Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester:
Birthday: July 19
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Actor Bio:
When he was a senior at Madison High School in San Antonia, Texas, Jared
Padalecki was named a candidate in the year 2000 Presidential Scholars Program.
(Candidates were selected from nearly 2.8 million students expected to graduate
from high schools in the year 2000.) But this was not his first brush with
glory.
Jared started taking acting lessons when he was 12 years old, and went on to enter and win the 1999 Claim to Fame contest, sponsored by the Teen Choice Awards and Niketown. After winning, he was pursued by talent and modeling agencies and is now represented by the same manager as Freddie Prinze Jr.
After graduating from high school, Jared moved to Los Angeles, CA in hopes of furthering his acting career. He can currently be seen as Dean on Gilmore Girls and also co-stars in the independent feature A Little Inside.
Besides Gilmore Girls Jared will be in Knight of Impossingworth Park and in the TV series Supernatural in 2005. He has also appeared in the following movies and TV shows: Cry Wolf, House of Wax, Flight of the Phoenix, New York Minute, Cheaper by the Dozen, Young MacGyver, A Ring of Endless Light, A Little Inside, Close to Home, Silent Witness, and ER.
Character Bio:
After moving away from his hometown of Chicago, Dean is the new guy in Stars
Hollow. Not only does Dean take an interest in Rory, but Lorelai thinks he also
resembles Christopher, Rory's Dad.