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{{Casts|name = Jensen Ackles|real name = Jensen Ross Ackles|birth = March 1, 1978|family = Alan Roger Ackles (father)|originally from = Dallas, Texas, US|first appearance = [[Pollo Loco]]|portrays = [[Ben|Ben (X5-493)]] ([[Season 1]])<br />[[Alec|Alec (X5-494)]] ([[Season 2]])|image = Jensen Ackles.jpg}}'''Jensen Ross Ackles''' is an American actor. In ''[[Dark Angel]]'', he portrayed the character [[Ben]] in the [[season 1]] episode [[Pollo Loco]] and his identical twin brother [[Alec]] in most of the episodes of [[season 2]].
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| character=[[Ben]]<br>[[Alec]]
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==Biography==
Jensen Ackles was born in Dallas, Texas, to Roger Alan Ackles and Donna Joan Ackles (née Shaffer). After modeling as a young child, he began to concentrate on aan acting career in 1996 upon his graduation from Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas. In 1997, he received a role on the NBC soap opera "''Days of Our Lives''" (1965) as Eric Brady, for which he won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer.
 
After leaving "''Days of Our Lives''" (1965) in 2000, Ackles went to Vancouver, joining the cast of the James Cameron television series "''Dark Angel''" (2000). HisHe first made a guest appearance on the show was in 2001 as [[Max Guevara]]'s disturbed brother [[Ben]] in the [[season 1]] episode [[Pollo Loco]]. After Ben died, Ackles returned to the series inas thea secondmain cast member in [[season 2]] as Ben's cloneidentical twin, [[Alec McDowell]], who eventually teamed up with Max. andHe stayed until the show's demise in 2002. Ackles was offered the role of Alec because the producers were impressed with his performance as Ben, though the role was not written specifically for him and would have gone to another actor if Ackles had been unavailable or uninterested, in which case Alec would not have been Ben's twin.
[[File:Dark Angel Promotional 02.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Promotional picture of Jensen Ackles as Alec in season 2]]
After leaving "Days of Our Lives" (1965) in 2000, Ackles went to Vancouver, joining the cast of the James Cameron television series "Dark Angel" (2000). His first appearance on the show was in 2001 as [[Max]]'s disturbed brother [[Ben]]. After Ben died, Ackles returned to the series in the second season as Ben's clone, [[Alec]], who eventually teamed up with Max and stayed until the show's demise in 2002. Ackles was offered the role of Alec because the producers were impressed with his performance as Ben, though the role was not written specifically for him and would have gone to another actor if Ackles had been unavailable or uninterested, in which case Alec would not have been Ben's twin.
 
In 2003, he made several guest appearances as C.J. on the hit WB Network show, "''Dawson's Creek''" (1998). In 2004, Ackles returned to Vancouver and became a regular on the popular WB Network series "''Smallville''" (2001), which revolves around the life of the teen aged Clark Kent/Superman. His character, Jason Teague, was an assistant coach for the high school football team and a love interest of Clark Kent's ex-girlfriend, Lana Lang, played by Kristin Kreuk.
 
Ackles returned to television in 2005 in the new WB horror series "''Supernatural''" (2005) in the role of Dean Winchester, who teams with his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) to road-trip across the country investigating the paranormal. "''Supernatural''" has become extremely successful in multiple countries and not just the United States. Upt to 2018, 13 seasons have been aired, season 14 is announced and will premiere on October 11, 2018.
 
==See AlsoAppearances ==
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'''Season 1'''
[[File:DA_PolloLoco_0024.jpg|thumb|left|Jensen Ackles as Ben in season 1]]
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* 1x18 [[Pollo Loco]]
 
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'''Season 2'''
[[File:Dark Angel Promotional 02DA_DesThis_201x004.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2left|Promotional picture of Jensen Ackles as Alec in season 2]]
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* 2x01 [[Designate This]]
* 2x02 [[Bag 'Em]]
* 2x03 [[Proof of Purchase]]
* 2x06 [[Two]]
* 2x07 [[Some Assembly Required]]
* 2x08 [[Gill Girl]]
* 2x09 [[Medium is the Message]]
* 2x10 [[Brainiac]]
* 2x11 [[The Berrisford Agenda]]
* 2x12 [[Borrowed Time]]
* 2x13 [[Harbor Lights]]
* 2x14 [[Love in Vein]]
* 2x15 [[Fuhgeddaboudit]]
* 2x16 [[Exposure]]
* 2x17 [[Hello, Goodbye]]
* 2x18 [[Dawg Day Afternoon]]
* 2x19 [[She Ain't Heavy]]
* 2x20 [[Love Among the Runes]]
* 2x21 [[Freak Nation]]
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== Gallery ==
→ see also [[Jensen Ackles/Gallery]]
 
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== External links ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010075/ Jensen Ackles] at the Internet Movie Database
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Ackles Jensen Ackles] at Wikipedia
* [http://daysofourlives.wikia.com/wiki/Jensen_Ackles Jensen Ackles] at Wikia's ''Days Of Our Lives Wiki''
* [http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Jensen_Ackles Jensen Ackles] at Wikia's ''Smallville Wiki''
* [http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Jensen_Ackles Jensen Ackles] at Wikia's ''Supernatural Wiki''
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