Jensen Ackles

Trivia

• In the summer of 2008, Ackles was cast in the remake of the cult film My Bloody Valentine 3D, which opened January 16, 2009 nationwide.
• He also appeared on stage from June 5-10, 2007 with Lou Diamond Phillips in A Few Good Men at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, as Lt. Daniel Kaffee. Ackles received strong praise for his work in this role, which was also his professional theatre debut.
• In February 2009, the film was released on DVD exclusively by Blockbuster Home Video.
• In the summer of 2007, Ackles took on the role of Priestly in the independent comedy Ten Inch Hero.
• He also had a lead role in the 2005 film Devour in which Ackles' father, actor Alan Ackles, also had a role playing the father of Ackles' character, Jake Gray.
• Ackles returned to Vancouver (where Dark Angel was filmed) in 2004 to become a regular on Smallville playing the assistant football coach Jason Teague, who was also the newest romantic interest for Lana Lang (played by Kristin Kreuk).
• Ackles worked steadily throughout 2003. He joined the cast of the WB's hit show Dawson's Creek during its final season, playing CJ, Jen Lindley's lover.
• His character died in the episode, but Ackles returned to the show as a series regular in the second season as Ben's sane clone, Alec/X5-494. He remained with the show until its cancellation in 2002.
• He also auditioned for the role of the young Clark Kent on Smallville, but it was offered to actor Tom Welling instead.
• Ackles departed Days of our Lives in 2000 and went on to appear in the mini-series Blonde, about the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Quotes

• "I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this."
• "I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair. You can walk past someone and be like, 'Wow, you took a shower this morning, didn't you? Because you smell lovely!"
• “Our characters never know who or what they will be dealing with on any given case. They live a life of uncertainty and not a little fear.”
• “That's a little Screen Gems horror flick that David Winkler, son of famous director Irwin Winkler, directed and basically rewrote while we were shooting it, which is always a tricky situation, ... I think that if I had known it was going to be a complete rewrite during shooting, it may have been something I would have thought about a little longer.”
• “What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it?s all about life experiences, and I?m very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones.”