Jensen Ackles’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American actor and director
A.K.A. Jensen Ross Ackles
Is Actor 
Film director 
Voice actor 
Film actor 
Television actor 
Model 
From United States of America 
Type Fashion 
Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 1 March 1978, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, U.S.A.
Age: 42 years
Family
Spouse: Danneel Harris
Stats
Height: 1.8288 m

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles in television as Dean Winchester on The CW horror fantasy series Supernatural, Eric Brady in Days 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. He also starred as the lead in the box office success My Bloody Valentine 3D and portrayed Jason Todd in the popular animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood.

Ackles currently stars as Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural.

Early life

Ackles was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Donna Joan (née Shaffer) and Alan Roger Ackles, an actor. He has a brother, Josh, and a sister, Mackenzie. Ackles 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.

Career

After modelling on and off since the age of 4, 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. He won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and went on to be 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.

Ackles departed Days of our Lives in 2000 and went 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. Next he appeared in a guest role on the James Cameron television series Dark Angel on Fox in 2001 as serial killer Ben/X5-493, the brother of main character Max/X5-452 (played by Jessica Alba). His character died in the episode, but Ackles returned to the show as a series regular in the second season as Ben’s sane clone, Alec/X5-494. He remained with the show until its cancellation in 2002.

Ackles worked steadily throughout 2003. He joined the cast of 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. He also had a small role in the 2004 short film The Plight of Clownana. Ackles was the producer’s first choice to play Eliza Dushku’s love interest on the second season of Tru Calling, Ackles turned down the role, which was then offered to Eric Christian Olsen and the character’s name was changed to “Jensen” because the producers of Tru Calling liked Ackles’ name. Ackles returned to Vancouver (where Dark Angel was filmed) in 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). He also had a lead role in the 2005 film Devour in which Ackles’ father, actor Alan Ackles, also had a role playing the father of Ackles’ character, Jake Gray.

In 2005, Ackles joined the cast of the WB show horror/drama series Supernatural where he stars as Dean Winchester. Dean and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) drive throughout the United States hunting paranormal predators, fighting demons and angels, and dealing with all manner of fantasy & sci-fi genre. The show is currently in its twelfth season on the CW. It owns the title of the longest-running North American sci-fi series in history.

In the summer of 2007, Ackles took on the role 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. In February 2009, the film was released on DVD exclusively by Blockbuster Home Video. He also appeared on stage from June 5–10, 2007 with Lou Diamond Phillips in A Few Good Men at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, as Lt. Daniel Kaffee. Ackles received strong praise for his work in this role, which was also his professional theatre debut.

In the summer of 2008, Ackles was cast in the 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.

Personal life

After three years of dating, Ackles became engaged to actress and model Danneel Harris in November 2009. The couple married on May 15, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. Their first child, a daughter, was born in May 2013. In August 2016, the couple announced that they were expecting twins, a boy and a girl, later in the year. On December 2, 2016, their twins were born.

Ackles considers himself a non-denominational Christian.

Apart from his career in acting, he has also ventured into businesses. As reported, soon Ackles along with his family members will be opening a brewery, Family Business Brewing Co., in Dripping Springs.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Plight of Clownana Jensen Short film
2005 Devour Jake Gray
2007 Ten Inch Hero Boaz Priestly
2009 My Bloody Valentine 3D Tom Hanniger
2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood Jason Todd / Red Hood Voice role

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Wishbone Michael Duss Episode: “Viva Wishbone!”
1996 Sweet Valley High Brad Rollins Episode: “All Along in the Water Tower”
1996–1997 Mr. Rhodes Malcolm 7 episodes
1997 Cybill David Episode: “The Wedding”
1997–2000 Days of Our Lives Eric Brady Series regular
2001 Blonde Eddie G. Robinson Television film
2001–2002 Dark Angel Alec McDowell / X5-494 22 episodes
2002–2003 Dawson’s Creek C.J. Braxton 12 episodes
2003–2004 Still Life Max Morgan Unaired; 6 episodes
2004–2005 Smallville Jason Teague 20 episodes
2005–present Supernatural Dean Winchester Lead role
2011 Supernatural: The Anime Series Dean Winchester Voice role; 2 episodes
2017 Kings of Con Justin Angles Episode: “Arlington, VA”

Video games

Year Title Role
2010 Tron: Evolution Gibson
2011 The 3rd Birthday Kyle Madigan

As director

Year Title Notes
2010–2015 Supernatural 6 episodes

As producer

Year Title Notes
2004 The Plight of Clownana Short film; executive producer

Awards and nominations

Year Work Awards Category Result Refs
1998 Days of Our Lives Soap Opera Digest Awards Best Male Newcomer Won
Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
1999 Days of Our Lives Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2000 Days of Our Lives Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2006 Supernatural Teen Choice Awards TV – Choice Breakout Star Nominated
Constellation Awards Best Male Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode
(for “In My Time of Dying”)
Nominated
2007 Supernatural SFX Awards Best TV Actor Nominated
2008 Supernatural Constellation Awards Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode
(for “What Is and what Should Never Be”)
Nominated
Ewwy Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2009 Supernatural Constellation Awards Best Male Performance in a 2008 Science Fiction Television Episode
(for “In the Beginning”)
Nominated
2010 Supernatural Ewwy Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Won
Constellation Awards Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode
(for “The End”)
Nominated
2011 Supernatural TV Guide Award Favourite Actor Won
2012 Supernatural Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi Nominated
2013 Supernatural Constellation Awards Best Male Performance in a 2012 Science Fiction Television Episode
(for “We Need To Talk About Kevin”)
Nominated
People’s Choice Awards Favorite Dramatic TV Actor Nominated
SFX Awards Best TV Actor Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi Nominated
2014 Supernatural People’s Choice Awards Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor Nominated
Favorite TV Bromance
(shared with Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins)
Won
2015 Supernatural Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Chemistry: Jensen Ackles & Misha Collins Won
2016 Supernatural People’s Choice Awards Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Actor Won
2017 Supernatural People’s Choice Awards Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Actor Nominated
Supernatural Teen Choice Awards Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor Pending
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