Jared is an American actor best known for his character of Sam Winchester on television series Supernatural. He has also worked in movies such as A Little Inside, Cheaper By the Dozen, New York Minute, Flight with the Phoenix, House of Wax, Cry Wolf, House of Fears, Christmas Cottage and Friday the 13th. Other than these he has also appeared in television series like Glimore Girls, ER, The Ring of Endless Light, Young MacGyver, and Room 401. His performance in Supernatural has won him several awards like Constellation Award, People's Choice Award and Teen Choice Award. He ha even earned several nominations in different categories.
Jared Padalecki Religion
Born in San Antonio, Texas, his father is Polish and mother has German, French, Scottish and English ancestry. He can be concluded to be Christian by his background, but unconfirmed.
Jared Padalecki Political Views
Although his politcal opinions are unreported, an interesting fact is that in 2000 he was chosen as a candidate for the Presidential Scholars Program.
Who is he/she dating?
Jared was engaged to his Supernatural co-star Genevieve Cortese. He is now married to her and has three children.
Jared Padalecki Hobbies
An avid activist, Jared launched his Always Keep Fighting campaign through Represent.com. It raises funds to help people suffering from depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.
Interesting Facts
Jared was once the host of a reality horror TV series Room 401 which was discontinued after 8 episodes given its poor ratings.
Supernatural is the longest running North American Sci-fi series in history.
He won the FOX TV's Claim to Fame contest.
He was once considered for the role of Superman.
Jared along with his partner once won the National Forensic League championship for Duo Interpretation.
He proposed his girlfriend at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art before her favorite painting "Joan Of Arc".
Jared has admitted to have battled with depression.
Sources
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655585/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Padalecki
