• Jared Tristan Padalecki was born on 19th July 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
• Older brother is named Jeff, younger sister is named Megan.
• Favorite book is “The Great Gatsby”
• His favorite movie is “Good Will Hunting”.
• He was the second tallest male cast member of “Gilmore Girls”, standing about 3 inches taller than Scott Patterson and about 1 to 2 inches shorter than Edward Herrmann.
• Has two dogs.
• Favorite band is Our Lady Peace.
• He is superstitious.
• While filming the movie “The Flight of the Phoenix” Jared was in a minor car accident, afterwhich he looked around and thought he was dead. He told himself “I had better call production and tell them I’m dead.” He apparently continued to think he was dead until someone passed by and asked him why he was standing on the side of the road.
• The movie that scares Jared the most is “The Shining”.
• Jared eats a lot of candy.
• Jared’s favorite video game is James Bond 007: Nightfire.
• Jared has a Toshiba laptop.
• Jared plays the guitar.
• Jared’s celebrity crush is Jennifer Love Hewitt.
• Jared had to wear hair extensions for the season 5 premiere of Gilmore Girls because his hair was cut since the season 4 finale.
• Jared was originally proposed for the role of Clark Kent on “Smallville”, a role that eventually went to Tom Welling.
• Jared’s really smart. He was a Presidential Scholars Program candidate in his senior year of high school.
• His favorite color is blue.
• Jared idolizes Johnny Depp.
• Jared enjoys horror movies.