Dean Forrester

Dean Forester is a fictional character from the TV series Gilmore Girls. He is played by Jared Padalecki. Tall, strapping, and chestnut-haired, Chicago-born Dean is introduced into the series as the new guy in town. He immediately falls for the shy, sensitive intellect, Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) after she shows him around Stars Hollow. Rory in turn quickly becomes infatuated with the good natured, laid back, even-keeled Dean, which briefly p... more

Dean Forester is a fictional character from the TV series Gilmore Girls. He is played by Jared Padalecki. Tall, strapping, and chestnut-haired, Chicago-born Dean is introduced into the series as the new guy in town. He immediately falls for the shy, sensitive intellect, Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) after she shows him around Stars Hollow. Rory in turn quickly becomes infatuated with the good natured, laid back, even-keeled Dean, which briefly poses a problem with winning an enrollment to the fictional Chilton Private School as it takes her away from the regular high school which Dean would be attending. He quickly gets a job as a grocery store stock boy and is the first serious boyfriend for Rory, and arguably the most mature (though sometimes rather boring) one she has over the course of the series. At first their relationship almost doesn't work out because the emotionally repressed Rory has trouble expressing the intimate, affectionate feelings that Dean, like any boyfriend,... less