Jeffrey Dean Morgan as John Winchester Jeffrey Dean Morgan was born on April 22, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Jeffrey went to Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High and was a 1984 graduate of Lake Washington High School. He grew up wanting to be a basketball star, but an injury put paid to that an early stage. He then left school to pursue his other interests at the time: painting and writing. Jeffrey got into acting more or less accidentally. He was helping a friend move from Seattle to Los Angeles, was going to stay for a weekend, and never left. Today, with recurring parts on three high-profile television shows -- ABC's Grey's Anatomy, the WB's Supernatural, and Showtime's Weeds -- Jeffrey's career is back on track. Grey's Anatomy creator, Shonda Rhimes, recently signed him to play a lead role in an untitled upcoming show for ABC. He has a dog named Bisou which means 'kiss' in French. Bisou is a female 9-year-old Rottweiler mix. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his friends and laughing as much as possible, painting, writing and reading. Under 'skills', his resume lists: basketball, baseball and many other sports, Mountain & Water Athletics, Cooking, Construction. Under 'dialects', it lists: New York, Italian, various regional dialects. He is friends with his agent, Richard Lewis, whose support was "invaluable in keeping me going and getting back to where I am today." His former manager (who happened to be a very good friend of his) dropped him because he just wasn't getting work just the day before he got his role on Supernatural, claiming she couldn't resurrect his career. Has been having a noteably on again-off again with Weeds co-star Mary-Lousie Parker. for some reason seems to be killed off shows halfway through, inluding: Supernatural, Greys Anatomy, and Weeds. Personal quotes "I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I more than ever, love what I do." "I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person."