Jared started to take acting lessons when he was 12. Then he won the Claim to Fame Contest in 1999 and got to appear on the Teen Choice awards. Jared lived in San Antonio, Texas and attended James Madison High School. He was named a candidate for the year 2000 Presidential Scholars Program. After graduating in the year 2000 he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. He plays Dean, a character on a show called Gilmore Girls, and is branching out into film work.


Hometown is San Antonio, Texas. Won Fox TV's "Claim To Fame" Contest and got to present at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards. Graduated from James Madison High School in 2000. Favorite book is "The Great Gatsby". His favorite movie is Good Will Hunting (1997). Favorite food is cheeseburger with mustard lettuce and tomato. Jared's height was played down slightly in the show and given as 6'2. He is the fourth tallest male cast member of "Gilmore Girls" (2000), standing about 4 inches taller than Scott Patterson and at most, 1 inch shorter than Edward Herrmann. Ted Rooney and Dave 'Gruber' Allen are both 6'5 or over. 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 his "Supernatural" (2005) co-star Jensen Ackles were voted People Magazine's "Sexiest Ghostbusters" in 2005. Good friends with actor Derek Lee Nixon and Director Andrew Pozza from San Antonio, Texas. 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. 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.