Jared Padalecki is an American actor. He won a nationwide contest which led to his minor role in the 1999 film A Little Inside and his television debut in Gilmore Girls.

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He starred as Sam Winchester in Supernatural, led the series Walker, and produced Walker Independence which ran from 2022 to 2023.

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Padalecki has also appeared in films such as Friday the 13th, House of Wax alongside Paris Hilton, and Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage.