Dean Winchester is a main character from the American fantasy horror series Supernatural. He is portrayed by the American actor Jensen Ackles. He is a human and a hunter.
Dean is the brother of Sam Winchester, portrayed by Jared Padalecki. Their parents are Mary Winchester and John Winchester, played by Samantha Smith and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, respectively. Along with his younger brother Sam, he was a hunter and a member of the Men of Letters. He is related to the Winchester and Campbell families, as is his brother. Dean is Adam Milligan's older half-brother through his father.
Dean Winchester’s background in Supernatural
Dean was born on January 24, 1979, to John and Mary Winchester in Lawrence, Kansas. He is the first child of the pair and four years older than Sam, his younger brother. When the demon Azazel killed Mary in Sam's crib on November 2, 1983, Dean was assigned to take Sam out of the resulting fire while John made a futile attempt to save Mary. Dean has felt accountable for Sam ever since, and he was always tasked with looking after him as they grew older. As John started looking into Mary's death, he discovered information about supernatural beings and their hunters.
Both John and Dean concealed the supernatural from Sam until he was eight years old, but John became a hunter himself and taught Dean to be one as well. Living in motels and John's friends' houses, the Winchesters were always on the move across the nation. John was never around while they were kids, so Dean was left to take care of Sam. After being arrested for shoplifting when he was sixteen, Dean lived in a boys' home for a while, where he was given the chance to attend a regular school, but he ultimately decided to go back to Sam.
Sam departed to live his own life away from the supernatural before the series' pilot. John held resentment at Sam because he believed Sam had deserted them, and Sam held resentment towards John because of the heated dispute before Sam left. Hunting together, John and Dean resumed their journey across the United States.
Dean has a reputation for managing an extensive amount of weaponry. His go-to outfits are dark leather jackets, dark flannel shirts, dark blue jeans, and black boots. He is also well-known for having an extensive collection of weapons in the trunk of his iconic black 1967 Chevrolet Impala, which he occasionally sleeps in.
Who plays Dean Winchester in Supernatural?
The American actor and musician Jensen Ackles plays Dean Winchester in the series. He has appeared in television series such as NBC's Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady which earned him several Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Besides television, Ackles has voiced Bruce Wayne in animated films like Justice League: Warworld and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths.
FAQs about Dean Winchester
A. Yes, Dean was killed during a vampire hunt during the fifteenth and final season of the series.
A. Dean is four years older than Sam in the series.
A. Dean was about 46 years old during the time of his death in Supernatural.
