Having barely appeared on the screens, the mystical series “Supernatural” immediately won the hearts of the audience. He was fascinated not only by an intriguing, detective story, but also by bright characters, unlike anyone. John Winchester, the father of two main characters - charming evil hunter brothers - was one of those.
Life before the death of his wife
John Winchester (middle name Eric) was born in the mid-fifties. He was a marine and took part in the Vietnam War. Here he proved himself a hero and earned several awards from his country. After the service, John moved to Kansas, where, together with a friend, he opened a small car repair shop. Here he met a charming girl named Mary and soon proposed to her.
Having married, they lived with their wife as an ordinary American family from the suburbs, had their own home and enjoyed life. Soon, the young family had two sons - Dean and Sam. Happy parents began to save money for the education of children, not suspecting what awaited them.
But one terrible day, John’s beloved wife was killed, and the house burned in a strange way. The father managed to save his sons from this fire, but the mystical circumstances of the death of his beloved forced the former marine to reconsider his views on life.
John Eric Winchester - evil hunter
Trying to figure out who or what killed his wife, John turned to a psychic woman and she confirmed his terrible fear - this is the work of the demon. Wanting to take revenge on the vile killer, John Winchester removes all the money set aside from the bank account and buys weapons on them. Having taken his sons, he goes in search of a demon.
Trying to find out as much as possible about whom he was looking for, John soon learns that there are not only demons, but also other evil spirits that people do not even suspect of. It also turned out that there are people specially involved in the hunting and destruction of these supernatural monsters - I call them “hunters”.
Having become a student of one such hunter, specializing in the extermination of vampires, John soon becomes a hunter himself, and one of the best. In addition, he begins to keep a diary - a kind of encyclopedia of dishonesty - in which he not only describes various monsters and methods of their extermination, but also considers various mysterious accidents, which may be supernaturally powerful.
Hunting and traveling from city to city in his Chevrolet collectible car, John earned his living by using fake credit cards, as well as playing various gambling games. Despite the nomadic lifestyle, he tried to ensure that his sons received primary education. At the same time, he trained the children as a soldier and prepared them as future hunters, teaching all the wisdom of his craft.
The eldest son, Dean, was more obedient and when he grew up, he began to hunt with his father. At the same time, such a life hated the youngest, therefore, having matured, he refused to engage in the craft of John, went to college, then the university and planned to marry his girlfriend and live a normal life. But fate, and in particular the demon who killed John’s wife, had his own plans, and soon the prodigal son joined his relatives, dreaming of finding and killing the demon.
The fate of the character at the beginning of the series
Over time, John Winchester was able to go on the trail of the evil spirits guilty of the death of his wife and find out that the real purpose of the killer was and is his youngest son, whom the unclean plans to use for his own purposes.
However, the demon was not stupid either, and began to sense the danger John posed. Therefore, he sent messengers, with the obligation to track down and kill him. To save himself and save his sons, at the time of the start of the series, Winchester disappears from the field of view of his sons, occasionally contacting them by phone to give instructions on any matter.
Soon, the brave hunter manages to learn about a weapon that can kill a demon, but in order to find it, he asks for help from his sons. Together, they manage to find this item and interfere with the plans of their enemy, but John's eldest son is at death. To save him, his father had to make a deal with the demon and give him weapons and his soul. However, even after his death, John sometimes managed to help his children.
Before his death, John is aware that his main enemy once killed him a long time ago, but his wife (then a girl) made an unclean agreement and revived her beloved.
Because of this, after ten years she died, and the youngest son was in serious danger.
Who plays John Winchester?
To embody such a complicated and ambiguous image on the screen, the creators of the series invited actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He already had enormous experience in television series.
D.D. Morgan got into the movie industry by accident. As a child, he was fond of basketball, but due to an injury he was forced to leave this sport. To earn a living, he worked as an artist, as well as a writer. Once, at the request of a friend, he came to Los Angeles and, being fascinated by this city, decided to try a movie. With a pleasant, courageous appearance, Jeffrey quickly liked the director and he was often invited to secondary roles in popular TV shows.
For more than ten years, Morgan starred in episodic roles, until in 2005 he was offered to play in the TV series "Supernatural." The actor liked John Winchester - in addition, it was a major breakthrough for his career.
Having embodied on the screen the image of a courageous and unshakable, but very sensitive person, Geoffrey was able to attract attention, especially since the series gained immense popularity. Having worked in this project for only one season, the actor managed to prove himself perfectly and soon they began to offer him roles in the cinema.
At first, these were only episodes, but very soon he managed to win the hearts of the audience and get the main roles in three films at once: with Uma Thurman (“An Accidental Husband”), in the controversial fantasy action movie “Keepers” and in the touching melodrama “PS I Love You” . It is worth noting that he got the roles of completely different characters in character and the actor did an excellent job.
At this time, D.D. Morgan continues to act in films, in most cases he plays secondary characters, although sometimes he is trusted and the main roles.
Matt Cohen - Young John Winchester
In the fourth season of the series Supernatural, the eldest of the hunter brothers falls into the past and gets to know their young parents. In particular, Dean sees what John Winchester used to be. The actor invited to this role was quite similar to Morgan, who played the character in adulthood, and his name was Matt Cohen.
Prior to participating in this project, the guy had already played in several films and series, so he was able to perfectly cope with the task and to embody on the screen the still young and carefree John Winchester, who does not know about the horrors that he has to endure.
Despite the fact that John Winchester was present in the series for only one season, and then appeared several times in other seasons, his character is one of the key ones. And even after death, he continued to influence the events and actions of the main characters in subsequent seasons. Both actors, who happened to play it, despite the external differences, were able to successfully fulfill their task and present the audience with an unforgettable hero, from whom I want to take an example.