Meet the Kids of the Tracker Cast (Including One Who Isn’t Allowed to Watch Her Dad’s Shows)

In Tracker, Justin Hartley stars as Colter Shaw, a professional bounty hunter with a fractured family and a complicated love life, but in real life, the actor is a husband and father.

Aside from Colter’s romantic failures, Tracker delves into the character’s deep-rooted family trauma as he reconnects with his estranged brother, Russell Shaw (Jensen Ackles) and struggles to come to terms with the truth about his father’s death.

“I feel like if he has a wife and a girlfriend and a family, and he continues to do all these dangerous things, that’s kind of selfish,” Hartley told PEOPLE in 2024. At home, the actor is different from his on-screen persona.

“It took me a long time to get here, and I am just surrounded by the best people. [I’m] just completely at peace, and my daughter’s doing well, she’s just wonderful,” he said, referring to his child, Isabella.

Likewise, Russell seemingly has an aversion to commitment on the show, but in real life, Ackles is a proud dad to three kids.

Here’s everything to know about the kids of the Tracker cast.

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Justin Hartley’s daughter

Moroccan-US actress Sofia Pernas (L), US actor Justin Hartley and his daughter Isabella Justice Hartley attend "Bride Hard" premiere at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) theatre in Los Angeles on June 18, 2025.
Moroccan-US actress Sofia Pernas (L), US actor Justin Hartley and his daughter Isabella Justice Hartley attend “Bride Hard” premiere at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) theatre in Los Angeles on June 18, 2025.LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty

Hartley plays Colter, a nomadic, adventure-seeking tracker in the show, but off-screen, he prefers to stay in and spend time with his family.

“We stay home a lot. We love our home,” he told PEOPLE about his wife, Sofia Pernas, who has appeared alongside him on Tracker as Billie Matalon, a rival bounty hunter and former love interest. The pair, who married in 2021, “do everything together,” he shared, especially now that his daughter is away at college.

Hartley welcomed his only child, Isabella Justice Hartley, with his ex-wife, Lindsay Korman, in 2004. The former couple split in 2012 after eight years of marriage, but remained friends and continued to co-parent.

Hartley has called fatherhood “the best” and gushed over his close relationship with Isabella. “It’s great, I love it,” he told PEOPLE in 2024. He went on to say that as Isabella has grown up, they’ve only gotten closer. “It’s like having another friend you can talk to. She’s really wonderful,” he said.

Still, no matter how old she gets, Hartley will always see Isabella as his little girl. “I don’t think, for me anyway, being a dad really goes away,” he said. “It’s always dad first. I think when she’s 30, it’ll be dad first.”

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Jensen Ackles’ 3 kids

Jensen and Daneel Ackles with their kids
Jensen and Daneel Ackles with their kids.Danneel Ackles/Instagram

On Tracker, Ackles portrays Russell, Colter’s charismatic and rebellious older brother, who has a similar skill set and lack of stable home life. Like Hartley, though, Ackles is unlike his character in real life.

The Supernatural star and his wife of over 10 years, Danneel Ackles, share three children. The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Justice Jay, or JJ, in May 2013. Three years later, in December 2016, they welcomed two more kids with the birth of their twins, son Zeppelin Bram and daughter Arrow Rhodes.

Now that JJ is old enough to understand what her dad does for a living, it’s both a blessing and a curse.

“I think I’ve got some cool cred with her, not just because of what I do, but because of who I know sometimes,” Ackles told PEOPLE in July 2025. “And I think that’s given me a lot of credit, not only with her, but with her friends, which is key.”

However, it also means that she wants to watch all of his projects, including one that Ackles is adamantly opposed to her seeing. “The Boys? I don’t ever want her watching that,” he said, adding that she’s been begging him to watch the Amazon Prime series. “She can come to me when she’s in her 30s and talk to me about The Boys.”

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Michael Rady’s 4 kids

Michael Rady and his family
Michael Rady and his family.Michael Rady/Instagram

Michael Rady, who plays Elliott Rusch, is a father of four.

He and his wife, actress Rachael Kemery, tied the knot in 2010 and welcomed their first child, son Ellington, in 2012. Their second son, August, was born two years later in 2014, followed by daughters Olive and Maisie in 2016 and 2021, respectively.

At Christmas Con in 2024, Rady opened up about his love of fatherhood. “Success, to me, is when my kids and my wife want to be around me,” he said to Digital Journal. “If I can find peace and contentment in the moment regardless of the industry and money, then I am successful.”

 

Wendy Crewson’s 2 kids

Family affair, Wendy Crewson with hubby Michael Murphy, daughter Maggie and son Jack at the annual Gemini Awards in Toronto, November 4, 2002.
Family affair, Wendy Crewson with hubby Michael Murphy, daughter Maggie and son Jack at the annual Gemini Awards in Toronto, November 4, 2002.Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty

Wendy Crewson plays Colter’s mother, Mary Dove Shaw, on Tracker, and in real life, she’s a mom of two.

Crewson was married to actor Michael Murphy from 1988 to 2009, and the pair welcomed two children together: Maggie Murphy and John Branton Murphy. Maggie appears to have followed in her parents’ footsteps, becoming an actress and producer.

In 2014, Crewson came out as gay. Speaking on eTalk, per Global News, the following year, she opened up about her fear of telling her kids. “I didn’t care what anybody else thought,” she said. “I was fine with coming out to everybody, but to your children … it’s just a different thing.”

Maggie’s reaction was one of total understanding. “I knew she would be fine because she’s a smart, compassionate girl,” Crewson said.

Her son’s response was surprising, but equally empathetic. “The first thing he said to me was: ‘You are so brave. That must have been so scary to tell me.’ It makes me emotional even when I think about it,” the actress said.

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Chris Lee’s 3 kids

Chris Lee and his kids
Chris Lee and his kids.Chris Lee/Instagram

Chris Lee, who plays tech expert Randy on Tracker, is a father of three.

The actor and his wife, Gabby Lee, who tied the knot in December 2021, welcomed their oldest child, son Bryce Alexander, on April 21, 2016.

Almost exactly three years later, on April 22, 2019, their daughter, Blaire Wendy-Marie, was born. On Oct. 6, 2022, Chris and Gabby’s family grew again with the birth of another baby girl, Beautiful Love Lee.

Chris frequently shares photos of his family on social media with sweet captions. In 2022, he shared a sweet Father’s Day post on Instagram. “I’m blessed to be a father today. My wife and children are my greatest gifts. I love y’all more than life,” he wrote.

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