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He attended James Madison High School in San Antonio and was named a candidate for the 2000 Presidential Scholars Program. In 1998, Padalecki and his partner Chris Cardenas won the National Forensic League national championship in Duo Interpretation. Padalecki won FOX's 1999 "Claim to Fame Contest"; he subsequently appeared at the Teen Choice Awards, where he met his current manager. Before graduating from high school in 2000, he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career, although he had originally planned to attend the University of Texas.

Padalecki's first credit was a minor role in the 1999 film A Little Inside. In 2000, he was cast as Dean Forester on the successful series Gilmore Girls, a role he played until 2005. Throughout the early 2000s, he also appeared in several made-for-television films, including Silent Witness (2000), Close to Home (2001), A Ring of Endless Light (2002) and Young MacGyver (2003).

Padalecki had an uncredited part as a high school bully in 2003's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen. In 2004, he appeared in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen comedy New York Minute, and also had a role in the thriller Flight of the Phoenix. In 2005, Padalecki starred opposite Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton in the horror film House of Wax, and appeared in another horror film, Cry Wolf. The same year, Padalecki was cast as Sam Winchester on the WB series, Supernatural. The second season of Supernatural began airing on September 28, 2006 on the CW, with the third beginning on October 4, 2007 and the fourth on September 18, 2008. The creator of the show, Eric Kripke, has said that Supernatural will run for a maximum of five seasons. The show is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Padalecki also serves as the host of MTV's horror reality series, Room 401.

He appeared in 2008's Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas, in which he played Thomas Kinkade, and will co-star in Friday the 13th, which will open on Friday, February 13, 2009.

-- Jared was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007.

-- Jared met his long-time girlfriend, Sandra McCoy, while filming the movie Cry_Wolf.

-- Jared did a campaign for PETA2 about not wearing fur.

-- On his first day of driver's ed, Jared thought he was on a one-way street and started to drive on the left side of the road!

-- During the filming of House of Wax, Jared locked himself out of his house several times and had to call his roommate and co-star Chad Michael Murray to let him in.

-- On 2nd December 2006, Jared won the celebrity poker tournament in Canada. He was awarded with a Giantto Watch and an entry into the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.

-- Jared and classmate Chris Cardeans together won the National Forensics League National Championship in Duo Interpretation in 1998. In May of 2000, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from James Madison High School. He had planned to enroll as an engineering major at the University of Texas, but landed his role on Gilmore Girls instead.

-- Jared likes cheeseburgers with lettuce, tomato, and mustard. He also likes chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. He likes white-chocolate macadamia nut cookies and admittedly eats a lot of candy.

-- Jared is of Polish descent.

-- Jared has an older brother named Jeff and a younger sister named Megan. His mother, a high school teacher, is named Sheri. His father's name is Jerry.

-- Jared has been taking acting classes since he was 12 years old.

-- Jared was listed as one of "The Hottest Guys on TV" in the March 2003 issue of YM.

-- Jared used to make home videos with his friends in San Antonio, Texas.

-- While filming the movie The Flight of the Phoenix Jared was in a minor car accident, afterwhich he looked around and thought he was dead. He told himself "I had better call production and tell them I'm dead." He apparently continued to think he was dead until someone passed by and asked him why he was standing on the side of the road.

-- Jared was number 37 on this years TV Guide's 50 Sexiest Men List.

-- Jared recieved a PSP from his girlfriend Sandy McCoy for his birthday (2006).

-- Jared appeared at the CW launch party on September 18, 2006.

-- Jared was the grand marshal for a parade in his hometown in 2000.

-- Jared is hoping to turn the book Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell into a movie.

-- Jared played on the Hollywood Knights' basketball team for the 2001-2002 season.

-- Jared has a Toshiba laptop.

-- Jared's favorite video game is James Bond 007: Nightfire.