| Mostly Credited As: | Jensen Ackles |
| Birth Name: | Jensen Ross Ackles |
| Date Of Birth: | March 01, 1978 |
| Country Of Birth: |  USA |
| Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas |
| Height: | 6' (1.82 m) |
Jensen Ackles was born March 1, 1978 in Dallas, Texas, and has an older brother named Joshua and a younger sister named Mackenzie. Jensen started modeling at a young age but decided to concentrate on his acting career in 1996 right after he graduated from High School, the next year he got a role on the NBC soap opera
Days of our Lives and for his role in the series he received a Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998.
In 2001 Jensen joined the cast of
Dark Angel but only for a few episodes in the first season only to return as a regular cast member in the second season. In 2003, Jensen made several appearances on
Dawson's Creek and in 2004 he became a regular cast member on
Smallville for the fourth season.
Now Jensen is starring in the new horror series
Supernatural.
