Ian Somerhalder is an American actor, model and director. He is considered to be a big star in the television industry. Somerhalder earned fame by acting in the TV series ‘Lost’ and The CW’s supernatural drama ‘The Vampire Diaries’.
Somehalder began his career with the short-lived WB series ‘Young Americans’ which was a spin-off of ‘Dawson’s Creek’. Though the show ended after one season, Somerhalder earned the movie ‘The Rules of Attraction’ where he played the role of a bisexual guy, Paul Denton. Following this, we saw Somerhalder mainly in TV series and in 2004 he earned the role of Boone Carlyle in the famous TV show ‘Lost’. Later, he scored the breakthrough role of his career as he was cast in ‘Vampire Diaries’ as Damon Salvatore. He was also seen in many movies including ‘The Rules of Attraction’ (2002), ‘The Sensation of Sight’ (2006), ‘Wake’ (2009), and ‘The Tournament’ (2009).