Jared Padalecki is best known for his role on the small screen as Rory's boyfriend Dean on Gilmore Girls. Padalecki is currently starring in The CW's thriller Supernatural, as Sam Winchester, the sweet reluctant hero who joins forces with his older brother to save their father from unseen forces.
On the big screen, Padalecki was most recently seen in the thriller Cry Wolf, where he played a precocious boarding school student drawn into an elaborate hoax involving a serial killer. He also appeared in House of Wax, Flight of the Phoenix and New York Minute.
Additionally, Padalecki appeared in the hit film Cheaper By The Dozen, in a role for which director Shawn Levy specifically requested him. He can also be seen starring opposite Kathy Baker and Hallie Kate Eisenberg in the independent baseball movie A Little Inside.
Padalecki currently resides in Los Angeles with his two dogs.