Jared Padalecki is an American actor best known for his role as Sam Winchester in the TV series Supernatural alongside Jensen Ackles for 15 seasons and the series Gilmore Girls for five years. His acting career, investments, and businesses have accumulated him a net worth of $14 million
Earning and Career Life of Jared Padalecki
Padalecki rose to fame after being featured on several hit films in the 2000s like Gilmore Girls, Flight of the Phoenix, and Cheaper by the Dozen. He played Dean Forester on the series Gilmore Girls from 2000 to 2005 and his biggest breakthrough in the film industry was on the CWS’s Supernatural playing for 15 seasons from 2005 to 2020. The series was one of the longest sci-fi series in US television history. This opened the way for his lead role in The CW’s Walker which was running from 2021 until it was cancelled in 2024 after four seasons.
Padalecki has been the executive producer for films like House of Wax released in 2005, Christmas Cottage in 2008, and Friday the 13th in 2009. In 2007, he hosted MTV’s horror reality series Room 401 although it had poor ratings which contributed to its cancelation after eight episodes. He acted as a star guest on the Amazon Prime Video Drama The Boys created by Eric Kripke from Supernatural. His recent project was joining the cast of Fire Country as a guest actor for three episodes.
For his work on Supernatural, he has won several Teen Choice Awards and People’s Choice Awards. His starring on 327 episodes of The Supernatural made him $125,000 per episode which is $2.5 million per season before taxation. His successful career has accumulated a net worth of $14 million.
The Family Life of Jared Padalecki
Padalecki was born on July 19, 1982, in San Antonio, TX. He grew up with his parents, Sherri and Gerald Padalecki, and siblings Megan and Jeff. He enrolled at Madison High School and then graduated from The University of Texas at Austin. His interest in acting began at age 12 while in high school taking home the National Forensic League national championship in 1998. He met his agent after winning Claim to Fame, a contest produced by Fox that got a chance to present at the Teen Choice Awards.
He has been an advocate for mental health awareness as he publicly admitted to struggling with depression. Padalecki launched the Always Keep Fighting campaign to offer support to addicts and people dealing with mental issues and self-injury. His campaign has been raising funds and sold over 110,000 shirts to support the charitable fund.
Padalecki engaged his supernatural co-star Genevieve Cortese in January 2010 after meeting during the fourth season of the show. he proposed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and they got married in Sun Valley, Idaho in 2010. The couple has three children, Austin Shepard, Thomas Colton, and Odette Elliott, who they keep private to protect them from the limelight.
