Jensen Ackles' success in television, particularly his long-running role as Dean Winchester in Supernatural, has led to a substantial net worth. Ackles has a few film roles under his belt, like Tom Hanniger in 2009's My Bloody Valentine 3D, but he's best known for his small screen roles. Ackles got his first big break playing Eric Brady in Days of Our Lives, but has largely left the world of soap operas behind for popular genre shows including Supernatural, Smallville, and The Boys.

Born in Dallas, Texas, to Donna Joan and Alan Roger Ackles, Jensen Ross Ackles, the middle of three siblings, grew up in a family that supported his artistic ambitions — his father himself was an actor. Ackles moved to Los Angeles in 1996 to pursue acting and has never looked back. In 2010, the actor married model and actress Danneel Harris and they have two children, a daughter born in 2013 and twins,...