Jared served as the host of MTV's horror reality series Room 401 which was discontinued after only eight episodes due to poor ratings.

Sarah Michelle Gellar did NOT star with Jared in House of Wax.

Jared says, "I love cookies baking. During the winter, they have these candles that smell like cookies, and I always buy like a hundred of them."

In 1998, Padalecki and his partner Chris Cardenas won the National Forensic League national championship in Duo Interpretation.

Jared's favorite band is Canadian rock group Our Lady Peace.

In 2001, Jared played the role of Paul Harris in an episode of ER.

In Friday the 13th (2009), Jared plays Clay Miller, a character who heads out to Camp Crystal Lake in search of his missing sister.

Jared is 6'4".