History Creator / JaredPadalecki

He's also known for playing long time love interest of Rory Gilmore, Dean Forrester, in ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', and his roles in movies such as ''Film/NewYorkMinute'' and the remake ''Film/HouseOfWax2005''. He helped to beat Jason Voorhees in the ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' remake. He is set as the lead in the CW series Series/{{Walker}}.

In 2010, he married his Supernatural [[RomanceOnTheSet co-star]] Creator/GenevievePadalecki (nee Cortese), who played the demonic love interest Ruby to his character Sam on the show. They share three children: Thomas Colton (born in 2012), Austin Shepherd "Shep" (born in 2013) , and Odette Elliott (born in 2017).

He's also known for playing long time love interest of Rory Gilmore, Dean Forrester, in ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', and his roles in movies such as ''Film/NewYorkMinute'' and the remake ''Film/HouseOfWax2005''. He helped to beat Jason Voorhees in the ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' remake.

In 2010, he married his Supernatural [[RomanceOnTheSet co-star]] Genevieve Cortese, who played the demonic love interest Ruby to his character Sam on the show. They share three children: Thomas Colton, Austin Shepherd "Shep", and Odette Elliott.

In 2010, he married his Supernatural [[RomanceOnTheSet co-star]] Genevieve Cortese, who played the demonic love interest Ruby to his character Sam on the show. On March 19, 2012, they had a Mini-Moose named Thomas Colton, a second Mini-Moose named Austin Shepherd "Shep" on December 22, 2013, and a third Mini-Moose named Odette Elliott on March 17, 2017.

* StarMakingRole: He got on ''Gilmore Girls'' when he was seventeen as a regular, and it launched his career. Leading ''Supernatural'', however, is what propelled him into near-stardom. To this day, it's a fifty-fifty chance that he'll be recognized in public either as Dean Forrester (even though he now looks nothing like he did on ''Gilmore Girls'') or Sam Winchester.

* StarMakingRole: He got on ''Gilmore Girls'' when he was seventeen as a regular, and it launched his career. Leading ''Supernatural'', however, is what propelled him into near-stardom.

** He met his wife Genevieve Cortese on ''Supernatural'' during Season 4. They married a couple years later, making the sex scene they filmed during that season a bit weird to watch.

* AscendedExtra: Jared is a ''huge'' fan of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou and had previously auditioned for the live-action movie in 2002, but didn't make the cut. Thankfully, his wish was fulfilled in Season 13 of Supernatural where he and his co-star, Creator/JensenAckles, play their respective roles as Sam and Dean in a fully animated episode alongside Mystery, Inc.

In 2013, he went public about his struggles with depression, beginning a charity campaign called Always Keep Fighting that contributes to several mental health-related causes.

** He met his ex-fiancée Sandra [=McCoy=] on ''Film/CryWolf''. She also made an appearance on ''Supernatural'' during Season 3, before they'd broken off the engagement, where his character proceeds to interrogate her, and then shoot her in the head. Awkward.

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki. He is of part [[{{UsefulNotes/Poland}} Polish]] descent on his father's side. He is a rarely well-documented Sasquatch and star of CW show ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he portrays the younger, broody, angst ridden Winchester brother, Sam, alongside his real-life best friend, Creator/JensenAckles. At 6'4" and change, he towers over pretty much everybody, but is known to be a goofball on set, and extremely friendly, even to his many crazed fangirls. He's known to be a big supporter of animal welfare, and often talks about his rescue dogs, Harley, Sadie, Arlo, and Koda. He has gained the FanNickname "Moose" thanks to a line from the series.

In 2010, he married his Supernatural [[RomanceOnTheSet co-star]] Genevieve Cortese, who played the demonic love interest Ruby to his character Sam on the show. On March 19, 2012, they had a Mini-Moose named Thomas Colton. A second Mini-Moose named Austin Shepherd "Shep" was born on December 22, 2013. A third Mini-Moose named Odette Elliott was born on March 17, 2017.

In 2013, he went public about his struggles with depression, beginning a campaign known as Always Keep Fighting.

** He met his wife Genevieve Cortese on ''Supernatural'' during Season 4. They married in 2010, making the sex scene they filmed later that season a bit weird to watch.

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki. He is of part [[{{UsefulNotes/Poland}} Polish]] descent on his father's side. He is a rarely well-documented Sasquatch and star of CW show ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he portrays the younger, broody, angst ridden Winchester brother, Sam, alongside his real-life best friend, Creator/JensenAckles. At 6'4" and change, he towers over pretty much everybody, but is known to be a goofball on set, and extremely friendly, even to his many crazed fangirls. He's known to be a big supporter of animal welfare, and often talks about his rescue dogs, Harley and Sadie. He has gained the FanNickname "Moose" thanks to a line from the series.

His [[{{Website/Twitter}} Twitter]] is [[http://twitter.com/#!/jarpad here]].

* FanNickname: Jared has various nicknames amongst the fans but his most common ones are Moose or Padamoose, from his size, and Puppy, from his public persona.

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki. He is of part [[{{UsefulNotes/Poland}} Polish]] descent on his father's side. He is a rarely well documented Sasquatch and star of CW show ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he portrays the younger, broody, angst ridden Winchester brother, Sam, alongside his real-life best friend, Creator/JensenAckles. At 6'4" and change, he towers over pretty much everybody, but is known to be a goofball on set, and extremely friendly, even to his many crazed fangirls. He's known to be a big supporter of animal welfare, and often talks about his rescue dogs, Harley and Sadie. He has gained the FanNickname "Moose" thanks to a line from the series (and he's not shy about [[http://yfrog.com/kkj0yvuj poking fun at it.]])

In 2010, he married his Supernatural [[RomanceOnTheSet co-star]] Genevieve Cortese, who played the demonic love interest Ruby to his character Sam on the show. On March 19, 2012, they had a Mini-Moose named Thomas Colton Padalecki. A second Mini-Moose named Austin Shepherd "Shep" Padalecki was born on December 22, 2013. A third Mini-Moose named Odette Elliott Padalecki was born on March 17, 2017.

!Tropes associated with Jared Padalecki's career:

* AscendedExtra: Jared was a ''huge'' fan of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou and had previously auditioned for the live-action movie in 2002, but didn't make the cut. Thankfully, his wish was fulfilled in Season 13 of Supernatural where he and his co-star, Creator/JensenAckles, play their respective roles as Sam and Dean in a fully animated episode alongside Mystery Inc.
* FanNickname: Jared has various nicknames amongst the fans but his most common ones are Moose and Puppy.

** He met his wife Genevieve Cortese while working on ''Supernatural''. They married in 2010, making the sex scene they filmed in Season 4 a bit weird to watch.

** He met his ex-fiancée Sandra [=McCoy=] on ''Film/CryWolf''. She also made an appearance on ''Supernatural'' during Season 3, where his character proceeds to interrogate her, and then shoot her in the head. Awkward.

** He briefly dated Creator/AlexisBledel during his time on ''Series/GilmoreGirls''.
** He met his ex-fiancée Sandra [=McCoy=] on ''Film/CryWolf''.
** He met his wife Genevieve Cortese while working on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. They married in 2010, making the sex scene they filmed in Season 4 a bit weird to watch.

* OldShame: During an interview, he mentioned that he met a friend of his on the set of ''New York Minute'', "which we will not talk about". Although it's hard to tell how serious he was. He showed a similar level of potentially-joking dislike for a ''Young [=MacGyver=]'' pilot which was never picked up. He deemed it the worst acting he had ever done at a con in Boston in 2011. When a fan told him that she had watched the movie for him:
-->'''Jared:''' Did you really? I'm so sorry!

* OldShame: During an interview, he mentioned that he met a friend of his on the set of ''New York Minute'', "which we will not talk about". Although it's hard to tell how serious he was. He showed a similar level of potentially-joking dislike for a ''Young [=MacGyver=]'' pilot which was never picked up. He deemed it the worst acting he had ever done at a con in Boston in 2011. When the fan who asked him what he thought the worst acting he had ever done was told him that she had watched the movie for him:

* RomanceOnTheSet:

** He met his wife Genevieve Cortese while working on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki. He is of part [[{{UsefulNotes/Poland}} Polish]] descent on his father's side. He is a rarely well documented Sasquatch and star of CW show ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he portrays the younger, broody, angst ridden Winchester brother, Sam, alongside his real-life best friend, Creator/JensenAckles. At 6'4'', he towers over pretty much everybody, but is known to be a goofball on set, and extremely friendly, even to his many crazed fangirls. He's known to be a big supporter of animal welfare, and often talks about his rescue dogs, Harley and Sadie. He has gained the FanNickname "Moose" thanks to a line from the series (and he's not shy about [[http://yfrog.com/kkj0yvuj poking fun at it.]])

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He's also known for playing long time love interest of Rory Gilmore, Dean Forrester, in ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', and his roles in movies such as New York Minute and the remake ''Film/HouseOfWax2005''. He helped to beat Jason Voorhees in the ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' remake.

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki. He is of part [[{{UsefulNotes/Poland}} Polish]] descent on his father's side. He is a rarely well documented Sasquatch and star of CW show ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he portrays the younger, broody, angst ridden Winchester brother, Sam. At 6'4'', he towers over pretty much everybody, but is known to be a goofball on set, and extremely friendly, even to his many crazed fangirls. He's known to be a big supporter of animal welfare, and often talks about his rescue dogs, Harley and Sadie. He has gained the FanNickname "Moose" thanks to a line from the series (and he's not shy about [[http://yfrog.com/kkj0yvuj poking fun at it.]])

He's also known for playing long time love interest of Rory Gilmore, Dean Forrester, in ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', and his roles in movies such as New York Minute and the remake ''Film/HouseOfWax2005''. He helped to beat Jason Voorhees in the ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' remake. In 2010, he married his Supernatural [[RomanceOnTheSet co-star]] Genevieve Cortese, who played the demonic love interest Ruby to his character Sam on the show. On March 19, 2012, they had a Mini-Moose named Thomas Colton Padalecki. A second Mini-Moose named Austin Shepherd "Shep" Padalecki was born on December 22, 2013. A third Mini-Moose named Odette Elliott Padalecki was born on March 17, 2017.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his Series/{{Supernatural}} co-star Creator/JensenAckles. His kids even refer to him as "Unca Jensen".

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his Series/{{Supernatural}} co-star Creator/JensenAckles

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his Series/{{Supernautral}} co-star Creator/JensenAckles

Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Gerald and Sherri Padalecki. He is of part [[{{UsefulNotes/Poland}} Polish]] descent on his father's side. He is a rarely well documented Sasquatch and star of CW show ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', and he portrays the younger, broody, angst ridden Winchester brother, Sam. At 6'4'', he towers over pretty much everybody, but is known to be a goofball on set, and extremely friendly, even to his many crazed fangirls. He's known to be a big supporter of animal welfare, and often talks about his rescue dogs, Harley and Sadie. He is best friends with co-star Creator/JensenAckles. He has gained the FanNickname "Moose" thanks to a line from the series (and he's not shy about [[http://yfrog.com/kkj0yvuj poking fun at it.]])

* Fartillery: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17dRZlG7Sc0 Just watch.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Series/{{Supernatural}} co-star Creator/JensenAckles. His kids even refer to him as "Uncle Jensen".
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