Jared Padalecki Secures First TV Role Following SurprisingWalkerCancellation

Mar. 15, 2025

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Jared Padaleckihas found his next project!

The actor, 42, will be appearing on season 3 of CBS’sFire Countryin a guest role, PEOPLE can confirm. This news comes just three months after The CW hitWalker,a reboot ofWalker, Texas Rangerstarring Padalecki,was canceled.

Deadlinewas the first to report the news.

Padalecki will be playing Camden, a “SoCal firefighter and maverick with a surfer swagger who is a force to be reckoned with and immediately recognizes Bode’s (Max Thieriot) raw talent,” for three episodes.

Jared Padalecki.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images

In addition to Thieriot, the series also starsStephanie Arcila, Billy Burke, Kevin Alejandro,Diane Farr, Jordan Calloway and Jules Latimer.

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TheSupernaturalalum announced the cancellation ofWalkeronInstagramon May 21.

“It’s a tough piece of news to be sure, but we are SO thankful for the #WalkerFamily that has been built, both on set and off," added the actor, who also executive produced the show.

“It has been a unique honor to be a part of the cast and crew (and fandom!) that helped #Walker tell the stories that we told. I will forever smile on the years I got to spend with the cast and crew and studio and network and fandom that made this all possible. Til we ride again. 🤠❤️” he concluded.

Padalecki, who also appeared inGilmore Girls,has been open about the shocking end toWalkerafter the series finale aired in June. In an interview withVariety,he said that he could sense a cancellation potentially coming when changes within the network were happening.

“I feel like The CW that I was a part of last year is not The CW that I was a part of under [former chairman and CEO] Mark Pedowitz for that entire, almost 20-year stretch [that I worked with the network],” he said.

Jared Padalecki.Sergei Bachlakov / The CW

He also explained that he was told they were “going in a different direction,” and moving away from scripted television.

“And I hate to say that, but I’m just being honest,” he continued. “I mean, f— it. They can’t fire me again. I’m just being brutally honest. I think it felt to me like they were looking for really easy, cheap content that they could fill up time with.”

source: people.com