" Ackles, born on May 30, 2013.
Ackles considers himself a non-denominational Christian.