Six Degrees of Jensen Ackles
The chart below sets out the professional and personal connections of the extended CW family tree. The chart is focused on mapping the professional connections between various people. Please note that any personal connections noted on the chart are noted in addition to the professional connections, except in cases of marriage (eg. Tom Welling and Jamie White). Any other personal connections will not be noted unless the people involved are also connected on a professional basis.
Personal Connections
Sandra McCoy is the long-term girlfriend of Jared Padalecki. They met on the set of Cry Wolf in 2004.
Danneel Harris and Jensen Ackles appear to be in a relationship, as of the filming of Ten Inch Hero in 2006.
Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly were engaged during the filming of the second season of Dark Angel in 2001-02. They are both connected to Jensen via his roles as Ben (X5-493) and Alec (X5-494) in Dark Angel.
Jensen Ackles and Christian Kane have been good friends for many years. They are both also good friends with Steve Carlson, who is the co-founder of Christian's self-named band, KANE. Jensen has sung backup vocals on two of Steve's solo CDs.
Christian Kane and David Boreanaz have been good friends since before David was cast in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Steve Carlson contributed music to episodes of Angel, and his song Night Music featured in the bar scene at the opening of 1.19 Provenance and If It Ain't Easy was used in 3.02 The Kids Are Alright when Dean drops Sam off at the hotel, and continues as he drives to Lisa's house
Jensen Ackles is good friends with Jason Manns. Jason, Jensen, Christian and Danneel all took part in filming The Plight Of Clownana in 2004.
Christian Kane stars in the yet-to-be-released Death Walks the Street, a film on which Jason Manns is an associate producer, and also has an acting role.
Jason Manns and Steve Carlson have each other friended on MySpace.
Tom Welling and Jamie White have been married since 2002.
Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush were married briefly in 2005, but divorced in 2006.
Chad is now engaged to Kenzie Dalton.
Background
The idea of Six Degrees comes from John Guare's play "Six Degrees of Separation" which itself uses the Small Word Theory. Students in the early 90s invented the game "The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" - a game in which they connected Kevin Bacon to any other actor in Hollywood in less than six steps. For more information see Six Degrees of Separation on Wikipedia.
