40 Fun Facts About Jensen Ackles

Which black 1967 car does Jensen Ackles's character Dean Winchester drive across America in Supernatural?

The Chevrolet Impala doubles as Dean's home: he occasionally sleeps in it and keeps a huge stash of weapons in the trunk.

Soldier Boy, the World War II Supe Jensen Ackles played in The Boys, is a parody of which Marvel character?

Captain America was a part Ackles was briefly in contention for himself, before Chris Evans was cast in the 2011 film.

In The Boys, Vought secretly used DNA from Jensen Ackles's Soldier Boy to create which leader of The Seven?

Homelander is therefore his son, though Soldier Boy never knew: he was told the sample he gave was for research.

On which soap opera, set in the fictional city of Salem, did Jensen Ackles play Eric Brady for three years?

Days of Our Lives hired him when Eric Brady was suddenly aged from a pre-teen to a young adult in the summer of 1997.

Before joining Smallville as Jason Teague, Jensen Ackles auditioned for which lead role that went to Tom Welling?

Clark Kent nearly was his: Ackles was second in line for the part, then joined the cast in season four as an assistant football coach.

Jensen Ackles was born in which Texas city, where he also married in May 2010?

Dallas drew him back long after he left for Los Angeles in 1996: he returned to marry there after a six-month engagement.

Jensen Ackles appeared in the 2001 television film Blonde, a fictional biography of which Hollywood star?

Marilyn Monroe was played by Australian actress Poppy Montgomery, while Ackles took the role of Eddie G., the son of actor Edward G. Robinson.

Jensen Ackles made a cameo appearance in Walker, a Texas Ranger reboot led by which former Supernatural co-star?

Jared Padalecki played his on-screen brother for fifteen seasons before taking the title role of Cordell Walker.

Which DC hero has Jensen Ackles voiced in animated films such as The Long Halloween and Justice League: Warworld?

Batman became his role in the two-part The Long Halloween, and he kept the cowl for later films in the same animated universe.

Jensen Ackles played a serial killer and then his clone in which James Cameron series starring Jessica Alba?

Dark Angel first cast him as the doomed Ben in a single episode, then brought him back as a regular playing Ben's sane clone, Alec.

Jensen Ackles voiced which former Robin, back from the dead as the Red Hood, in a 2010 animated film?

Jason Todd, the second Robin, is murdered by the Joker early in the film, and Ackles voices the vengeful adult who returns.

Which actress, known for playing Rachel Gatina on One Tree Hill, married Jensen Ackles in 2010?

Danneel Harris later took her married name on screen and joined her husband on Supernatural in a recurring role as Sister Jo.

Jensen Ackles spent fifteen seasons filming Supernatural in which Canadian city, where he also shot Smallville?

Vancouver hosted almost the whole run: only the pilot was shot in Los Angeles before production settled in British Columbia.

Supernatural, starring Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, became the longest-running series on which American network?

The CW also saw it become the longest-running fantasy series in American television history, at fifteen seasons.

Jensen Ackles shared a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Bromance with which actor who played the angel Castiel?

Misha Collins was meant to appear in only a few episodes, but fan reaction to Castiel kept him on the series for years.

Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles's Supernatural character, was named in homage to a figure in which Jack Kerouac novel?

On the Road features the restless Dean Moriarty, a fit for a series its creator conceived as an Americana road trip.

Jensen Ackles played interim sheriff Beau Arlen opposite Reba McEntire in the third season of which ABC crime drama?

Big Sky first slipped him into its season two finale as a guest, and ABC made him a series regular when it renewed the show for a third season.

Jensen Ackles has appeared as Russell Shaw, older brother of Justin Hartley's survivalist hero, in which CBS drama?

Tracker is based on Jeffery Deaver's novel The Never Game, which follows reward seeker Colter Shaw from case to case.

Jensen Ackles played Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee on stage in Texas in 2007 in which courtroom play?

A Few Good Men ran at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth in June 2007, with Ackles appearing alongside Lou Diamond Phillips in the Aaron Sorkin drama.

On Smallville, Jensen Ackles's assistant football coach Jason Teague was a love interest for which character?

Lana Lang, played by Kristin Kreuk, dated Jason for a single season: he was written out in the season four finale, months before Supernatural began.

Jensen Ackles played C.J., a love interest for Jen Lindley, in the final season of which teen drama?

Dawson's Creek was one of two WB dramas that made him a familiar face to the network's viewers before Supernatural began.

Which creator of Supernatural later cast Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy in the Prime Video series The Boys?

Eric Kripke first pictured an older, grizzled actor in the John Wayne mould before offering the part to his former leading man.

Jensen Ackles first auditioned for which Supernatural character before being asked to read for Dean instead?

Sam was the part he first read for, but once Ackles had read the script he found he preferred Dean.

Jensen Ackles and songwriter Steve Carlson make up which rock duo behind the albums Vol. 1 and Vol. 2?

Radio Company grew out of songs two former roommates wrote together, and its debut topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart.

In Gen V, Jensen Ackles's Soldier Boyfriend is the childhood imaginary friend of which Godolkin University student?

Cate Dunlap dreamed him up as a child and modelled him on Soldier Boy, which let Ackles drop into the episode titled Jumanji.

Jensen Ackles had an early TV role on which PBS children's series about a book-loving Jack Russell terrier?

Wishbone cast the teenage Ackles as Michael Dunn, a lonely young man who is befriended by the mother of the dog's owner.

Jensen Ackles took on which extra job for six Supernatural episodes, beginning with Weekend at Bobby's in season six?

Director was a job he kept returning to between acting scenes, and he later took charge of an episode of the series Walker too.

Which Texas city honored local resident Jensen Ackles when its mayor proclaimed an official Supernatural Day in 2018?

Austin mayor Steve Adler made the proclamation to honor both lead actors, who had each made a home in the area.

In The Boys, Jensen Ackles's Soldier Boy led which superhero team while working with the CIA during the Cold War?

Payback lost its leader when his own teammates betrayed him to the Soviet Union, where he was experimented on for decades.

Jensen Ackles starred as Tom Hanniger in which 3D remake of a Canadian slasher about a killer in mining gear?

My Bloody Valentine sends Tom back to the mining town of Harmony after a decade away, to sell his late father's mine.

Jensen Ackles led which Prime Video crime drama as LAPD detective Mark Meachum, recruited to a covert task force?

Countdown, created by Derek Haas, made Meachum a former Army Ranger fresh from a long undercover assignment.

Jensen Ackles declined to play the love interest of which Tru Calling star, whose show then named the part Jensen?

Eliza Dushku's show gave the part to Eric Christian Olsen instead, and his character was renamed Jensen.

Jensen Ackles played Boaz Priestly in which independent comedy that toured film festivals in 2007?

Ten Inch Hero came out on DVD in 2009 exclusively through Blockbuster, two years after it began its festival run.

Which Supernatural episode sends Dean to a world where he is an actor named Jensen Ackles?

The French Mistake sends the brothers into the real world, where everyone takes them for the two actors who play them.

Which real-life relative of Jensen Ackles, also an actor, appeared with him in the 2005 horror film Devour?

His father, Alan Ackles, stayed close to real life on screen, playing the dad of Jake Gray, the lead role taken by his son.

Jensen Ackles sang a cover of Simple Man, a classic by which Southern rock band, on a Jason Manns album?

Lynyrd Skynyrd's song appears on the 2016 album Covers with Friends, where Ackles also sang The Weight by The Band.

Before turning to acting in 1996, Jensen Ackles had worked on and off since the age of four in which field?

Modeling filled his childhood, and guest roles on Sweet Valley High and Cybill followed once he focused on acting.

In The Winchesters, a prequel about Dean's parents, Jensen Ackles returned mainly in which capacity?

Narrator was his on-screen job, voicing Dean as he tells the story of John and Mary, while he and his wife executive produced.

For The Boys soundtrack, Jensen Ackles sang in character a cover of a song by which Hollywood tough-guy actor?

Robert Mitchum recorded a calypso album in 1957 after filming in the Caribbean, and Ackles sings his cover as Soldier Boy.

Jensen Ackles voiced a character named Gibson in which 2010 action-adventure game from Disney Interactive Studios?

Tron: Evolution is a prequel to the film Tron: Legacy, and its hero rescues Gibson from the Game Grid before the villain infects him.