Early life

Ackles was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Donna Joan (née Shaffer) and Alan Roger Ackles, an actor. He has a brother, Josh, and a sister, Mackenzie. Ackles had planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and to become a physical therapist, but instead moved to Los Angeles to start his acting career.

Career

After modelling on and off since the age of 4, Ackles began to concentrate on an acting career in 1996. He 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. He won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and went on to be nominated three times (in 1998, 1999, and 2000) for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Days of our Lives.

Ackles departed Days of our Lives in 2000 and went on to appear in the mini-series Blonde, about the life of Marilyn Monroe. He also auditioned for the role of the young Clark Kent on Smallville, a role offered to actor Tom Welling instead. Next he appeared in a guest role on the James Cameron television series Dark Angel on Fox in 2001 as serial killer Ben/X5-493, the brother of main character Max/X5-452 (played by Jessica Alba). His character died in the episode, but Ackles returned to the show as a series regular in the second season as Ben's sane clone, Alec/X5-494. He remained with the show until its cancellation in 2002.

Ackles worked steadily throughout 2003. He joined the cast of the WB's hit show Dawson's Creek during its final season, playing CJ, Jen Lindley's lover. Afterward, Ackles filmed several episodes of the unaired series Still Life for Fox before it was abruptly dropped. He also had a small role in the 2004 short film The Plight of Clownana. 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. Ackles returned to Vancouver (where Dark Angel was filmed) in 2004 to become a regular on Smallville playing the assistant football coach Jason Teague, who was also the newest romantic interest for Lana Lang (played by Kristin Kreuk). He also had a lead role in the 2005 film Devour in which Ackles' father, actor Alan Ackles, also had a role playing the father of Ackles' character, Jake Gray.

Most recently, Ackles joined the cast of the CW horror/drama series Supernatural in 2005, where he stars as Dean Winchester. Dean and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) drive throughout the United States hunting paranormal predators, sometimes with their father, John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). The show is currently in its eleventh season.

In the summer of 2007, Ackles took on the role of Priestly in the independent comedy Ten Inch Hero. The film began hitting the film festival circuit in early 2007 and Ackles received high praise for his comedic timing in the role. In February 2009, the film was released on DVD exclusively by Blockbuster Home Video. He also appeared on stage from June 5-10, 2007 with Lou Diamond Phillips in A Few Good Men at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, as Lt. Daniel Kaffee. Ackles received strong praise for his work in this role, which was also his professional theatre debut.

In the summer of 2008, Ackles was cast in the remake of the cult film My Bloody Valentine 3D, which opened nationwide on January 16, 2009.

In summer of 2010, Ackles lent his voice as the Red Hood (Jason Todd) for the animated film, Batman: Under The Red Hood, which was released to DVD and Blu-ray on July 27.

On October 22, 2010, Disney Interactive Studios announced that he would be voicing a character named Gibson in the video game, Tron: Evolution, which was released on December 7, 2010.

Personal life

After three years of dating, Ackles became engaged to actress, model, and gymnast Danneel Harris in November 2009. The couple married on May 15, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. They have one daughter, Justice Jay "JJ" Ackles, born on May 30, 2013.

Ackles considers himself a non-denominational Christian.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Plight of Clownana, TheThe Plight of Clownana	Jensen	Short film
2005	Devour	Jake Gray	Straight-to-DVD
2007	Ten Inch Hero	(Boaz) Priestly
2009	My Bloody Valentine 3D	Tom Hanniger
2010	Batman: Under the Red Hood	Jason Todd / Red Hood	DC Original animated film; voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Wishbone	Michael Duss	Episode 1.34: "Viva Wishbone!"
1996	Sweet Valley High	Brad	Episode 3.17: "All Along in the Water Tower"
1996-97	Mr. Rhodes	Malcolm	7 episodes
1997	Cybill	David	Episode 3.22: "The Wedding"
1998-2002	Days of Our Lives	Eric Brady	Role held: November 6, 1998 - July 31, 2000 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Male Newcomer (1998) Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series (1998-2000)
2001	Blonde	Eddie G	Television film
2001-02	Dark Angel	Alec McDowell / X5-494, Ben / X5-493	Main cast; 22 episodes
2002-03	Dawson's Creek	C.J.	Recurring cast; 12 episodes
2003-04	Still Life	Max	Main cast; 6 episodes; unaired series
2004-05	Smallville	Jason Teague	Main cast (Season 4); 22 episodes
2005-present	Supernatural	Dean Winchester	Main role (236 episodes); Director (3 episodes) See "Awards and Nominations" (below)
2011	Supernatural: The Anime Series	Dean Winchester	Voice role, 2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Tron: Evolution	Gibson
2011	The 3rd Birthday	Kyle Madigan

Discography

Year	Album	Title	Interpret
2012	Sharing the Covers	Angeles	Steve Carlson feat. Jensen Ackles
2014	Christmas With Friends	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Jason Manns feat. Jensen Ackles

Not officially recorded

Year	Event	Title	Interpret
2010	JIB Con	The Weight	Jensen Ackles and Jason Manns
2010	100th Episode Party Supernatural	Soul Man	Jensen Ackles and The Impalas

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Awards	Category	Result
1998	Days of Our Lives	Soap Opera Digest Awards	Best Male Newcomer	Won
		Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
1999			Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2000			Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2006	Supernatural	Teen Choice Awards	TV - Choice Breakout Star	Nominated
		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode (for "In My Time of Dying")	Nominated
2007		SFX Awards	Best TV Actor	Nominated
2008		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode (for "What Is and what Should Never Be")	Nominated
		Ewwy Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2009		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2008 Science Fiction Television Episode (for "In the Beginning")	Nominated
2010		Ewwy Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Won
		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode (for "The End")	Nominated
2011		TV Guide Award	Favourite Actor	Won
2012		Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Nominated
2013		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2012 Science Fiction Television Episode (for "We Need To Talk About Kevin")	Nominated
		People's Choice Awards	Favorite Dramatic TV Actor	Nominated
		SFX Awards	Best TV Actor	Nominated
		Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Nominated
2014		People's Choice Awards	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor	Nominated
			Favorite TV Bromance shared with Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins	Won
2015		Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Chemistry: Jensen Ackles & Misha Collins	Won
2016		People's Choice Awards	Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Actor	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]