Jared Padalecki got his start playing Rory Gilmore's lovable but limited first love Dean Forester on The WB's popular series "Gilmore Girls," staying on the series for four seasons before parlaying his hunky appeal and teen slasher flick cred into the role of college student-turned-demon-hunter on Sam Winchester on The WB's horror series “Supernatural.”

The San Antonio native moved to Los Angeles at 18 to take a crack at acting, and made an uncredited performance in the Lifetime sudser the same year, “A Little Inside” (1999). He starred in the passed-over pilot for “Silent Witness” (NBC, 2000)