Alan Ackles: Inside The Life Of Jensen Ackles’ Father

Alan Ackles is an actor and the father of Supernatural actor Jensen Ross Ackles. Alan’s son Jensen Ackles won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and was nominated three times (in 1998, 1999, and 2000) for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Eric Brady in Days Of Our Lives. As a professional singer, he has released his first original song “Sounds of Someday”, the first track from his debut album.

Alan Ackles: Bio Summary

How Old Is Alan Ackles?

Alan Ackles was born on 20 October 1948, in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, United States. He will be 76 years old in 2024, on the 20th of October. He is also known as Alan Roger Ackles/Roger Alan Ackles. Gene Spaulding Ackles and Dorothy Nell McNatt were his parents. His father Gene was born in West Virginia while his mother Dorothy was born in Texas. He may have brothers and sisters but their details are unavailable.

Alan Ackles attended East Texas State University. He worked as a Broadcast Traffic for WGN Television Chicago. He was a Broadcast Producer at Tracy Locke Advertising. He has been the owner of Alan Ackles Actor and Voice Talent since January 1981. He specializes in voiceovers and narration of Radio and TV commercials and all media.

Alan Ackles Is An Actor And Voice Over Artist

Alan Ackles is involved in the entertainment industry. He has worked as an actor and voice-over artist. He is said to be an award-winning 30-year veteran of radio and television. He has voiced hundreds of commercials and corporate projects nationwide. He has been the voice of Southwestern Bell, Church’s Chicken, Whataburger, Beanie Weenie and Southwest Airlines among others.

On the corporate side, Alan Ackles has narrated projects for many companies including Frito Lay, Pepsi Cola, American Airlines, Texas Instruments, Alcon, Exxon Mobile, JC Penney, Lockheed Martin, and Motorola. He has his own home audio studio. As an actor, Alan has appeared in several films and television series. According to his IMDb, he has 20 acting credits to his name.

Alan Ackles played Leroy in an episode of Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince. He was uncredited for appearing as a police officer in the TV Movie Right to Kill? He landed the role of Larry Jones in the TV Movie, Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story. He appeared in episodes of the television series Dallas. He played Gene Thomas in the TV Movie, Challenger and Journalist in Without Warning: The James Brady Story.

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Alan Ackles also appeared in an episode of Dangerous Curves as Joe Turner. He portrayed Press in the film Ruby, Agent Wills in Steele’s Law, and Newscaster in Hexed. He was a TV Host in the TV Movie, Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald. He appeared in several episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger. He played a man in elevator in the film Serving Sara and Paul Kilton in the video Devour.

Alan Ackles appeared in the TV Movie Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire. He appeared in television series such as Prison Break, The Good Guys, Chase, Supernatural, and Dallas. He served as a narrator for episodes of the TV Mini-Series, Space Mistakes. His son Jensen Ackles is an actor and voice actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dean Winchester in The WB/CW dark fantasy drama series Supernatural (2005–2020).

Jensen Ackles is also known for appearing in television series such as NBC’s Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady, super soldiers Ben/X5-493 and Alec/X5-494 in Fox’s Dark Angel, Jason Teague in The WB/CW’s Smallville, and Ben/Soldier Boy in Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys. He appeared on stage in A Few Good Men at Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas as Lt. Daniel Kaffee.

Jensen Ackles appeared in the film Devour in which his father Alan had a role playing the father of his character, Jake Gray. He starred as the lead in the box office success My Bloody Valentine 3D, and provided the voices of Jason Todd in the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, and Bruce Wayne/Batman in the animated adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween, Legion of Superheroes, and Justice League: Warworld.

Alan Ackles Is A Husband And Father

Alan Ackles is a family man. He is a married man and a father. He is the husband of Donna Joan (née Shaffer). He fell in love with Donna and they dated for some time before marrying. He and his wife Donna got married on August 21, 1971, in a beautiful ceremony but how their love story began is unknown. The two have remained husband and wife for more than 50 years and counting.

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Alan Ackles and Donna Joan Shaffer-Ackles are believed to have faced their fair share of marital problems but they’ve been there for each other through thick and thin. They have been blessed with three children, two sons and a daughter. They are the parents of Joshua Ackles, Jensen Ackles, and Mackenzie Ackles. Their children are now adults doing well for themselves. Thanks to their children, Alan and Donna have several grandchildren.