Short Biography
Ian Somerhalder was born on 08-12-1978 in Covington in the state of Louisiana, United States. He is an American Film Actor, Television Actor, Model, Television Director & Philanthropist who is best known for his work in Hollywood cinema.
Ian Somerhalder Complete Bio & Career
Ian Somerhalder went to St. Paul's School, a private Catholic school in Covington. From the age of 10, he became a model, supported by his mother, who regularly takes him to New York. After a short break to devote himself to his studies, he seizes an opportunity that presents itself to him, allowing him to travel all over Europe He poses for the greatest such as Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace.
He started comedy at the age of 17, studying in New York, and at the age of 19, he really started working with a coach, William Esper. In the summer of 2000, Ian Somerhalder played in the ephemeral Young Americans series, a spin-off of the Dawson series, which did not meet his audience. In 2002, he played the role of a bisexual in the film The Rules of Attraction, alongside Jessica Biel and James Van Der Beek, which allows him to get noticed In 2004, at the age of 26, Ian Somerhalder got his first big role, that of Boone Carlyle in the drama series Lost: The Disappeared.
In 2006, he is the poster of the horror film Pulse, with Kristen Bell, who fails to convince critics and disappointing box office. In 2007, he wears the Marco Polo adventure TV movie with BD Wong. That same year, he played a recurring role in the drama and erotic television series Tell Me You Love Me. In June 2009, he plays Damon Salvatore, the handsome, one of the main characters in the series Vampire Diaries, inspired by the series of novels The Vampire Diaries to LJ Smith. The series has been airing on the American channel The CW since September 10, 2009. It is a hit with the public and reached record ratings for Channel. He won many Teen Choice Awards and People's Choice Awards.
Alongside the shooting of the Vampire Diaries, the actor turns very little but one finds it in particular in the comedy patache How to Make Love to a Woman (2010) and it carries the independent film of action and science fiction The Anomaly-2014. In 2016, he reveals that season 8 of The Vampire Diaries will be the last for his. It is later confirmed that she would be the last in the series. He then goes on to produce and play the lead role in the Time Framed drama alongside Seymour Cassel. In 2018, the Netflix platform invites the actor to join the cast of a new fantasy television series, V Wars, adapted from novels written by Jonathan Maberry.
