Biography for
Paul Wesley (II) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

23 July 1982, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

Paul Thomas Wasilewski

Height

5' 10¾" (1.80 m)

Mini Biography

Paul was raised in the Marlboro, New Jersey. His parents are Polish and many of his relatives live in Poland. Until the age of 16, he spent 4 months of every year in Poland. He has 3 sisters, two younger and one older. His eldest sister is an attorney.

Paul attended the Christian Brothers Academy as well as Marlboro High School. He was expelled from the first school for getting into fights. It was his troubled youth that led him towards acting. He was forced by a teacher to do a school play, when he was in the third grade, but found acting a safe haven. Whilst in his junior year at Marlboro, he landed the role of Max in "Guiding Light" (1952). Due to his acting schedule, he transferred schools to Lakewood Prep school. He graduated in 2000. He went on to Rutgers University but, because he was being offered roles, he decided to quit after one semester.

His breakthrough role came in "The Vampire Diaries" (2009). He auditioned for both the roles of Damon, the bad vampire brother, and Stefan, the good vampire brother. But they decided he would work better as Stefan.

He currently resides in Los Angeles and Atlanta, where he continues filming on 'The Vampire Diaries'.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Kad

Spouse

Torrey DeVitto

(16 April 2011 - present)

Trade Mark

Spiked hair

Thick Eyebrows

Trivia

Says if he wasn't an actor/director he would want to be an investigative journalist.

His first kiss was when he was nine years old and in a swimming pool with a girl that dared him into kissing her.

He began to credit himself as Paul Wesley in 2005 because he thought his birth-name was too hard to pronounce. He asked his family's permission before changing it.

He speaks fluent Polish.

Married his long time girlfriend Torrey DeVitto in a secret ceremony in New York (April 2011).