jared • Birth name is Jared Tristan Padalecki • Birthday is July 19, 1982 • Born in San Antonio, Texas • Stands 6'4" • Has the same manager as Freddie Prinze Jr. • Won Fox TV's 'Claim To Fame' Contest and got to present at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards • Has been taking acting classes since he was 12 • Graduated from James Madison High School in 2000 • Older brother is named Jeff, younger sister is named Megan • Favorite book is 'The Great Gatsby' • Favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate chip cookie dough • His favorite movie is Good Will Hunting (1997) • Weekend attire is t-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, or anything that's comfortable • Favorite food is cheeseburger with mustard lettuce and tomato. • He was the youngest cast member of 'Gilmore Girls'. Approximately a year younger than Alexis Bledel • He was also the second tallest male cast member of 'Gilmore Girls' standing about 3 inches taller than Scott Patterson and about 1 to 2 inches shorter than Edward Herrmann. • Has two dogs • Was considered for the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the proposed relaunch of the Superman film franchise • He is four years younger than his TV older brother, Jensen Ackles. • He and classmate Chris Cardeans together won the National Forensics League national championship in Duo Interpretation in 1998. • He is of Polish descent. • Is currently dating Cry Wolf co-star Sandra McCoy • He auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker in Stars Wars: Attack of the Clones. • Would love to have played Matt Damon's role in Good Will Hunting • He's hoping to turn the book 'Back Roads' by Tawni O'Dell into a movie. • Michelle Branch wanted him to be in her 'Everywhere' video. She thinks he's cute and wrote the song about him. • His pet peeve is "when I get blamed for something I didn't do. I think I'm an easy target." • He has been taking acting classes since he was 12 yrs-old. • Played on the Hollywood Knights' basketball team for the 2001-2002 season • He was going to attend the University of Texas but decided to be in 'Gilmore Girls' instead. • He was a Presidential Scholars Program candidate in his senior year of high school. • He's so humble that the first time fans noticed him for his portrayal of Dean, he thought they were staring at him because he had something in his teeth. • When he was in Africa shooting Flight of the Phoenix he flipped a car, luckily there were no injuries. • He was embarrassed that TV Guide misquoted him when they caught him joking to co-star Alexis Bledel, telling her "The dork store called and they're out of you," to make her laugh between shots. • Jared had to wear hair extensions for the season 5 premiere of 'Gilmore Girls' because his hair had been cut since the season 4 finale. • If Jared weren't an actor, he'd be a teacher.