Jensen Ackles played a character in Days of Our Lives.
Eric Brady . Introduced onscreen by Betty Corday and Al Rabin in 1984 along with his twin sister , Sami Brady , the twins are rapidly aged , and Jensen Ackles stepped into the role of the teenage Eric in 1997 . Jensen Ackles . 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 .