Jensen Ross Ackles was born on March 1,1978 and is an American actor.
22 Facts About Jensen Ackles
2.
Jensen Ackles grew up in Richardson and attended Lloyd V Berkner High School.
3.
Jensen Ackles 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.
4.
Jensen Ackles won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and went on to be nominated three times for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Days of our Lives.
5.
Jensen Ackles left Days of our Lives in 2000 and went on to appear in the mini-series Blonde, about the life of Marilyn Monroe.
6.
Jensen Ackles auditioned for the role of the young Clark Kent on Smallville, a role offered to actor Tom Welling instead.
7.
Jensen Ackles remained with the show until its cancellation in 2002.
8.
Jensen Ackles joined the cast of The WB's hit show Dawson's Creek during its final season, playing CJ, Jen Lindley's lover.
9.
Jensen Ackles had a small role in the 2004 short film The Plight of Clownana.
10.
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.
11.
Jensen Ackles returned to Vancouver in 2004 to become a regular on Smallville playing the assistant football coach Jason Teague, who was the newest romantic interest for Lana Lang.
12.
Jensen Ackles had a lead role in the 2005 film Devour in which Ackles' father, actor Alan Ackles, had a role playing the father of Ackles' character, Jake Gray.
13.
The film began hitting the film festival circuit in early 2007 and Jensen Ackles received high praise for his comedic timing in the role.
14.
Jensen Ackles received strong praise for his work in this role, which was his professional theatre debut.
15.
In summer of 2010, as part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies franchise, Jensen Ackles provided the voice for the Red Hood in the animated film, Batman: Under The Red Hood, which was released to DVD and Blu-ray on July 27.
16.
In summer of 2021, Jensen Ackles voiced the role of Batman for the two-part adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween.
17.
Jensen Ackles voiced the role again in February 2023 in Legion of Superheroes, and will reprise the role in the upcoming film Justice League: Warworld.
18.
In 2018, Jensen Ackles collaborated with musician Steve Carlson to form Radio Company.
19.
Jensen Ackles would serve as narrator, reprising his role as Dean.
20.
In October 2021, Jensen Ackles was cast to play US Marshal Wood Helm in the Western feature Rust, written and directed by Joel Souza.
21.
Jensen Ackles played opposite Alec Baldwin, who starred in the title role.
22.
Jensen Ackles is a co-owner of a brewery in Dripping Springs, Texas, Family Business Beer Company, with his wife and in-laws.