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• BIRTH DATE: July 23, 1982
• BIRTH PLACE: New Brunswick, New Jersey
• PARENTS: Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski
• SIBLINGS: 3 Sisters - Monika(Older) Julia and Leah (younger)
• HOMETOWN: Marlboro, New Jersey
• NATIONALITY: American: Polish
• HEIGHT: 6' ¾"
• HAIR COLOR: Light-Brown
• EYE COLOR: Green
• ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
• CHINESE ZODIAC: Dog
• OCCUPATION: American Actor

• Paul's primetime series debut came in 2001 when he portrayed Luke Cates in "Wolf Lake."
• Paul had a lead role in the 2002 show "Young Aurthor" which was never picked up.
• Paul was nominated in the YoungStar Awards Best Young Actor/Performance in a Daytime TV Series category for his role on "Guiding Light."
• Paul dated actress Marne Patterson, in 2004.
• Paul has said he has issues sleeping and that he doesn't very often.
• Pauls storyline as Lucas Luthor in "Smallville" was meant to be legnthier, however, he was already signed with another series pilot which was never picked up.
• Paul has expressed an interest in working behind scenes as a writer and director.
• Paul is said to be very good friends with Kaley Cuoco, Emily Van Camp, Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody, Brittany Snow, Tammy Blanchard, Paulo Benedeti and Jordi Vilasuso.  All of whom he's worked with.
• Paul enjoyed filming his role as Tommy Callahan on "Everwood." 
• He got the chance to snowboard, as the series is filmed in a Utah location.
• Paul's favorite city is New York. He loves to travel.
• Originally, Paul read for the role of Damon Salvatore on "The Vampire Diaries."
• As a teenager Paul had a tattoo he hated.  It is now covered by a rose.
• Paul has confessed to being a former troublemaker.
• On "The Vampire Diaries," Paul has noted his favorite scene to be the moment before Stefan and Elena make love for the first time.
• When he's not working, Paul engages in ice hockey, snowboarding, and playing the guitar
• Paul is of Polish descent and resided in Poland for some of his childhood.
• Paul thinks it would be "cool" to portray a character from his favorite book The Catcher In The Rye.
• Paul was an associate producer for "Norman", a 2009 comedy-drama.
• Paul attended school in New Jersey.  He began at Marlboro High school, went on to spend time at Christian Brothers Academy, and finally graduated from Lakewood Prep.
• Paul endorsed a Youth Smoking Prevention commercial in 1999.
• Paul has won two Teen Choice Awards for his role as Stefan on "The Vampire Diaries."
• Paul has a very good relationship with his family and has said to be close with his parents.
• Paul would love to work with Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
• In early 2010, Paul was rumored to have married his long-time girlfriend, Torrey Devitto, after jokingly referring to her as his wife.
• Paul has noted playing the different sides of Stefan Salvatore as both challenging and rewarding.

Quotes

Career As An Actor

"Every role presents a new opportunity for me to do something different and to explore something different." [Paul Wesley]

"The same thing that makes me nervous, which is never knowing what will happen next. That's what I love about it.
I never know what character I'm going to play next, I never know what location I'll be in next. With each new character,
I find something new about myself that I didn't know before." [Paul Wesley]

Max Nickerson on "Guiding Light"

"The whole thing was a giantfavorite memory because I was in high school and all my buddies had all these crap jobs.
I felt like I was in Big. I was going into the city all by myself. I had this cool, adult job, and I was getting paid. It was just so amazing
being in New York. Also, I made a lot of really good friends." [Paul Wesley]

"I got so lucky because I had just gotten into acting and I wasn't comfortable yet in front of the camera.
I was exploring new territory and soaps are such amazing training. GL allowed me to be comfortable in front of
the camera and really learn my lines. It prepared me for the future.' [Paul Wesley]

Stefan Salvatore on "The Vampire Diaries"

"As everybody knows, chicks dig the vampires." [Paul Wesley]

"I'm 150 years old but trapped in a teenager's body, I have these supernatural abilities, and when
my hormones go out of whack my eyes turn blood red and I get all pale and veiny." [Paul Wesley]

"The Make-up is really creepy. When they're done with it; and I look in the mirror, I scare myself." [Paul Wesley]

"Its nice that people are as Enthusiastic about the show (Vampire Diaries) as we are.
Its nice now to be doing something that I'm involved in from the beginning." [Paul Wesley]

"He’s a vampire. He is constantly struggling with the dark side. He’s constantly eager, and he has a need to feed on human blood.
It’s constantly there. It’s not easy for him not to do it. I’m making Stefan have anger, a temper, but passion and love and tenderness toward Elena.
But he’s vicious and violent. He loves her, and he’ll die for her, but he’s a violent creature." [Paul Wesley]

"From my perspective, for me, I’m broken hearted by my brother because as sociopathic and religious as he is,
I still love him, and he knows that as well. I think at this point Stefan — he doesn’t empathize as much or care.
He’s like “You know what, I’m not going to deal with this guy.” [Paul Wesley]

"It takes a lot out of me. It’s the most difficult work I’ve done as an actor. My wrists were
bleeding during the torture scene. Director told me to use the pain. I’m proud of it." [Paul Wesley]

The "Twilight" Comparison

"It makes me so uncomfortable. Nine of 10 girls in this room would throw me under a bus to get to Edward Cullen." [Paul Wesley]

"They have Vampires and High School Romance in common and that's about it" [Paul Wesley]

"Who’s Edward? Stefan would kick everybody’s ass [in a fight]. I don’t know anything about Edward." [Paul Wesley]

Genaral Life and Work

"I'm a city boy, and I thrive off of culture. Something about being on the streets of Manhattan revives me, so walking around and
not having anonymity and just being recognized, would really take away that experience of being in a city." [Paul Wesley]

"When I was courting my first girlfriend, I was about 14 years old, and I sent a five-foot teddy bear to her house. It was so huge.
But I had the wrong address and it was this whole mix-up. I wanted it to be this big surprise and they ended up calling her and saying,
"We're trying to deliver this teddy bear and we don't know where it is." It was so embarrassing but she thought it was the most romantic
thing ever because I was only 14 and what 14 year old does that?" [Paul Wesley]

"I went to this private, all boys Catholic school and I got kicked out of there because I didn't jive well with them.
Then I went to a public high school and I didn't really jive there either. So then I went to another school and then I graduated.
So I never really got to establish my clique." [Paul Wesley]

"I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties.
Girls didn't like me that much--I didn't even go to my prom." [Paul Wesley]

"I had a lot of extracurricular activities and I had one girlfriend that I consistently dated throughout high school.
So that was always good. I was acting. I started acting junior year so I was actually out of school a lot." [Paul Wesley]

"I'd hate to admit this; but i've never really owned a tv." [Paul Wesley]

 About his parents: "They've been phenomenal supporters since day one. I went to college for a semester.
They consistently preached, 'You've gotta get good grades. You've gotta go to a good school."

About changing his name: "Wasilewski was too hard to pronounce!
I asked my family's permission to change it, and it's really helped my career." [Paul Wesley]

 "Where NY is more independent, Georgia more to hang & have a conversation, more friendlier." [Paul Wesley]