- Name: Jensen Ackles
- Date of Birth: March 01, 1978
- Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas
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After modeling off and on as a young child, 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 ...( read more)
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Jensen Ackles
Early Years:
Jensen Ross Ackles, or better known as just Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas.
Jensen graduated from Dartmouth Elementary School in 1990, he graduated from Apollo Junior High School in 1993, and LV Berkner High School in 1996. Jensen, who is of Irish, British and German ancestry, is a sports junkie. He loves football, lacrosse, baseball and basketball. He even played on the baseball and lacrosse teams in high school.
The 6' 1" actor first started modeling when he was just 2 years old. When he turned 4, he started appearing in TV commercials for Nabisco, RadioShack and Wal-Mart. He caught the acting bug because he was mostly influenced by his father, who was an actor in Dallas. He used to watch his father study scripts, and that taught him a few things about the industry. During his later years in high school, he started taking theater classes, where he claimed he was the only "jock" in that department.
When he was just a sophomore, a friend of Jensen had asked him to attend a local acting seminar. Two guys, Craig Wargo, and an agent, 'Michael Einfeld', were interested in Jensen's talent and wanted him to go to Los Angeles with them. Jensen had to say no to the offer and admitted at one point, he thought they would forget about him but, eventually, when he went to Los Angeles, he still managed to get help from them. Prior to that, Jensen actually planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and become a physical therapist, before he decided to move to Los Angeles to give acting a try.
Career:
In 1996, he managed to secure guest roles on several TV shows, which included "Wishbone", "Mr. Rhodes", "7th Heaven" and "Sweet Valley High". Jensen's big break came when he was cast in the NBC soap opera, "Days of Our Lives" , as Eric Brady in 1997. He won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998, and was nominated three times in 1998, 1999, and 2000 for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on "Days of Our Lives".
After spending about three years on a soap set, he left "Days of Our Lives" (1965) and went on to appear in the mini-series Blonde (2001) (TV), which was about the life of Marilyn Monroe, playing Eddie G. He also auditioned for the role of Clark Kent on "Smallville" (2001), but lost the part to Tom Welling, instead.
Not giving up hope, he went for a few auditions and managed to secure a guest role on
James CameronTV series, "Dark Angel", as serial killer Ben, the brother of main character Max, who was played by Jessica Alba. His character died in the episode, but Jensen eventually returned to the show as a regular in the second season as Ben's clone, Alec and continued on until the show's cancellation in 2002.
In 2003, he joined the cast of "Dawson's Creek" (1998), playing the role of C.J., Jen Lindley's lover. He also filmed episodes of the TV series, "Still Life" (2005), playing the role of Max Morgan, not knowing that the series was actually dropped. He also had a small role in the short film, The Plight of Clownana (2004), playing the role of Jensen.
That same year, he was offered the part of Eliza Dushku's love interest on the second season of "Tru Calling" (2003). Jensen, however, turned down the role which was later offered to another actor, Eric Christian Olsen. He was subsequently cast on "Smallville" (2001), as Assistant football coach Jason Teague, the new love interest of Lana Lang.
In 2005, Jensen managed to earn a lead role in the movie, Devour (2005), playing the role of Jake Gray. Jensen also earned the opportunity to work his father, actor Alan Ackles, who happened to play his character's father, Paul Kilton. The movie, however, received mixed reviews from the public.
That same year, Jensen joined the cast of the CW series, "Supernatural" (2005), where he plays the role of Dean Winchester. Dean and his brother Sam, who is played by JaredPadalecki are brothers who drive throughout the United States hunting paranormal predators, sometimes with their father, John Winchester, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
When Sam and Dean Winchester were just kids, their mother was horribly murdered in front of their father by something "supernatural". Their lives were never the same again. After their mother's murder, their father took an interest in the supernatural and the unexplained and raised the boys as warriors with skills to fight back against the unknown and protect the innocent. 22 years later, with Sam and Dean grown up, their father suddenly disappears on a suppose routine supernatural hunt. Sam and Dean search for their father and along the way help anyone with a supernatural problem with the help from their dad's journal that contains most of his knowledge about the supernatural that he had accumulated over his 22 years of none-stop obsessive hunting. It was reported that the creator of the show, Eric Kripke, mentioned that the show will last for a maximum of five seasons.
In 2006, Jensen took on a role in the Independently filmed comedy/drama movie, Ten Inch Hero (2007), which explores the theme of honesty and the flaw of judging by appearances.
In 2007 the film began a limited run at number of film festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival and the Santa Cruz Film Festival but never made it into major mainstream theatrical release. In the Spring of 2008 Ten Inch Hero was released onto DVD exclusively through Blockbuster. Jensen however, received high praise for his work as Priestly, who one of the movie's more quirky characters.
From June 5-10 in 2007 Jensen had his professional stage debut as Lt. Daniel Kaffee in "A Few Good Men" at Casa Manana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, working along side Lou Diamond Phillips. This proved to be another successful acting venture for Jensen, as critics were impressed with his work in this role.
In the Summer of 2008 Jensen traveled to Kittaning, PA to film the horror/thriller movie.
My Bloody Valentine (2009), which was filmed in the cutting edge Real D technology, Jensen played the lead role of Tom Hanniger and starred alongside Jaime King and Kerr Smith. Jensen splits his off time between Burbank, California and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Music:
During his free time, Jensen enjoys golfing, horseback riding, scuba diving and photography. He is also a big fan of country music. His favorite musician is Garth Brooks. He even sang back-up vocals on good friend Steve Carlson's albums "Spot in the Corner" and "Rollin' On." Also sings with friends Christain Kane and Jason Manns.
"Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with." - Jensen Ackles
| Jensen Ackles Biography: |
Early Years:
Jensen Ross Ackles, or better known as just Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas.
Jensen graduated from Dartmouth Elementary School in 1990, he graduated from Apollo Junior High School in 1993, and LV Berkner High School in 1996. Jensen, who is of Irish, British and German ancestry, is a sports junkie. He loves football, lacrosse, baseball and basketball. He even played on the baseball and lacrosse teams in high school.
The 6' 1" actor first started modeling when he was just 2 years old. When he turned 4, he started appearing in TV commercials for Nabisco, RadioShack and Wal-Mart. He caught the acting bug because he was mostly influenced by his father, who was an actor in Dallas. He used to watch his father study scripts, and that taught him a few things about the industry. During his later years in high school, he started taking theater classes, where he claimed he was the only "jock" in that department.
When he was just a sophomore, a friend of Jensen had asked him to attend a local acting seminar. Two guys, Craig Wargo, and an agent, 'Michael Einfeld', were interested in Jensen's talent and wanted him to go to Los Angeles with them. Jensen had to say no to the offer and admitted at one point, he thought they would forget about him but, eventually, when he went to Los Angeles, he still managed to get help from them. Prior to that, Jensen actually planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and become a physical therapist, before he decided to move to Los Angeles to give acting a try.
Career:
In 1996, he managed to secure guest roles on several TV shows, which included "Wishbone", "Mr. Rhodes", "7th Heaven" and "Sweet Valley High". Jensen's big break came when he was cast in the NBC soap opera, "Days of Our Lives" , as Eric Brady in 1997. He won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998, and was nominated three times in 1998, 1999, and 2000 for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on "Days of Our Lives".
After spending about three years on a soap set, he left "Days of Our Lives" (1965) and went on to appear in the mini-series Blonde (2001) (TV), which was about the life of Marilyn Monroe, playing Eddie G. He also auditioned for the role of Clark Kent on "Smallville" (2001), but lost the part to Tom Welling, instead.
Not giving up hope, he went for a few auditions and managed to secure a guest role on
James CameronTV series, "Dark Angel", as serial killer Ben, the brother of main character Max, who was played by Jessica Alba. His character died in the episode, but Jensen eventually returned to the show as a regular in the second season as Ben's clone, Alec and continued on until the show's cancellation in 2002.In 2003, he joined the cast of "Dawson's Creek" (1998), playing the role of C.J., Jen Lindley's lover. He also filmed episodes of the TV series, "Still Life" (2005), playing the role of Max Morgan, not knowing that the series was actually dropped. He also had a small role in the short film, The Plight of Clownana (2004), playing the role of Jensen.
That same year, he was offered the part of Eliza Dushku's love interest on the second season of "Tru Calling" (2003). Jensen, however, turned down the role which was later offered to another actor, Eric Christian Olsen. He was subsequently cast on "Smallville" (2001), as Assistant football coach Jason Teague, the new love interest of Lana Lang.
In 2005, Jensen managed to earn a lead role in the movie, Devour (2005), playing the role of Jake Gray. Jensen also earned the opportunity to work his father, actor Alan Ackles, who happened to play his character's father, Paul Kilton. The movie, however, received mixed reviews from the public.
That same year, Jensen joined the cast of the CW series, "Supernatural" (2005), where he plays the role of Dean Winchester. Dean and his brother Sam, who is played by JaredPadalecki are brothers who drive throughout the United States hunting paranormal predators, sometimes with their father, John Winchester, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
When Sam and Dean Winchester were just kids, their mother was horribly murdered in front of their father by something "supernatural". Their lives were never the same again. After their mother's murder, their father took an interest in the supernatural and the unexplained and raised the boys as warriors with skills to fight back against the unknown and protect the innocent. 22 years later, with Sam and Dean grown up, their father suddenly disappears on a suppose routine supernatural hunt. Sam and Dean search for their father and along the way help anyone with a supernatural problem with the help from their dad's journal that contains most of his knowledge about the supernatural that he had accumulated over his 22 years of none-stop obsessive hunting. It was reported that the creator of the show, Eric Kripke, mentioned that the show will last for a maximum of five seasons. In 2006, Jensen took on a role in the Independently filmed comedy/drama movie, Ten Inch Hero (2007), which explores the theme of honesty and the flaw of judging by appearances.
In 2007 the film began a limited run at number of film festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival and the Santa Cruz Film Festival but never made it into major mainstream theatrical release. In the Spring of 2008 Ten Inch Hero was released onto DVD exclusively through Blockbuster. Jensen however, received high praise for his work as Priestly, who one of the movie's more quirky characters.
From June 5-10 in 2007 Jensen had his professional stage debut as Lt. Daniel Kaffee in "A Few Good Men" at Casa Manana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, working along side Lou Diamond Phillips. This proved to be another successful acting venture for Jensen, as critics were impressed with his work in this role.
In the Summer of 2008 Jensen traveled to Kittaning, PA to film the horror/thriller movie.
My Bloody Valentine (2009), which was filmed in the cutting edge Real D technology, Jensen played the lead role of Tom Hanniger and starred alongside Jaime King and Kerr Smith. Jensen splits his off time between Burbank, California and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Music:
During his free time, Jensen enjoys golfing, horseback riding, scuba diving and photography. He is also a big fan of country music. His favorite musician is Garth Brooks. He even sang back-up vocals on good friend Steve Carlson's albums "Spot in the Corner" and "Rollin' On." Also sings with friends Christain Kane and Jason Manns.
| Jensen Ackles Trivia: |
Good friends with Christian Kane and Jared Padalecki His first name is actually a surname and is the most common surname in Denmark.
Jensen sings and plays guitar.
Jensen screen tested with Christie Clarke, who played his sister, for his role as Eric on Days of Our Lives. However, in the scene they acted out, Christie was not playing his sister and they had to kiss
Jensen graduated from Dartmouth Elementary School in 1987; he graduated Apollo Junior High School in Richardson, Texas in 1993; and he graduated from L. V. Berkner High School in 1996 in Richardson, Texas
Jensen modeled when he was four years old, and took a break until he was ten. His school friends teased him, but when he bought a car with his earnings at age 16, he got the last laugh!
Some actors Jensen admires include Anthony Hopkins, Jim Caviezel, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, and Ewan McGregor Jensen has had Lasik eye surgery.
Jensen owns a Cockapoo called Icarus.
Jensen's favorite city is Austin, Texas.
Jensen's parents named him Jensen because they considered other names like Justin but found them too common. It took them three days to name him; Jensen was the last name of someone listed in the hymnal at their church.
Jensen has recently taken up golfing. He admits he isn't very good but claims he was hooked after going out to the golf course with Tom Welling of Smallville.
Jensen wears contact lenses.
Jensen is a sports junkie. He loves football, lacrosse, baseball, and basketball. He played on the baseball and lacrosse teams in high school. When he started taking theater classes, he was the only "jock" in the theater department.
Even though Jensen's favorite basketball player is Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns, his favorite team is Dallas Mavericks who traded Steve Nash to the Phoenix Suns team.
Jensen's father, Alan Ackles, is also an actor. He appeared on episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger and Dallas.
Jensen has also worked with his father in the movie Devour.
Jensen's favorite charity is Young Life. It's a Christian organization for high school teens, a youth ministry. They offer outings and ski trips, and have a camp.
Jensen's favorite time of the year is Christmas because of the holidays, the cold, the lights, and the spirit.
Jensen's favorite songs include Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah performed by Jeff Buckley and Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Jensen's favorite vacation spot is Bora Bora, Napa Valley.
Jensen planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech Unive rsity and become a physical therapist, before he decided to move to LA to give acting a try.
Jensen's most treasured possesion is the necklace he had made in honor of his best friend, who was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver.
Jensen's first modeling gig was when he was just 2 years old. Jensen enjoys boogie-boarding, horseback riding, and photography.
Jensen moved to Los Angeles in 1996 after graduating from high school.
Jensen's brother, Josh, is about three years older than him. His sister, Mackenzie, is about seven years younger.
Jensen auditioned for the role of Clark Kent on Smallville, but lost out to Tom Welling. He ended up getting the role as Jason because of his chemistry with Kristin Kruek during the audition. Jensen and his Supernatural co-star Jared Padalecki were voted
People Magazine's "Sexiest Ghostbusters" in 2005.
Jensen's favorite season is fall.
Jensen currently splits his time between Burbank,California and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Jensen likes country music.
His favorite musician is Garth Brooks.
He sings back-up vocals on good friend Steve Carlson's albums Spot in the Corner and Rollin' On.
VITAL STATS
| Jensen Ackles Information: |
| Eye color: Hazel green |
| Height: 6'1" |
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| Education: |
| Family: Parents: Alan and Donna Ackles, his father is a professional actor. His brother Josh, is about 3 years older than him, and his sister Mackenzie, is about 7 years younger. |
| Resides in: Hollywood, CA |
| Religious affiliations: Unknown |
| Political affiliation: Unknown |
| Personal interests/hobbies: Enjoys horseback riding, sings and plays the guitar. |
| Charities/Causes: |
| Other: *Began modeling at age 4 in TV commercials for Nabisco, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart. *Was signed as a teen by an agent after being spotted at a Dallas actors workshop. *Abandoned plans to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and instead moved to L.A. to pursue acting. *Won the Soap Opera Digest award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998 for his role as Eric Brady on Days Of Our Lives. *Along with SUPERNATURAL Co-star JARED PADALECKI was named sexiest ghostbusters in People Magazine. *Named one of TV's Sexiest Men by TV GUIDE in 2006. |
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JENSEN I BELIEVE THAT I AM THE BIGGEST FAN OF YOU...I...U ARE A VERY GOOD ACTOR AND VERY BEAUTIFUL....U ARE MY FAVORITE ACTOR ON THRILLER AND SUPERNATURAL IS THE BEST SERIE.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I HAD SEEN ALL YOUR MOOVIES:MY BLOODY VALENTINE,DEVOYR e.t.c...BIBI........ girl_roni
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Love supernatural...Love the film my bloody valentine too brilliant actor! =]
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I LOVE YOU.. OMG I LOVE YOU IN SUPERNATURAL.. YOU ARE SUCH A HOTTIE <3
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