The Vampire Diaries
2009
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Ian Somerhalder. Actor: The Vampire Diaries. Ian Somerhalder was born and raised in the small southern town of Covington, Louisiana. His mother, Edna (née Israel), is a massage therapist, and his father, Robert Somerhalder, is a building contractor.
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Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born 8 December 1978) is an American actor, fashion model, director and producer who plays Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries.
He directed The Downward Spiral, Days of Future Past and We Have History Together and produced the eight season of The Vampire Diaries.
Ian Somerhalder was born in Covington, Louisiana on December 8, 1978. His father, Robert Somerhalder was a building contractor of French and English descent, and his mother, Edna, who is of Irish and Choctaw descent, was a massage therapist. He has a brother, Robert, a wood worker, and a sister, Robyn, a broadcast journalist. Boating, swimming, fishing and training horses filled much of his recreational time growing up, as did the school drama club and performing with the local theater group.
With his mother's encouragement, at age 10 he began a modeling career that took him to New York each summer. By the time he was in junior high, he opted to put modeling on the back burner and focus more on sports and school. A few years later, when the opportunity to model in Europe arose, Somerhalder grabbed it, embarking on an enriching path of work, travel and study that took him to cities including Paris, Milan and London.
In the summer of 2000 Somerhalder starred in the short-lived WB series, Young Americans, a spin-off of Dawson's Creek. He played Hamilton Fleming, the son of the dean of a prestigious boarding school, who falls in love with a fellow student. The series was filmed in Havre de Grace, Maryland. In 2002, Somerhalder played Paul Denton in Roger Avary's ...
Signature. Ian Joseph Somerhalder ( / ˈsʌmərhɔːldər /; born December 8, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost, Damon Salvatore in The CW 's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries, and Dr. Luther Swann in Netflix 's sci-fi horror series V Wars.
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The Vampire Diaries: Created by Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson. With Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King. The lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia.
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Sep 4, 2011 · Returning for its third season on September 15 th, The Vampire Diaries is the story of two vampire brothers, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder), who are both obsessed with Elena ...
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Feb 5, 2016 · In the next episode of The CW series The Vampire Diaries, directed by Paul Wesley and called “Things We Lost in the Fire,” Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) will have to come to terms with the ...
Damon Salvatore is a fictional character In L. J. Smith 's novel series The Vampire Diaries. He is portrayed by Ian Somerhalder in the television series. Damon is one of the two main protagonists along with Stefan Salvatore, especially in the story's main setting, Mystic Falls. He is part of a love triangle between his brother Stefan ( Paul ...
