Jared Padalecki is an American actor. He was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1982, but moved to California to pursue an acting career. In 2000 he was cast as Dean Forester in the hugely popular show Gilmore Girls. He later went on to gain a role on American sci-fi series Supernatural, which ran for fifteen seasons. He met Genevive Cortese on the set of Supernatural, and they got engaged in 2010. They live in Austin, Texas with their three children.