Jared Padalecki grew up in the fourth largest state.
He grew up in Texas and rose to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as such films as New York Minute and House of Wax .	Texas	Texas	Gilmore Girls	Gilmore Girls	New York Minute	New York Minute (film)	House of Wax	House of Wax (2005 film)
Texas -LRB- -LSB- tkss -RSB- , -LSB- localtksz -RSB- Texas or Tejas -LSB- texas -RSB- -RRB- is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population .	state	U.S. state	United States	United States	area	List of U.S. states and territories by area	population	List of U.S. states and territories by population
