Paul Wesley appeared in soap-operas, ‘Another World’ (1999) and ‘Guiding Light’ (1999-2001) while he was in high school. He then acted in several episodes of ‘Law & Order: SVU’ (2000, 2005), and the TV-film ‘Shot in the Heart’ (2001), before portraying ‘Luke Cates’ in the supernatural-drama series ‘Wolf Lake’ (2001-2002).
In the TV-film ‘Young Arthur’ (2002), Wesley essayed ‘Lancelot’ and had a recurring role as ‘Tommy DeFelice’ in the drama-series ‘American Dreams’ (2002-2005). He made his film debut in ‘The Last Run’ (2004), and then acted in the comedy-drama film ‘Roll Bounce’ (2005), the direct-to-video sports-comedy ‘Cloud 9’ (2006), and the drama-film ‘Peaceful Warrior’ (2006).
Wesley featured in various TV-series, including ‘The O.C.’ ‘Smallville,’ ‘8 Simple Rules,’ ‘CSI: Miami,’ ‘CSI: NY,’ ’24,’ ‘Cane’ amongst others. He had a recurring role (as teen drug-dealer) in the drama-series ‘Everwood’ (2003-2004), and ‘Army Wives’ (2008-2009). He starred as ‘Aaron Corbett’ in the miniseries ‘Fallen’ (2007). In 2008, he starred in the TV-film ‘The Russell Girl’ and the slasher-film ‘Killer Movie.’
In 2009, Wesley portrayed ‘Stefan Salvatore’ in the supernatural drama-series ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (2009-2017), his breakthrough role that brought popularity and nominations with two ‘Teen Choice Awards,’ and a ‘Young Hollywood Award.’ He directed some episodes from season-5 and was producer of the series from season-8.Â
Concurrently, Wesley starred in several movies, including the crime-thriller ‘Elsewhere’ (2009), the drama-film ‘Beneath the Blue’ (2010), the action-comedy ‘The Baytown Outlaws’ (2012). In 2014, he co-starred in the romantic-comedy ‘Amira & Sam’ and produced/co-starred in the drama-film ‘Before I Disappear.’ He featured in the 2016 comedy-drama film ‘The Late Bloomer’ and the drama-film ‘Mothers & Daughters.’ He portrayed ‘Clint Romesha’ in an episode of ‘Medal of Honor’ (2018).
Wesley played the lead as ‘Tucker Reed’ in the psychological-thriller anthology-series ‘Tell Me a Story’ (2018-2020).
Loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s 1954 short story, the movie is set in 2054 Washington where specialised police arrests murderers before they actually kill someone. Helping the police are three psychics or precogs who can predict these murders. John Anderton works for this special police force but when one day, he is identified as a future killer, he is forced to escape to prove his innocence.
Peaceful Warrior is a romantic sports drama film which tells the story of Dan, a college student who is also a champion gymnast. However, he is not happy with his life and finds it to be purposeless. A chance encounter with a stranger, however, changes his life for good.
Richie is at the lowest polint of his life, and he considers committing suicide. He soon gets a call from his estranged sister, who asks him to take care of his niece for a few hours. Within some time, his niece builds an unlikely friendship with Richie.
Celeste hires three redneck brothers to rescue her godson Rob and kill her ex-husband who has kidnapped him. They accept the task, but they soon find themselves targeted by a group of people whose motives are not clear.
