• Graduated from L. V. Berkner High School, Richardson, TX in 1996.
• Has one brother, Joshua, approximately three years older, and one sister, Mackenzie, approximately seven years younger.
• Was a child model at age 4, then quit, and started again at age 10.
• Played baseball and lacrosse in high school.
• Fan of the Dallas Cowboys.
• Planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech University and become a physical therapist, before he decided to move to LA to give acting a try.
• Enjoys horseback riding
• 1993 graduate of Apollo Junior High School in Richardson, TX.
• 1990 graduate of Dartmouth Elementary School in Richardson, TX.

Jensen Ackles is a young actor on the rise. Ackles will next be seen this fall as Jason Teague, love interest to Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) in The WB's "Smallville." Ackles will make his big screen debut later this year in Sony Pictures' "Devour," opposite Dominique Swain and Shannon Sossymon. The film was directed by David Winkler.

Ackles was most recently seen on "Dawson's Creek" in a recurring role and on "Dark Angel" as a series regular. His additional work in television includes co-starring in the mini-series "Blonde," opposite Poppy Montgomery and Patrick Dempsey.

In 1997, he began his acting career with much critical acclaim when he joined the cast of "Days of Our Lives." In addition to three Emmy nominations (1998, 1999 and 2000), he won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998.

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