Cast and producer biographies for Supernatural, Season 9
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JARED PADALECKI
(Sam Winchester)
Jared Padalecki starred in the 2009 remake of one of the most popular horror films of all time, Friday the 13th. He also starred as famed artist Thomas Kinkade, alongside Peter O’Toole and Marcia Gay Harden, in the biopic Christmas Cottage. Based on the life of one of America’s most collected living artists, the film dramatises the inspiration behind one of Kinkade's most famous paintings.
His additional feature credits include the horror film House of Wax, with Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton; Cry Wolf, as a precocious boarding school student drawn into an elaborate “liar’s club” hoax involving a serial killer; Flight of the Phoenix, opposite Dennis Quaid and Hugh Laurie; New York Minute, with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; and Cheaper by the Dozen, starring Steve Martin.
Prior to SUPERNATURAL, he had been best known for his starring role as Dean Forester, the boyfriend of Alexis Bledel’s character, Rory, on Gilmore Girls.
JENSEN ACKLES
(Dean Winchester)
Jensen Ackles starred in the feature film My Bloody Valentine 3D, Patrick Lussier's remake of the 1981 slasher film. Ackles played Tom, a principled man who returns to his home in Harmony, Missouri, 10 years after 22 people were murdered on Valentine’s night. Ackles also starred in David Winkler’s Devour for Sony Pictures and David Mackay’s romantic comedy Ten Inch Hero, a sexy, funny, romantic comedy about the tangled love lives of co-workers at a sub shop in Santa Cruz.
Ackles’ previous television roles include playing Jason Teague on Smallville, Alec/X5-494 on Dark Angel and C.J. on Dawson’s Creek. Additionally, he starred in the miniseries Blonde, opposite Patrick Dempsey and Poppy Montgomery and voiced the villain in Batman: Under the Red Hood.
Ackles began his acting career in 1997 as the critically acclaimed Eric Roman Brady on Days of our Lives, for which he received three Daytime Emmy® nominations and won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer in 1998.
MISHA COLLINS
(Castiel)
Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Before turning to acting, he worked as an intern at the White House during the Clinton Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel. He then moved on to become a producer and copy writer for National Public Radio on a show called Weekly Edition.
In addition to his role on Supernatural, Collins guest starred on Nip/Tuck as a prospective patient of McNamara/Troy. Other television appearances include recurring roles on ER and 24, and guest appearances on CSI:NY, NCIS, Monk, Close to Home and NYPD Blue.
On the big screen, Collins is best known for his role as serial killer Paul Bernardo in the film Karla. Other film credits include Par 6, Moving Alan, Liberty Heights, Girl, Interrupted and Finding Home.
ERIC KRIPKE
(Creator/Executive Consultant)
The creator of Supernatural, Eric Kripke is originally from Toledo, Ohio, and is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television. He began his professional career in 1998, with a two-picture deal at DreamWorks SKG. Kripke was 23 at the time.
In addition to his work on television, Kripke is also finding success in feature films. Kripke wrote and co-produced the Screen Gems feature film Boogeyman, produced by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) and Rob Tapert (The Grudge), which opened as the number one movie in America. In addition, Kripke served as associate producer on the feature film The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon.
In 2012, Kripke created and executive produced the hit NBC series Revolution, with J.J. Abrams, produced by Warner Bros. Television in association with Bad Robot Productions.
ROBERT SINGER
(Executive Producer)
Robert Singer began his career working for the legendary producer/director Dan Curtis. In 1978, Singer was hired by NBC as vice president of drama development. Two years later, he partnered with Daniel Blatt to produce movies and television. Their credits include V: The Final Battle for television and the feature films Let's Get Harry and Stephen King's Cujo.
On his own, Singer has executive produced Midnight Caller, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Reasonable Doubts, which he also created. In addition to both writing and directing those shows, he has directed episodes of The Fugitive and the hit series Smallville.
JEREMY CARVER
(Executive Producer)
Jeremy Carver’s television credits include serving as an executive producer on the critically acclaimed Syfy drama, Being Human (seasons one and two). Adapting from the successful British series, Carver developed the series with his wife Anna Fricke. He is currently an executive producer on the show’s upcoming third season.
Carver started his career in television as a co-writer/co-creator of the pilot Fearless. Following that, Carver was a staff writer on the drama, Waterfront and then story editor on Supernatural, where he rose to co-producer before departing in 2010 to develop Being Human.
Carver began his career as an independent filmmaker, including the film Live Long, Drink Juice.
PHIL SGRICCIA
(Executive Producer)
Phil Sgriccia began his career as an editor on seminal television shows like Max Headroom and The Wonder Years. From here, he made the natural creative jump into directing, where he helmed a number of episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (which he was also involved in a producing capacity), Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Smallville before joining the Supernatural family. He’s been with the show from the very beginning – as a supervising producer in the first two seasons and a co-executive producer in seasons three and four – before taking on his role as one of the show’s executive producers in Season 5. In addition to his work on Supernatural, Sgriccia is also working with series creator Eric Kripke as co-executive producer on his new hit series Revolution.
McG
(Executive Producer)
Most recently, McG directed This Means War, with Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy and Chris Pine, and Terminator Salvation, staring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. McG also served as an executive producer of the feature Stolen, with Nicolas Cage and Malin Akerman.
McG made his feature film directorial debut with Charlie’s Angels, starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu. The film debuted at number one in the United States and earned more than $40 million in its opening weekend, marking the largest opening weekend ever for a first-time director; it went on to open at number one in 31 territories internationally and gross more than $260 million worldwide. McG also directed the sequel, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, which went on to gross an additional $265 million.
He began his career directing popular campaigns for The Gap and Coca Cola. McG also directed over 50 music videos for diverse artists such as Sublime and Wyclef Jean.
ADAM GLASS
(Executive Producer)
A native of New York, Adam Glass learned his storytelling skills on the streets of the city. The Brooklyn Arts Council Association honoured Glass’s student film, Pawns, with the Best Director Award, and the Student Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences chose the film as a finalist.
With the success of the film, Glass decided to head west to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and director. He has since written projects for most major film studios.
He made his first foray into television with All About the Andersons as the series’ creator. He followed this series with a writer/supervising producer position on Blue Collar TV. He then worked as a consulting producer on The Cleaner and producer on the Jerry Bruckheimer Productions TV series Cold Case before joining Supernatural in its sixth season in 2010.