Wesley Paul is a Hollywood actor with Polish roots

Wesley Paul, a Hollywood actor, was born on July 23, 1982 in New Jersey. He is the second child in the family of Polish emigrants Vasilevsky. In addition to Paul, his parents Thomas and Agnieszka, are raising three more girls - Monica (she is two years older than her brother), Julia and Leah. Paul Wesley, whose photo is presented in the article, does not forget about his roots. He knows Polish perfectly, and before completing his 16th birthday for four months a year he spent his parents in the homeland.

Wesley Paul was interested in filming in high school. In 1999, a video with the participation of a young man appeared on the screens. The blue-eyed blonde with a bright beautiful appearance opposed the smoking of teenagers. After casting, he gets a role in the television series "Guide Light." Because of the tight schedule of filming Paul is transferred to the school Lakewood, which is more loyal to the participation of students in filming.

After finishing school in 2000, Wesley Paul entered Rutgers University, the largest university in New Jersey. However, deciding that for the development of his acting career education is not useful, the young man after the first semester leaves his studies. In the same year, the talent of the novice artist was noted by film critics, and he was nominated for the award as the best young actor of the day's serials for his participation in the series "Directing Light".

In 2002, he was entrusted with a small episodic role in the famous blockbuster of Steven Spielberg with Tom Cruise in the title role "The Special Opinion". However, Paul's name does not appear in the credits. Then came the shooting in various television series. Wesley Paul played in such multi-series films as "Lonely Hearts", "Smallville's Secrets", "8 Simple Rules for My Adolescent Daughter", "CSI: Crime Scene", "Law and Order", "24 Hours", "Army wives" . Some of them with great success were also on Russian screens.

In 2009 , the films with Paul Wesley are replenished with another one, which has become truly stellar for the actor. He begins to appear in the television series "The Vampire Diaries", which tells the story of the life of two vampire brothers and their beloved. Through the participation in this film, Paul receives a number of awards. In 2010, he becomes the winner in the category "Breakthrough of the Year" and "Best Actor of the Fantastic TV Series". In 2011, he was again nominated for a prize, but his screen brother, actor Ian Somerhalder won.

In 2012, Paul was the producer of the film "Now or Never," which was also noted by American film academics and was nominated for an Oscar in the nomination "Best Short Film." In addition, this film has won a number of outstanding awards around the world. According to Paul himself, at the moment, work is under way to shoot a full-length film, in which the actor is also involved.

The charming appearance of the actor, his charisma does not go unnoticed, which, apparently, most often determines the roles that he plays. Basically, these are creatures "not from this world". So, in "The Vampire Diaries" Paul plays a vampire, in "The Fallen" he got the role of a fallen angel, and in the television series "Wolf Lake" he was a werewolf.

In addition to filming in various TV and film projects, Paul is fond of hockey and snowboarding.