Inside Jensen Ackles' 'Quiet' Connecticut Life with Wife Danneel: 'The Tallest Tentpole in My Life' (Exclusive)

Despite 15 years connected nan imagination bid Supernatural, Jensen Ackles remains very overmuch rooted successful reality.

In this week's rumor of PEOPLE, connected newsstands Friday, nan actor, 47, opens up astir his life astatine location successful Connecticut pinch his wife, Danneel, 46, their girl Justice, 12, and their 8-year-old twins Zeppelin and Arrow.

“I’ve sewage a really, really quiet, serene life,” says Ackles. "When I spell home, I’m home. I’m not Jensen nan actor. I’m Jensen nan husband, nan dad, nan friend, nan brother, nan son. I deliberation having that stableness successful my individual life has really fixed maine a bully grounding, a bully instauration for what I do.”

The Dallas autochthonal — who modeled arsenic a kid — was 19 erstwhile he began his first dependable gig playing Eric Brady connected Days of Our Lives successful 1997. Over thee years, he earned 3 Daytime Emmy nominations for nan role.

Still, he had fears astir his acting career. “You tin get jobs, and then, that’s it. You ne'er activity again,” he says.

As he continued to book roles connected shows for illustration Smallville and Dawson’s Creek successful nan early 2000s, he “realized this was not going to beryllium easy, but I was still like, ‘This is what I want to do,’” he says.

In 2005, he joined nan formed of Supernatural arsenic lovable bad boy Dean, and “it was lightning successful a bottle,” he says.

After 327 episodes, nan bid ended successful 2020. It became nan longest moving North American sci-fi bid successful history and remains beloved amongst fans.

In 2022, Ackles joined nan formed of Prime Video's The Boys arsenic arrogant superhero Soldier Boy. A twelvemonth later, Ackles and Danneel — whom he met connected nan group of nan movie Ten Inch Hero successful 2006 and calls “the azygous tallest tentpole successful my life” — moved from Texas to Connecticut successful bid to beryllium person to Toronto, wherever he shoots nan show.

When nan opportunity for Ackles to sprout nan caller Prime Video crime play Countdown successful Los Angeles came up, nan mates “just benignant of made it work,” he says. “I mean, it’s our normal.”

Lately, Ackles’ occupation has earned him immoderate “cool cred” pinch his eldest daughter, Justice.

"It’s not conscionable because of what I do, but because of who I cognize sometimes,” Ackles says. “That’s fixed maine a batch of in installments — not only pinch her, but pinch her friends, which is key.”

While Justice hasn’t gotten to watch her dad’s projects yet, Countdown conscionable mightiness beryllium her first viewing.

“She is begging maine to watch it, truthful I mightiness fto her," he says. "I mightiness person to skip immoderate parts. I deliberation she mightiness beryllium connected nan cusp of watching Supernatural.”

As for nan provocative The Boys?

“I don’t ever want her watching,” he jokes, earlier adding, “Maybe erstwhile she’s successful her 30s."

As he reflects connected his 30-year career, Ackles has immoderate caller proposal for his younger self, nan 1 who erstwhile had fears astir pursuing his acting dreams.

“Buckle up,” he says. “It’s going to beryllium a agelong ride.”

Countdown streams Wednesdays connected Prime Video.