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Full Name: Jared Tristan Padalecki
Birthday: July 19, 1982 Birth Place: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Parents: Gerald and Sharon Padalecki
Siblings: Older brother Jeff and younger sister Megan
Height: 6'4 (1.93)
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color:Brown Righty or Lefty: Righty
Nicknames: Sasquatch, Jare
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting
Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Favorite Band: Our Lady Peace
Pets: Two Dogs
Favorite Food: Cheeseburger with mustard, lettuce and tomato
| Trivia
| • Hometown is San Antonio, Texas.
• Has the same manager as Freddie Prinze Jr.
• Won Fox TV's "Claim To Fame" Contest and got to present at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards.
• Has been taking acting classes since he was 12.
• Graduated from James Madison High School in 2000.
• Weekend attire is t-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, or anything that's comfortable.
• Born in 1982, he is the youngest cast member of the TV series "Gilmore Girls" (2000), approximately a year younger than Alexis Bledel.
• He is the second tallest male cast member of "Gilmore Girls" (2000), standing about 3 inches taller than Scott Patterson and about 1 to 2 inches shorter than Edward Herrmann.
•Was considered for the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the proposed relaunch of the Superman film franchise.
• He is four years younger than his TV older brother, Jensen Ackles.
• He and classmate Chris Cardeans together won the National Forensics League national championship in Duo Interpretation in 1998.
•He and his Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles were voted People Magazine's "Sexiest Ghostbusters" in 2005.
• Close friends with actor Chad Michael Murray; they met on the set of "Gilmore Girls" (2000). They also starred in the remake of 1953's House of Wax (2005).
• Good friends with actor Derek Lee Nixon & Director Andrew Pozza from San Antonio, Texas.
• Is best friends with Jensen Ackles, his on screen brother in "Supernatural".
• He is of Polish descent.
• He is lactose intolerant, but still eats dairy products like Cold Stone ice cream. He says its worth the tummy ache.
• His mother, Sherri, is an English teacher at East Central High School in San Antonio.
• Was engaged to long term girlfriend Sandra McCoy - he proposed in Paris while on holiday during the writers strike (October 2007-March 2008). But in June 2008, at the Supernatural Dallas convention, he announced that they were no longer engaged or together.
• Growing up, was next door neighbors with Kelly Clarkson.
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