Jensen Ackles (pencil sketch on 9x12 bristol paper - Greg Joens) (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles in television as Eric Brady in Days of Our Lives, which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations, as well as Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel and Jason Teague in Smallville. Ackles currently stars as Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural. Source: Wikipedia Greg Chapin Joens's photo.