Jared Padalecki acted in three films and two TV shows.
Thomas Kinkade 's Home for Christmas , also known as Thomas Kinkade 's Christmas Cottage , is a 2008 Christmas biopic directed by Michael Campus . It stars Jared Padalecki as painter Thomas Kinkade and features Peter O'Toole , Marcia Gay Harden , and Aaron Ashmore . Jared Padalecki . He is best known for his role as Sam Winchester on Supernatural . He grew up in Texas and rose to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as such films as New York Minute and House of Wax .