Supernatural

JENSEN ACKLES
as DEAN WINCHESTER

A versatile young actor, Jensen Ackles challenges himself with each new role. Ackles currently stars on The CW's “Supernatural” as Dean Winchester, the rugged bad boy who teams up with his younger brother (Jared Padalecki) to find their missing father and battle evil supernatural forces.

Ackles is currently in production on David Mackay's romantic comedy “Ten Inch Hero.” The independent film is a sexy, funny, romantic comedy about the tangled love lives of co-workers at a sub shop in Santa Cruz.

Ackles previous television roles include playing Jason Teague on “Smallville,” Alec/X5-494 on “Dark Angel” and C.J. on “Dawson's Creek.” Additionally, he starred in the miniseries “Blonde,” opposite Patrick Dempsey and Poppy Montgomery.

On the big screen, Ackles made his debut in David Winkler's “Devour” for Sony Pictures. “Devour” revolves around a character named Jake Gray (Ackles) and his friends who play a deadly game called “The Pathway,” which eventually spirals out of control and threatens a worldwide epidemic of violence.

Ackles began his acting career in 1997 as the critically acclaimed Eric Roman Brady on “Days of our Lives,” for which he received three Daytime Emmy nominations and won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998.

Ackles was born in Dallas and was raised in Richardson, Texas. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Played By : Jensen Ackles, Ridge Canipe

Dean was born on January 24, 1979 to John and Mary Winchester. He was the couple's first-born child and elder son, four years older than his younger brother, Sam.

Dean drives a black four-door 1967 Chevy Impala (given to him by his father) and is a fan of classic rock music and heavy metal. He always wears a brass amulet on a long black cloth band necklace. In the episode "A Very Supernatural Christmas", the necklace is revealed to be a gift from Sam on Christmas Day, 1991. The amulet was originally meant for John, but after their father yet again failed to come home for Christmas, Sam gave it to Dean instead, saying "Dad lied to me, I want you to have it," and because Dean desperately tried to give him a good Christmas. In addition to the amulet, Dean always wears a silver ring.

Dean also appears to be a fan of Jack Nicholson, and possibly watches Oprah. He tends to make light of some of his and Sam's adventures, and is known to use crude humor and make sexual innuendos. Dean is terrified of flying, and claims that it is the reason why he drives everywhere. He values his family and their safety more than anything else, even going so far as to kill a demon and its human host in order to save Sam's life, as well as sell his own soul to save Sam's life.