Paul Wesley was born on July 23, 1982 in New Brunswick (New Jersey, USA) to Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski. Paul has one older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. Since Paul's parents are from Poland, he himself spent a lot of time in his homeland and managed to learn the Polish language well. While in high school, Paul started going to auditions. In 1999, he landed a role in the TV series Guiding Light and then decided that he would devote his life to an acting career. Wesley even dropped out of Rutgers University as he decided to focus on his career.
In the early 2000s, Paul starred in several TV series, including Wolf Lake, which was canceled due to low ratings, Law & Order. Criminal Intent", "Smallville", "The Lonely Hearts" and "8 Simple Rules for a Friend to My Teenage Daughter". He also had a chance to play a cameo role in the film "Minority Report" with Tom Cruise in the title role, but Wesley was not even listed in the credits. Until 2009, there were no notable roles in his career, but Paul was lucky to pass the casting for one of the main roles in the TV series The Vampire Diaries. By that time, he had officially changed his last name from Wasilewski to Wesley, as he felt that his own surname was difficult to pronounce. The actor's family took it perfectly normal, according to Paul.
The real breakthrough for the actor was the TV series The Vampire Diaries, which aired in 2009. The plot of the series tells about the small but mysterious city of Mystic Falls, where a large concentration of various evil spirits is concentrated, including the vampire brothers Salvatore. Paul played a character named Stefan - a good-natured vegetarian vampire who falls in love with the modest beauty Elena (played by). As the story progresses, it turns out that Stefan has not only a bright side, but also a very dark one, which often brings his girlfriend, brother Damon (he plays) and other residents of the city a lot of problems. The Vampire Diaries quickly gained high ratings and earned the love of viewers around the world. Trinity Wesley, Dobrev and Somerhalder became idols of youth. Paul also played an ancient vampire named Silas, who only appears in season 4 of the show. The actors of the series have received many different awards, including People's Choice, Teen Choice, Saturn Award and others. In 2016, it became known that the eighth season of the series would be the last.
Paul Wesley is not going to stop there. He has already directed several episodes of The Vampire Diaries, and also produced the film Now or Never / Curfew, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2013 in the Best Live Action Short Film nomination.
From 2004 to 2005, Paul dated actress Marnett Patterson, who is two years older than him. You can see this actress in the series "Charmed", "Body Parts", in the movie "Sniper" and others. Now she is happily married.
Since 2007, the actor has been dating former fashion model and now actress Torri DeVitto. The girl even played one of the roles in the TV series The Vampire Diaries. The couple got married in 2011, but Paul and Torrey filed for divorce two years later. They do not specify the reasons for the breakup of this marriage.
But Paul did not grieve for a long time after the divorce and started an affair with a colleague in the series - an actress. They have been dating her since 2013, and the couple's fans are already waiting for their engagement. Phoebe played a werewolf named Hayley on the show, but her character was moved to The Vampire Diaries spin-off called The Originals.
Thanks to the role of a vampire, Paul Wesley fell in love with many viewers around the world who still do not want to part with the heroes of a successful project. At the moment, the actor is busy not only filming movies: he is very interested in writing scripts and producing, where the screen star is already making progress. But if Wesley's career is developing at full speed, then in his personal life everything is not going the way he would like. After a divorce from his ex-wife, he has not yet created a new family, however, this does not prevent him from starting a serious relationship.
Paul (at birth - Pavel Thomas Wasilewski) was born in 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. His parents are immigrants from Poland, so the boy and his sisters often visited that country and knew the Polish language well. At a Catholic school, teachers often scolded the boy for poor attendance, but he enjoyed going to acting classes in Manhattan. The future actor received his first film role when he was still in high school. After passing the casting, the young man played in the TV series Guiding Light, receiving an award for his work. However, after graduating from high school, he chose a completely different profession, entering the university. While studying at the university, Wasilewski began to receive a huge number of offers from directors, so because of his career he had to leave the university.
In 2005, he adopted the pseudonym Paul Wesley due to the fact that his first and last name were difficult for Americans to pronounce. In addition, the parents were not against this change. The movie star played not only a "good" vampire in the television series "The Vampire Diaries", he had to create the image of a werewolf in the "Wolf Lake" project, and also be an angel in the mythological action "Fallen".
Pictured is Paul Wesley with ex-wife Torri DeVito
Paul always kept his personal life a secret, however, in 2011, information was leaked to the press that he and his lover, actress and fashion model Torri DeVito, were married. My wife mastered Polish cuisine, so they celebrated all the holidays with their relatives in Polish, with traditional dishes. The actor liked to arrange romantic surprises for his wife, often declaring his love for her. However, the family idyll lasted two years, and in the summer of 2013 they broke up. Children in this marriage were never born.
After the divorce, Wesley did not grieve alone for a long time, having an affair with actress Phoebe Tonkin, whom he met back in 2012 on the set of a new project. For a long time they hid their relationship from the press and the public, however, time passed and the lovers published a joint photo where they look very happy. But already in December 2016, there were rumors that the couple was not going smoothly in the relationship, and in early 2017 it became known that they broke up.
Pictured: Paul Wesley and Phoebe Tonkin
What was the surprise of the fans when in the spring of 2017, the former lovers were spotted by paparazzi walking together in Los Angeles. Young people walked hand in hand, drank coffee and talked. Perhaps the actors were just taking a friendly walk, or maybe they decided to give their relationship a second chance?
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In The Vampire Diaries, the whole world now knows who the young and talented actor Paul Wesley is. The filmography of this American with Polish roots is already quite extensive despite his young age, but due to the constant employment on the set of a TV show about vampires, Paul has not yet been able to shine in other projects, in particular on the big screen.
Due to the fact that the actor was born in the family of Polish emigrants Thomas and Agnieszka Wasilewski, his real name is Paul Thomas Wasilewski. But at the same time, he is a real American, born on July 23, 1982 in the state of New Jersey, in the small town of New Brunswick. The actor has no brothers, but as many as three sisters - Monica, Julia and Leia. The family did not forget their roots, so until his sixteenth birthday, Paul traveled to Poland every year and speaks Polish very well. As a child, he moved with his family to Marlborough, where he grew up and attended high school.
The future actor received his first role while still at school. At that moment, there was a casting for the role of Max Nickerson in the series Guiding Light, and Paul Wesley was approved for it. The filmography of the actor dates back to 1999 from this TV show, which discovered a new talent. For his role, Wesley was even awarded the Best Young Actor in a Daytime Television Series. For several years, shooting in "Guiding Light" occupied all of Paul's time, which led to a transfer to another school in the town of Howell, from which he graduated in 2000. After graduation, the actor nevertheless decided to enter Rutgers University, but after the first semester he decided to focus on his acting career, especially since there were a lot of offers, because the guy's appearance is very bright.
In 2001, the mystical series Wolf Lake began to be broadcast on American television, where Paul got the role of werewolf Lucas Cates. Despite a fairly good plot and cast, only five episodes of this TV show were released on television, and it was closed due to low ratings, although the series had 9 episodes in total. Later, "Wolf Lake" was still shown in full, but by other TV channels. From that moment began the serial career of Paul Wesley. He appeared in cameo roles in such well-known series as Law & Order, Smallville, The Lonely Hearts, 8 Rules for My Teenage Daughter's Friend, Everwood, C.S.I.: Miami Crime Scene Investigation and others. . But there were no major breakthroughs in his career.
Until 2005, the actor starred under the name Wasilewski, and then, after consulting with his family, he decided to change it to a more convenient American pronunciation. Thus he received the name - Paul Wesley. The filmography of the actor after this moment quickly began to replenish with new projects. The blond with green eyes has finally started getting roles in films. Although they were small, they were a start. Among his works: "The Last Race", "Rollers", "Peaceful Warrior", "Winter Dead", "One Mile to Lenex" and other films. With Paul Wesley in the lead role, the long-awaited series, which was called "Fallen", was released. This is one of the best works of Paul, as he himself believes. The mystical role of the Nephilim, half-human, half-angel, was as if written for Wesley. He clearly succeeded in the role of a fantastic character. The Fallen mini-series was based on the Thomas Snegorsky book series and consisted of three parts, each of which was almost 90 minutes long, which corresponds to the timing of many television films. After him there were other series such as "Shark", "Russell's Daughter", "Detective Rush", "Army Wives" and "24 Hours".
In 2009, in a wave of popular love for the vampire theme, the American television channel The CW decided to present a series based on the books by Lisa Jane Smith "The Vampire Diaries". In the center of the plot is a love triangle, the key figures of which are two vampire brothers who are in love with a mortal schoolgirl Elena Gilbert. The role of the younger brother Salvatore was given to Paul Wesley. From that moment on, the actor’s filmography practically ceased to be replenished with new roles, because the series takes up most of the actor’s life: filming one season takes about ten months. Nevertheless, it was the role of Stefan Salvatore that made the actor world famous and gave millions of fans around the world. It's safe to say that after the pilot episode of The Vampire Diaries show, Paul woke up famous. It is especially popular among the younger generation, for which the series is mainly designed. An important indicator of teenage love can be considered two wins in the nominations at the Teen Choice Awards in 2010. In addition to acting full-time on the show for six years in a row, Wesley tried his hand on the set and as a director, working on one of the episodes. Also, the talented blond decided to take up producing. In 2010, there was the first such project called "Norman". So far, however, he has only a few such works, but one of them, the 2012 short film Now or Never, even received an Oscar nomination.
Despite the publicity of his person, the actor is a rather secretive person and does not seek to make his relationship public. Almost nothing is known about his early romances, but in 2011 he appeared at one of the events with his partner on the set of the film "Winter Dead" actress and model Toriya De Vito already as his wife. The marriage lasted only two years and broke up in the summer of 2013. Tori even starred in one of the seasons of The Vampire Diaries under the patronage of her husband. What caused the divorce is not known. But a few months later, Paul Wesley was spotted with another partner in the vampire series - actress Phoebe Tonkin. Apparently, the couple has a serious relationship that lasts to this day.
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Paul Thomas Wesley (born Paul Thomas Wesley; born Wasilewski; born July 23, 1982, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is an American film actor and producer. Known for his role as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries.
Biography
Paul Wesley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA on July 23, 1982 and grew up in Marlborough, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, came from Poland. Has an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Lee. Knows Polish well, spent four months every year in Poland until the age of 16.
Attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lyncroft and Marlboro High School. While in high school, he was selected for the role of Max Nickerson in the television series Guiding Light. Due to a busy acting schedule, he transferred to a new school - Lakewood Prep School in Howell. In 2000, he graduated from high school and entered Rutgers University, which he left after a semester to continue his acting career. Since 2005, Paul has changed his last name to Wesley. When asked why he changed his last name, he says:
“Vasilevsky was too difficult to pronounce. I asked permission from my family to change my last name, and they didn't mind."
Career
Paul has had small roles in TV shows such as Guiding Light, Widower's Love, Smallville, The Lonely Hearts, 8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter's Friend, Law & Order. Special Corps" and others.
He currently stars as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries television series based on the Vampire Diaries series of novels by Lisa Jane Smith.
Personal life
In April 2011, Paul secretly married actress Torri DeVito. On May 13, 2011, at the Young Hollywood Awards, he introduced Torrey as his wife.
You can see Paul's filmography here.
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Answer from Olivia Frazier[guru] Answer from Nisya Nurullaeva[guru] Paul Wesley was born on July 23, 1982. He is not only a famous actor, but also a talented director, model and creative producer. The bright and dramatic role of the controversial vampire Stefan Salvatore brought him fame and love of millions of viewers, mostly young audiences. When it comes to this multifaceted and talented person, even the most vicious critics fall silent - Paul Wesley is one of the few young people who actively strive to do something better and more wonderful. Paul Wesley is considered one of the most famous philanthropists in the acting industry. And at the same time, he avoids undue attention, prefers to be in the shadows and does not advertise his actions. He is always "a little different than everyone else." In one of the interviews, the actor will say about himself like this: "I was not some kind of strange loner at school, but I definitely was not invited to any of the cool parties." Wesley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Paul Wesley's family is from Eastern Europe, his parents are full-blooded Poles Tomasz and Agnieszka Wasilewski. He is the second child in the family, he has three charming sisters. The eldest of them, Monica, is a successful lawyer, the two younger ones are also not related to the film industry. As a teenager, Paul worked in his historical homeland and therefore speaks perfect Polish. His full name is Pavel Tomasz Wasilewski, which the young man refused in 2005, deciding that it was too difficult to pronounce. However, before deciding to take such a step, he received approval from his family. According to Wesley, the name change has had a very beneficial effect on his career. Paul attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lyncroft, New Jersey and Marlboro High School. Parents adhered to strict rules and constantly made sure that the children studied well, but the teenager did not make great strides in a Catholic school and was eventually transferred to a regular one. Until the age of 14, he enthusiastically played hockey and went in for snowboarding, but then he got into a theater group, and this changed the vector of his life. He graduated from high school in 2000 and then went on to study at Rutgers University. After studying for only one semester, Paul left the school because he realized that his calling was to play in the cinema. Wesley landed his first role in the soap opera Guiding Light and did well.
Of his work on the series, Paul said, “The whole thing has been an exciting adventure. I had this cool adult job and I got paid. I've been to New York and made a lot of really good friends." The soap opera helped Paul feel like an actor, explore his possibilities. He had no experience in front of the camera before and this was a step towards future success. Then a series of series and films began, in which different facets of his talent appeared: Underworld, Law & Order, Shot in the Heart, Young Arthur, Smallville, Everwood, Fallen. He also starred as Luke Cates in Wolf Lake where he was a werewolf. In addition, Paul was the host of many popular shows. Wesley made good money, but that all faded after he landed one of the lead roles on The Vampire Diaries. The actor starred in the fantasy drama for eight years, from 2009 to 2017, and his fees were fantastic. Stefan Salvatore, in his performance, is a "conscientious" friendly vampire who falls in love with a local schoolgirl, Elena Gilbert, who reminded him of an old love and caused an incomprehensible excitement. The hit CW drama is based on L. J. Smith's bestselling books. As Stefan, Paul looked very natural in the frame, but getting into character was difficult: "I'm 150 years old, but I'm trapped in the body of a teenager, I have supernatural abilities, and whenever my hormones get out of control , it costs me incredible efforts to control myself, ”the actor described his first impressions of the filming. But he found in himself a lot in common with his hero and therefore brilliantly embodied this image on the screen. Paul Wesley didn't just play, he did research. Stefan and his vampire brother Damon fight for the love of a girl in an epic romantic battle. However, Stefan's mysterious aura and his adorable looks don't give him any advantage, and in the end, Elena favors his brother. Paul Wesley got it all from the television series The Vampire Diaries. He won several prestigious awards for his role in this project, met love and, most importantly, he also made his directorial debut with the episode: "Resident Evil". Film critics note the skill of Paul in the art of reincarnation. Wesley himself is of the opinion that he does not play, just with each new character he finds something new in himself that he did not know about before. “Each role opens up a new opportunity for me to do something different and explore something new,” says the actor. From this, all his characters are distinguished by amazing realism.
Paul has a cult romance that fascinated him as a child. The actor grew up with Salinger's book "The Catcher in the Rye", and turning to this literary work again and again, he constantly discovers something new for himself. In many ways, it was this book that formed his philosophical view of many things. The actor has won two Young Hollywood Awards as well as two Teen Choice Awards for his work on TV shows. He has also been active on the big screen. Films with Paul Wesley in the title role are always distinguished by an interesting plot and they always contain notes of philosophical reflections on the meaning of life. The most famous are such tapes as: "Adventures in the Bahamas", "Outlaw Baytown", "Until I Disappear", "Ameera and Sam", "Mother's Day". Paul Wesley also starred in a striking lead role in the 2008 film Winter Dead, which, unfortunately, did not receive approval from either film critics or viewers. In addition to acting, Wesley is engaged in directing and producing. He began his production career in 2010, and his most successful project is Before I Disappear, released in 2014. This work won the Audience Choice Award at the SXSW Film Festival and was presented at the Venice Film Festival. In August 2015, he joined the cast of Late Flower, and in 2016, Paul Wesley was announced to be producing Convergence alongside Adam Schroeder. Paul Wesley has a lot of fans, the tabloids have repeatedly called him "one of the sexiest people living on the planet." A beautiful smile and an athletic figure, as well as cheerfulness, make him a dream for thousands of girls. He has an incredible amount of social media followers. Of course, the actor has been involved in a series of relationships in the past, and Paul Wesley's personal life has not left the pages of youth publications. As the actor himself recalls, his first kiss was at the age of nine in the pool with a girl who dared to kiss him. Paul had one girlfriend whom he constantly dated throughout high school. As a teenager, Paul was extremely romantic: “When I courted my first girlfriend, I was about fourteen years old, and I sent her a five-foot teddy bear. It was just huge, but I got the address mixed up and instead of making a big surprise, I made a giant commotion. However, the series of romantic hobbies was interrupted by the beautiful Torri De Vitto, who became his first true love. In 2007, the couple met on the set of the film The Killer, in which Paul played the lead role. Paul's future wife Wesley Torrey was also one of the main actresses in this film, and soon the passion consumed the young people. After four years of a stormy romance, they got married. The wedding ceremony took place on April 16, 2011. The decision was not spontaneous, but the young married secretly, only relatives and close friends were present at the celebration. The couple played together in several seasons of The Vampire Diaries. By the way, Paul Wesley's wife, who played the role of Dr. Meredith Fell in this series, was originally auditioned for the role of Elena Gilbert. It was Paul who persuaded executive producer Julie Plec to take his wife on the show. The actor wanted Torri to always be there. Therefore, the news that the couple decided to divorce came like thunder from a clear sky. They did not believe in this and hoped that the couple would be able to overcome their differences, but Paul and Torrey, much to the regret of the fans, broke up on December 23, 2013.
As a result, this cult series, which brought fame and money to Paul, gave him a new love, destroying his family life. The wedge between the spouses was driven by actress and model Phoebe Tonkin, who joined the TVD team in 2012. Pictures of lovers who kissed and held hands appeared just a couple of months after the separation of the spouses. Roman Wesley with a new passion lasted three years. The actor did not hide his serious intentions, and even allowed fans to make the most daring assumptions about the future of the couple. The lovers spent a lot of time together, did not hide from the paparazzi and were absorbed in each other. One day, Phoebe even showed off a gold Cartier ring on her ring finger that 34-year-old Wesley gave her. But disagreements did not pass even this couple. The first harbingers of thunder in paradise came when Tonkin wanted to get a dog. Wesley was not pleased, because he was terribly fond of his cat. Correspondence of lovers, which shows the irreconcilable position of both, even hit the net. The first stormy quarrel ended in reconciliation, and a year later Phoebe began to openly say that she was not averse to having a child from her beloved man. This gave rise to a new wave of conversations. Loyal fans were waiting for the wedding. Many even assumed that Tonkin was pregnant. But in March 2016, unexpectedly for everyone, the couple broke up. Tonkin removed the joint photos from social networks, and a source close to Wesley said that the couple, who had previously lived together, had parted ways and were living separately in Los Angeles. After that, the actor went headlong into work and Paul Wesley's personal life was no longer discussed. In May of the same year, several photos appeared in which Paul and Phoebe were walking, holding hands. No comments received. Whether it was an attempt at a reunion or just a meeting of two friends, the fans could not find out. But more actors were not seen together. Some interesting facts about the actor:
Paul Thomas Wesley (eng. Paul Thomas Wesley; at birth Wasilewski; b. He is best known for his role as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries.
Bio. : Paul Wesley was born in New Brunswick (New Jersey, USA) on 07/23/1982. , grew up in Marlborough, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, came from Poland. Has an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. Knows Polish well, spent four months every year in Poland until the age of 16.
He attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft and Marlboro High School. While in high school, he was selected for the role of Max Nickerson in the television series Guiding Light. Due to a tight acting schedule, he transferred to a new school, Lakewood Prep School in Howell. In 2000 graduated from high school and entered Rutgers University, which he left after a semester to continue his acting career.
Since 2005 Paul changed his last name to Wesley. When asked why he changed his last name, he says:
“Vasilevsky was too difficult to pronounce. I asked permission from my family to change my last name, and they didn't mind."
K .: Paul played small roles in such series as: “Guiding Light”, “Widower's Love”, “Secrets of Smallville”, “The Lonely Hearts”, “8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter's Friend”, “Law & Order. Special Corps" and others.
He currently stars as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries television series based on the Vampire Diaries series of novels by Lisa Jane Smith.
L. : April 2011 Paul secretly married actress Torri DeVito. May 13, 2011 at the Young Hollywood Awards, he introduced Torrey as his wife. There has been no official confirmation yet.
Do you know that.. .:
Full name is Paul Thomas Wasilewski.
He has an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leaf.
The parents' names are Thomas and Agnieszka Wasilewski.
Paul has Polish roots.
F-I:
Coastal Disco (2012)
Adventures in the Bahamas (2010)
The Vampire Diaries (c) (2009 - .)
Somewhere Out There (2009)
Winter Dead (2008)
The Russell's Daughter (TV) (2008)
Fallen (mini-ser) (2007)
Army Wives (s) (2007 -.)
Plantation (c) (2007)
Shark (c) (2006-2008)
Fallen (TV) (2006)
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
1 Mile to Lenex (2006)
Cloud 9(2006)
Rollers (2005)
Last Race (2004)
CSI: Crime Scene New York (c) (2004 - .)
The Edge(TV) (2003)
Detective Rush (c) (2003-2010)
O. S. - Lonely Hearts (c) (2003-2007)
Young Arthur (TV) (2002)
American Dreams (c) (2002-2005)
C.S.I.: Miami (c) (2002 - .)
8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter's Friend (c) (2002-2005)
Widower's Love (c) (2002-2006)
24 hours (s) (2001-2010)
Smallville (c) (2001-2011)
Shot in the Heart (TV) (2001)
Law and order. Criminal intent (c) (2001-2011)
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In addition to The Vampire Diaries, he starred in the mini-series "Fallen"
1. Born in 1982, July 23 in a family of immigrants from Poland.
2. At birth, he received the name Paul Thomas Wasilewski, but in the future he changed his surname to Wesley. As Paul himself says, the reason is that his native surname is too difficult to pronounce.
3. Since he was a Pole by origin and often visited his homeland as a child, today he has a wonderful command of the Polish language.
4. Favorite pastime - outdoor winter sports. Paul claims to be a big fan of hockey and snowboarding.
5. As a child, he practically did not fit the definition of a “good boy”.
6. As a teenager, he got a tattoo, however, which one - one can only guess, since Paul himself does not say anything specific about it .... Moreover, on top of this tattoo he made a new one - in the form of a rose.
7. When I went to the audition for the film "The Vampire Diaries" I hoped that I would star in the role of Damon Salvatore - he didn't want to play the smart Stefan too much. However, fate decreed otherwise.
8. Despite the fact that after graduation, Paul began to devote almost all his time to his career and see less of his family, they nevertheless managed to maintain a warm and close relationship.
9. Not a fan of noisy parties. Time on Saturday evening prefers to spend in a different way.
10. He does not watch TV because he simply does not have it.
11. His favorite actress is Monica Bellucci. Paul finds her an incredibly attractive woman.
12. Considers himself the most serious of all those involved in the filming of "The Vampire Diaries"
13. Paul dreams of finally buying a scooter and driving around on it everywhere.
14. Was a punk at the age of 17. He believes that at that time he was much cooler than now. 
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