Jensen Ackles grew up in the Dallas area in a family with ties to acting; his father, Alan Ackles, was an actor. After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue screen roles. In 1998 he joined the daytime drama Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady, a role that earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination and established him as a young television actor.
He followed that with genre roles as Ben and Alec on Dark Angel and as Jason Teague on Smallville. In 2005 he was cast opposite Jared Padalecki in Supernatural as Dean Winchester. The series ran for 15 seasons, first on The WB and then The CW, ending in 2020, and Ackles became closely identified with Dean's mixture of swagger, humor, and loyalty to his brother Sam. He also directed several episodes.
Ackles branched into film with My Bloody Valentine 3D and voiced Jason Todd, the Red Hood, in the animated Batman: Under the Red Hood. In 2022 he joined The Boys as Soldier Boy, a brutal, attention-seeking superhero, in a role that introduced him to a new audience. Offscreen, he married actress Danneel Harris in 2010, and they have three children. He has continued to work in genre television and launched a production company with Harris.
Jensen Ackles was born on March 1, 1978 in Dallas, Texas, United States. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), March 1, 1978 corresponds to the Nine of Spades, making the Nine of Spades his Birth Card.
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