History Creator / JensenAckles

** He was in talks to play Leon Kennedy in the fourth ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' movie, before the delays and the extensive rewrites, with Leon not appearing in the new version. Leon later appeared in the fifth movie played by Johann Urb.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (2005 - 2020) as Dean Winchester

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' (2021) as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne / Batman]] (voice)

He and his family reside in Austin, Texas where they run a brewery, [[https://familybusinessbeerco.com/ Family Business Beer Company]]. He and Danneel formed a production company, ''Chaos Machine Productions'', and signed an overall deal with Creator/WarnerBros. They are set to executive produce a ''Supernatural'' prequel, ''Series/TheWinchesters'', with Jensen reprising his role as Dean playing TheNarrator.

He's best known for being in shows such as ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (Dean Winchester), ''Series/DarkAngel'' (identical twins Ben and Alec) and ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (Jason Teague), as well as movies like ''Film/{{Devour}}'' (Jake Gray) and ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'' (Tom Hanniger). His first big part was on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', as Eric Roman Brady (Sami's twin brother).

Outside of ''Supernatural'', he's been the voice of Jason Todd/Red Hood in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', Gibson in the video game ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'', Kyle Madigan in ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'', and Bruce Wayne/Batman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween''. He's playing Soldier Boy in season three of ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' and Sheriff Beau Arlen in season three of ''Series/BigSky''.

He's best known for being in shows such as ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (Dean Winchester), ''Series/DarkAngel'' (twins Ben & Alec) and ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (Jason Teague), as well as movies like ''Film/{{Devour}}'' (Jake Gray) and ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'' (Tom Hanniger). His first big part was on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', as Eric Roman Brady (Sami's twin).

As well as being known for modelling photos, he's also well-known for being in shows such as ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (Dean Winchester), ''Series/DarkAngel'' (twins Ben & Alec) and ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (Jason Teague), as well as being in movies like ''Film/{{Devour}}'' (Jake Gray) and ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'' (Tom Hanniger). His first big part was on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', as Eric Roman Brady (Sami's twin).

* TheCastShowoff: Usually averted. Ackles is a talented singer, but Dean Winchester couldn't carry a tune to save his life, as his painful attempts at karaoke several times throughout the show clearly demonstrate. However, Jensen did learn to play the piano in just a few days' time for the ''Series/DarkAngel'' episode "The Berrisford Agenda" where his character Alec posed as a piano tutor, and the producers ended up not using the hand double they'd hired because Jensen was better.

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* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' (2022) as Soldier Boy

* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (2002 - 20003) as C.J.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (2005- 2020) as Dean Winchester

* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (2002- 20003) as C.J.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2004- 20005) as Jason Teague

He and his family reside in Austin, Texas where they run a brewery, [[https://familybusinessbeerco.com/ Family Business Beer Company]]. He and Danneel formed a production company, ''Chaos Machine Productions'', and signed an overall deal with Creator/WarnerBros. They are set to executive produce a Supernatural prequel, ''Series/TheWinchesters'', with Jensen reprising his role as Dean playing TheNarrator.

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Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. He's one of those actors where you can throw anything at him from an acting challenge point of view; you can shoot him, tie him up, torture him, dumb him down, make him all bloody and bruised, wring the emo from him, and generally have him flung against a hard, inanimate object nearly every episode and he'll eat it up with a spoon and knock it out of the park every time.

Outside of ''Supernatural'', he's been the voice of Jason Todd/Red Hood in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', Gibson in the video game ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'', Kyle Madigan in ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'', and Bruce Wayne/Batman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween''. He is set to play Soldier Boy in season three of ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}''.

* DirectedByCastMember: Directed five episodes of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor, director, and singer. He's one of those actors where you can throw anything at him from an acting challenge point of view; you can shoot him, tie him up, torture him, dumb him down, make him all bloody and bruised, wring the emo from him, and generally have him flung against a hard, inanimate object nearly every episode and he'll eat it up with a spoon and knock it out of the park every time.

He and his family reside in Austin, Texas where they run a brewery, [[https://familybusinessbeerco.com/ Family Business Beer Company]]. He and Danneel formed a production company, ''Chaos Machine Productions'', and signed an overall deal with Creator/WarnerBros. They are set to executive produce a Supernatural prequel, ''Series/TheWinchesters'', with Jensen playing Dean as TheNarrator.

** Jared Padalecki mentioned in an interview with [[https://twitter.com/JustMeAngieL/status/1348806274188668930 TV Guide]] that the initial plan for ''Series/{{Walker}}'' was that he would only executive produce while Jensen would play the lead.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' (2021) as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne/Batman]] (voice)

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' (2021) as Bruce Wayne/Batman (voice)

He and his family reside in Austin, Texas where they run a brewery, [[https://familybusinessbeerco.com/ Family Business Beer Company]]. He and Danneel formed a production company, ''Chaos Machine Productions'', and signed an overall deal with Creator/WarnerBros. They are set to executive produce a Supernatural prequel, ''Series/TheWinchesters''.

* ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (1997-2000) as Eric Brady
* ''Series/DarkAngel'' (2001-02) as Ben / [=X5=]-493, Alec [=McDowell=] / [=X5=]-494
* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (2002-03) as C.J.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2004-05) as Jason Teague

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' (2005-20) as Dean Winchester

* ''Series/BigSky'' (2022) as Beau Arlen

He and his family reside in Austin, Texas where they run a brewery, [[https://familybusinessbeerco.com/ Family Business Beer Company]]. He and Danneel formed a production company, ''Chaos Machine Productions'', and signed an overall deal with Creator/WarnerBros.

* ''VideoGame/LifeWeaver'' (2012) as Dark Elf (voice)

* ''Series/KingsOfCon'' (2017) as Justin Angles

* ''Film/{{Rust}}'' (TBA) as Sheriff Wood Helm

** He was the showrunners' choice to play Tru's boyfriend in Season 2 of ''Series/TruCalling'', but had to bow out due to his commitment to ''Smallville''. So the character was cast with Creator/EricChristianOlsen and actually named Jensen. The suggestion to cast him had been made by Doris Egan, who wrote the episode of ''Series/DarkAngel'' where his character Ben was introduced, since like Ben the character of Jensen on ''Tru Calling'' was supposed to be able to show both sweetness and an eventual descent into psychosis.

* HypotheticalCasting: Ackles was ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' producer Marc Guggenheim's personal choice to portray [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] if Warner Bros ever allowed them access to the character, but this never materialized on the show. (The role has since been filled in the Arrowverse by Creator/WarrenChristie in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}''.) However, he ultimately did voice Bruce Wayne in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween The Long Halloween]]''.

He's married to actress Creator/DanneelAckles, with whom he has three kids: Justice Jay (JJ, born May 30, 2013) and twins Zeppelin Bram and Arrow Rhodes (born December 2nd, 2016). He's also close friends with his ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' co-stars Creator/JaredPadalecki and Creator/MishaCollins.

He and his family reside in Austin, Texas where they run a brewery, [[https://familybusinessbeerco.com/ Family Business Beer Company]]. He and Danneel formed a production company, ''Chaos Machine Productions'', and signed an overall deal with Creator/WarnerBros

* HypotheticalCasting: Ackles was ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' producer Marc Guggenheim's personal choice to portray [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] if Warner Bros ever allowed them access to the character, but this never materialized on the show. (The role has since been filled by Warren Christie in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}''.) However, he ultimately did voice Bruce Wayne in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween The Long Halloween]]''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was allegedly the runner-up for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' had Creator/TomWelling turned down the part. He would later go on to portray Jason Teague in the fourth season of the series.

* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' (TBA) as Soldier Boy

* ''Life Weaver'' (2012) as Dark Elf (voice)

* ''Kings of Con'' (2017) as Justin Angles