Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki both found fame before starring on Supernatural, with Ackles on Days of Our Lives and Padalecki on Gilmore Girls. Ackles has embraced voice acting post-Supernatural, voicing Batman in several animated films, like The Long Halloween, Part One. Padalecki continued working on TV after Supernatural, starring as Cordell Walker in the drama series Walker, but the show was canceled after season 4.

Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles have been notable TV stars for a number of years. Prior to playing Dean Winchester on the hit series Supernatural from 20052020, Ackles was known as a long-time cast member on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Getting his start on the show when he was still a teenager, Days of Our Lives was a huge jumping-off point for Ackles to be noticed by the CW network when they were casting for Supernatural, which led to Ackles to creating some career-best characters,...