Trivia

Built his own home, and almost all the furniture in it, save for a couple chairs on the deck.

The name "Misha" is after his mother's Russian ex-boyfriend. This has been his nickname since childhood, so he decided to use it as his stage name.

When auditioning for Castiel, he was told that he'd be a demon. It wasn't until after he got the part that the creators told him that Castiel was going to be an angel.

Spent time at a monastery in Nepal. Still practices Buddhist meditation and goes on a 10 day retreat once a year.

Current Guinness World Record Holder for organizing the world's largest international photo scavenger hunt (The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) in November 2011.

On Twitter, he refers to his followers as "minions" and has repeatedly claimed that he has plans for world domination. The minion-founded charity Random Acts is hailed as a first step toward said domination (by kindness).

Worked as a carpenter to put himself through college.

On April 1st 2013, users of Tumblr changed their icons to a picture of Misha, they referred to this as the 'Mishapocalypse'.

Their second child, a daughter named Maison Marie, was born September 25, 2012.

He and Supernatural (2005) co-star, Jared Padalecki both use sign language with their children. At the 2012 Salute to Supernatural convention in New Jersey, the two actors joked about their reactions to Signing Time! (2002) and "Baby Signing Time".

Read Revelation as preparation for role as Castiel.

Misha's paternal great-grandfather, Edward Krushnic, was the son of a Russian Jewish father, Joesph Krushnic, and a Hungarian Jewish mother, Ida. The rest of Misha's ancestry is English, German, Scottish, and Irish.

His wife, Victoria, is a writer.

House burned down when he was in high school.

He is a published poet. Two of his poems; "Baby Pants" and "Old Bones", can be found in the 2008 edition of the Columbia Poetry Review #21.

Son, West Anaximander Collins, born September 23rd, 2010.

Misha has a scar on his left leg that reads "Why" he gave it to himself when he was 13.

His maternal great-great-grandfather, Dorr Eugene Felt, was an inventor and industrialist. He was known for having invented the Comptometer, an early computing device, and the Comptograph, the first printing adding machine.

Favorite television series is Damages (2007). Zeljko Ivanek, who starred in the show's first season, is also close friends with Misha.

Auditioned for the role of Lex Luthor in Smallville.

Shares the same birthday as Amy Adams August 20th 1974.