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Spotlight on Paul Wesley

Get to know Paul Wesley, the good-natured vampire Stefan Salvatore in The CW hit TV series The Vampire Diaries.

Paul Wesley was born Paul Thomas Wasilewski on July 23, 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, had moved from Poland shortly before his birth. He speaks fluent Polish, having spent four months every year in Poland until the age of 16. He has one older sister, Monika, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah.

His breakthrough to showbiz was when he was cast in the soap opera The Guiding Light as character Max Nickerson. He was still in High School back then.

He started college at Rutgers University but left after one semester when more roles were offered to him and he realized he could make a career out of acting

He has had a number of roles on shows such as Guiding Light, Smallville, The O.C., 8 Simple Rules, Wolf Lake, Cane, and American Dreams. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tommy Callahan on Everwood at that time. He appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit second season-premiere episode, “Wrong is Right” as well as the episode “Ripped”.

Recent film credits include Peaceful Warrior, Roll Bounce, and Cloud 9. He also starred opposite Amber Tamblyn in CBS’ The Russell Girl and had the lead role in ABC Family’s Fallen Miniseries. In 2008, he played Jake Tanner, his first leading role, in the Killer Movie.

Wesley recently had a role on Lifetime’s Army Wives as the soldier boyfriend of Emmalin Holden and as Kim Bauer’s husband Stephen on 24. He is currently starring as Stefan Salvatore, one of the leads, in The Vampire Diaries which premiered September 2009 on The CW Television Network (CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS OF PAUL WESLEY).

1 Comment on Spotlight on Paul Wesley

  1. oh,,,
    you is so cool and handsome

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