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Dmitri "Misha" Collins (born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic; August 20, 1974) is an American actor best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural (2008–2020). Early life Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother is Rebecca Tippens. He was raised in an irreligious family. Growing up, his family was poor and often homeless. He has said that his surname, Krushnic, "goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from." He is of partial Jewish descent. Collins attended Greenfield Center School, Northfield Mount Hermon School and the University of Chicago, where he studied social theory. Career Interning Before acting, he interned for four months at the White House during the Clinton Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel. Acting His film work includes an uncredited appearance in the 1999 movie Liberty Heights, as well as roles in Girl, Interrupted; Finding Home; Karla; and Loot (on which he also served as Associate Producer). He starred as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural from 2008 to 2020. As well as his work on Supernatural, other television shows includes Legacy, Charmed, NYPD Blue, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Monk, and Timeless. He has appeared on several podcasts. He has several guest appearances. For his acting work in podcasts, in 2018, he voiced the role of Adler Harrison in The Angel of Vine produced by Vox Populi. In 2021, he starred as Jeremy Bradshaw as the main role on Bridgewater produced by Grim & Mild. He hosted Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time on PBS, a TV show focused on local foods in America. In 2022, he was cast as Harvey Dent/Two Face in the Gotham Knights show on the CW. Writing Collins is a published poet. His poems, including "Baby Pants" and "Old Bones", can be found in the 2008 edition of Columbia Poetry Review #21. Collins has also co-written a cookbook, The Adventurous Eaters Club, with his wife, Vicki Collins. It is reported that much of the book's sales will go to charitable organizations who specialize in food nutrition. Collins and Kathryn Leonard, together with several other collaborators, are authors of "The 2D Shape Structure Dataset", an academic research paper on a crowd-sourced database on the structure of shapes. Collins's poetry book, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You, was published on October 12, 2021 and is a full collection of poems at 144 pages. It reached the NYTimes bestseller list. Charity work Collins is the co-founder and board president of Random Acts, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding and inspiring acts of kindness around the world. Collins founded the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES) in 2011. Entrance fees for the international competition go towards Random Acts, and in 2012, GISHWHES broke the world record for most pledges to perform an act of kindness. Personal life On October 6, 2001, Collins married Victoria Vantoch in Maine. They have a son born in 2010 and a daughter born in 2012. In the acknowledgments of his 2021 poetry book, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You, Collins stated that he and his wife had separated. In 2022 Collins's divorce from Vantoch was finalized. In April 2022, Collins clarified that he is straight after a fan convention appearance led to reports he had appeared to come out as bisexual. Filmography Film Television Podcasts Acting roles are in bold. Web Producer Director Awards and nominations References External links Misha Collins at IMDb Misha Collins on Twitter Misha Collins's channel on YouTube. Discover the Misha Collins popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Misha Collins books.