Birthday:
July 19, 1982
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
Height: 6'2"
About the actor: While he was a senior at Madison High School in San
Antonio, Texas, Jared Padalecki was named a candidate in the year 2000
Presidential Scholars Program. (Candidates were selected from nearly 2.8 million
students expected to graduate from high schools in the year 2000.) But this was
not his first brush with glory.
Jared started taking acting lessons when he was twelve years old, and went on to
enter and win the 1999 Claim to Fame contest, sponsored by the Teen Choice
Awards and Niketown. After winning, he was pursued by talent and modeling
agencies and is now represented by the same manager as Freddie Prinze Jr.
After graduating from high school, Jared moved to Los Angeles, CA in hopes of
furthering his acting career. He can currently be seen as Dean on Gilmore Girls
and also co-stars in the independent feature A Little Inside.
About the character: After moving away from his hometown of Chicago, Dean
is the new guy in Stars Hollow. Not only does Dean take an interest in Rory, but
Lorelai thinks he also resembles Christopher, Rory's Dad.