[ jared ]

    name: Jared Tristan Padalecki
    dob: July 19, 1982
    sign: cancer
    hometown: San Antonio, TX
    current residence: Los Angeles, CA
    height: 6'4
    status: dating actress/model Sandy McCoy
    hair: Brown
    eye colour: Blue/green
    parents: Jerry (an accountant) and Sherri (a teacher)
    siblings: 1 older brother Jeff, 1 younger sister Megan
    big break: playing Dean Forester on the WB's Gilmore Girls.
    pet: Sadie, a German-Shepherd-pit-bull-dingo.

    [ contact ]

    Jared Padalecki
    c/o Gilmore Girls
    The WB Network
    4000 Warner Blvd.
    Burbank, CA 91522

    [ agent ]

    Evolution Entertainment
    phone: 323-337-0646
    fax: 323-850-0521
    address: 901 N. Highland Ave.,
    Los Angeles, CA, 90038, USA

    [ faves ]

    book: The Great Gatsby
    bands: Pearl Jam, radiohead, Coldplay, Our Lady Peace, Jack Johnson and David Gray.
    colour: blue
    car: Firebird
    idols: his parents
    movie: Good Will Hunting
    ice cream: Chocolate chip cookie dough
    food: cheeseburger with mustard, lettuce and tomato or Italian food.
    clothes: T-shirt and jeans, tennis shoes or anything that's
    comfortable.
    cookie: white-chocloate macadamia nut
    celebrity crush: jennifer love hewitt
    gadget: palm pilot
    cellphone: Sprint PCS Touchpoint
    computer: Toshiba laptop
    video game: James Bond 007:Nightfire
    old tv show: reruns of The Simpsons
    dream girl: "A girl I'm attracted to, but there has
    to be more than just a physical attraction. I want a girl I can talk to and have fun doing random things with. Someone who I enjoy and who enjoys me. She has to have a good sense of humor and be willing to kid around."
    "Someone who is comfortable in her own skin."
    britney or christina: britney
    guy's guy: matt damon
    pretty boy: brad pitt
    happiest place on earth: "Anywhere I can be with my family."
    scene on gilmore girls: Fight scene with Tristan at the dance. [Rory's Dance].
    style: Jared is a T-shirt and jeans kind of guy and fleece hoodies
    catchphrase: "Peace out."
    weekend attire: T-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes and anything else that'scomfortable
    bad habits: "I eat a lot of candy and procrastinate sometimes."
    most important issue: Making the most of every moment, working hard and being thankful for what you receive.
    mary-kate or ashley olsen: ashley
    vanilla ice or mc hammer: vanilla ice

    [ tidbits ]

  • hangs with Chad Michael Murray, Ryan Merriman
  • bad habit of procrastinating and eating candy
  • discovered as Teen Choice Awards '99 'trophy guy'
  • has the same agent as Freddie Prinze Jr.
  • was the grand marshall for a parade in his hometown in '00
  • graduated from James Madison High School
  • he auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker in Stars Wars: Attack of the Clones.
  • would love to have played Matt Damon's role in Good Will Hunting.
  • he's hoping to turn the book Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell into a movie.
  • Michelle Branch wanted him to be in her 'Everywhere' video. She thinks he's cute and wrote the song about him.
  • his pet peeve is "when I get blamed for something I didn't do. I think I'm an easy target."
  • he has been taking acting classes since he was 12 yrs-old.
  • played on the Hollywood Knights' basketball team for the 2001-2002 season
  • basketball jersey number: 24 for the most part then changed to 32.
  • good friends with another fellow Texan, actor Derek Lee Nixon.
  • he was going to attend the University of Texas but decided to be in Gilmore Girls instead.
  • Jared's a smart guy, he was a Presidential Scholars Program candidate in his senior year of high school.
  • "Watch it before you let Gilmore Girl's Jared Padalecki behind the wheel. On his first day of driver's ed, he thought he was on a one-way street and started to drive on the left side of the road!"
    - (Dec/Jan '03/'04 issue of Teen People)
  • Jared's so humble that the first time fans noticed him for his portrayal of Dean, he thought they were staring at him because he had something in his teeth.
  • when he was in Africa shooting Flight of the Phoenix he flipped a car, luckily there were no injuries.
  • he was embarrassed that tvguide misquoted him when they caught him joking to co-star Alexis Bledel, telling her "The dork store called and they're out of you," to make her laugh between shots.
  • Jared recently received a StarBond at the Hollywood Stock Exchange.
  • Jared had to wear hair extensions for the season 5 premiere because his hair was cut since the season 4 finale
  • during the filming of House of Wax, Jared roomed with Chad Michael Murray and this is what Chad had to say:
    "Jared Padalecki, my roommate [during the House of Wax shoot], locked himself out of the building and kept calling the house at 4 A.M. I'd buzz him in and then five minutes later he would be like, 'I decided not to come in. I was on the phone.' The fourth time he did it I go, 'That's it!'"
  • if Jared weren't an actor, he'd be a teacher.
  • Jared plays for the Orlando Magic on the NBAE league.