Thanks to the role of a vampire, Paul Wesley fell in love with many television viewers around the world who still do not want to part with the heroes of the successful project. At the moment, the actor is busy not only with filming: he is very interested in writing scripts and producing, where the screen star is already making progress. But while Wesley’s career is developing at full speed, in his personal life everything is not going the way he would like. After his divorce from his ex-wife, he has not yet created a new family, however, this does not prevent him from starting a serious relationship.
Paul (born Pavel Thomas Wasilewski) was born in 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. His parents are immigrants from Poland, so the boy and his sisters often visited that country and knew the Polish language well. At Catholic school, teachers often scolded the boy for poor attendance, but he enjoyed taking acting classes in Manhattan. The future actor received his first film role when he was still in high school. Having passed the casting, the young man played in the series “Guiding Light”, receiving an award for his work. However, after graduating from school, he chose a completely different profession, entering the university. While studying at the university, Wasilewski began to receive a huge number of offers from directors, so he had to leave the university because of his career.
In 2005, he took the pseudonym Paul Wesley due to the fact that his first and last name were difficult for Americans to pronounce. In addition, the parents were not against this replacement. The movie star not only played a “good” vampire in the television series “The Vampire Diaries,” he had to create the image of a werewolf in the “Wolf Lake” project, and also be an angel in the mythological action film “Fallen.”
In the photo, Paul Wesley with his ex-wife Torrey Devito
Paul always kept his personal life a secret, however, in 2011, information leaked to the press that he and his lover, actress and fashion model Torrey Devito, got married. The wife mastered Polish cuisine, so they celebrated all holidays with their family in Polish, with traditional dishes. The actor loved to give his wife romantic surprises, often declaring his love for her. However, the family idyll lasted two years, and in the summer of 2013 they separated. Children were never born in this marriage.
After the divorce, Wesley did not grieve alone for long, having started an affair with actress Phoebe Tonkin, whom he met back in 2012 on the set of a new project. For a long time they hid their relationship from the press and the public, however, time passed and the lovers published a photo together where they look very happy. But already in December 2016, there were rumors that the couple was not going smoothly in their relationship, and at the beginning of 2017 it became known that they had broken up.
Pictured are Paul Wesley and Phoebe Tonkin
Imagine the surprise of fans when, in the spring of 2017, the former lovers were spotted by paparazzi walking together in Los Angeles. The young people walked hand in hand, sipped coffee and talked. Perhaps the actors were just taking a friendly stroll, or maybe they decided to give their relationship a second chance?
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Childhood
Although Paul was born in New Brunswick, he grew up in Marlborough. The actor’s parents, Thomas and Agnieszka Wasilewski, are natives of Poland. Besides Paul, they had three more children. The eldest Monica, as well as the younger daughters Julia and Leah. Wesley speaks excellent Polish, having lived in Poland for four months each year until his sixteenth birthday.First roles
Paul received his knowledge at Lincroft, where he studied at ChristianBrothersAcademy, and besides this he gnawed at the granite of science at MarlboroHighSchool. While he was in high school, he was cast for a role in the television series Guiding Light. Agents were looking for a suitable candidate to embody Max Nickerson. Tom Wesley passed the audition successfully and began work on the film. But due to his busy acting schedule, he had to transfer to a new school. He sat down at Lakewood Prep School, which was located in Howell. Already in 2000, Tom received a high school diploma and went on to study at Rutgers University. However, he was never able to obtain an education; due to work on the set, he had to leave the university after only a semester. The actor had just received several job offers, and he decided that his career as an artist was guaranteed even without additional education. Her career was only helped by her bright and interesting appearance.In 2005, the actor changed his last name. Now it sounded not like Vasilevsky, but Wesley. And when Paul is asked why he decided to do such an act, he answers simply: The surname Vasilevsky was very difficult to pronounce. The actor asked his family for permission, and they were not against changing his last name.
However, without yet having a sonorous surname, Paul played episodic roles in a number of TV series. In addition to “Guiding the Light” there was “Smallville”, as well as “O. S. - Lonely Hearts" and "8 Simple Rules for a Friend for My Teenage Daughter." But the actor’s most famous work is his role in the film “The Love of a Widower.” There Paul played Tommy Calahan. After Wesley appeared in the television series “Law and Order. Special Corps,” however, only in the second season, in the first episode.
Breakthrough: The Vampire Diaries
Well, the series “The Vampire Diaries” brought real fame to Paul Wesley. It was released in 2009 and there he plays one of the main roles - a young man named Stefan Salvatore. Now Paul’s name is associated with this role, and the long, sad look suggested by the script of the series has already been remembered by millions of women from all over the world.By the way, Wesley does not like journalists; he himself is a very modest young man. And despite the enormous popularity of his person, as well as his regular appearance in public, he can avoid scandals and stay away from yellow press correspondents. Therefore, he can never be noticed in the sensitive stories that Hollywood stars love to get into.
The actor himself is quite sensitive to his starring role in the television series “The Vampire Diaries.” Paul doesn't even think that his hero can be in any way compared to Edward Cullen. Wesley once told reporters that, apart from the obvious similarities, the characters are completely different. But what the actor really wanted to say is difficult to understand, since, according to his own words, he did not even open a single book from the Twilight Saga, moreover, he did not watch its film adaptation either.
Paul Wesley on video
“No, Stefan is not cute,” Paul said, “he’s a vampire. Constantly on the warpath with the dark side. In addition, he has a constant need to fuel his powers with human blood. And it's always there. Stefan, under my leadership, constantly shows his anger and character, but at the same time he has love and passion, tenderness for Elena. He loves the girl and is ready to die for her, but still, he is cruel.”
In addition to acting, Wesley is involved in producing. He, for example, was listed as an associate producer of the film “Norman” in 2010. The main roles were played by Emily Van Camp and Dan Beard.
Personal life of Paul Wesley
Paul Wesley secretly married fashion model and actress Torrey DeVito in April 2011. Already in May of the same year, at the Young Hollywood Awards, he introduced the girl as his wife. By the way, they starred together in the film “Killer Movie.” And before Torrey, Paul dated fellow actress Marne Patterson. Their romance began in 2004.In his spare time, Paul Wesley likes to play hockey, pluck the strings of his guitar, and snowboard.
Gender at casting
It was originally planned that the storyline with Lucas Luthor played by Paul in Smallville, which was shown on STS, would be extended. This did not happen, since the actor managed to sign a contract to film another series. By the way, it never appeared on TV screens. Paul Wesley made his debut in primetime TV series. In 2001, the actor played Luke Gates in the film “Wolf Lake.”
In 2000, Wesley received a YoungStar Awards nomination. His talent was noted in the category “Best Young Actor in a Daytime Television Series.” He received this assessment after the release of the film “Guiding Light”.
Paul especially enjoyed filming Everwood. This is because they took place in Utah, and there the actor could indulge in his hobby - snowboarding - as they say, without interrupting production.
During his time at Marlborough High School, Paul regularly attended a variety of extracurricular activities, including ice hockey. And the actor even spent some time at a Catholic school for boys called the Christian Brothers Academy, which is located in Lincroft.
Paul has close friendships with fellow actors Brittany Snow, Emily Van Camp, Tammy Blanchard, and actors Jordi Vilasuso and Paulo Benedeti. And he met Van Camp through his work on Everwood.
Thanks to his Polish roots, Paul is naturally blond and has green eyes.
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He is lucky with supernatural characters: Paul Wesley’s biography already includes a werewolf, an angel, and his most famous hero, the vampire Stefan from the cult youth show. But the series “The Vampire Diaries” did not suddenly appear in Paul’s life - the main role still had to be earned!
Biography Paul Wesley
Its roots are in Poland
The large Vasilevsky family raised four children: daughters Monica, Julia, Leah and only son Paul Thomas. Agnieszka and Thomas have Polish roots, which they never forgot; they taught the children their native language and sent them to relatives in Poland. So Paul spent his school holidays in the homeland of his ancestors.
He was born on July 23, 1982 - then the Vasilevskys lived in New Jersey. It was here, in the small town of New Brunswick, that the guy spent his childhood and teenage years.
Series from the Guinness Book of Records
While still a teenager, he realized how exciting the acting profession was - Paul was cast in the “long-running” series about the family of a priest, “Guiding Light.” This “soap opera” enjoyed moderate popularity, but lasted an incredibly long time - from 1952 to 2009 (it’s not for nothing that it is included in the Guinness Book of Records). Paul played Max Nickerson as a teenager. After this work (for which he was nominated for an award as the best young performer in a daytime series), attention was paid to the young debutant and he became a sought-after serial artist.
Either an angel or a wolf...
He had to drop out of Rutgers University (too much work). At the age of 20, he thought about a more euphonious (to the American ear) pseudonym, consulted with his parents - they gave their blessing to change his surname. This is how the artist Paul Wesley was born. The actor’s biography continued with the same roles in the show, only very large ones and even the main ones appeared among them - as in the mini-series “Fallen”. The project was modest, low-budget, but the role of an orphan boy who acquires incredible abilities on his 18th birthday and then finds out that he is a nephilim (half-angel, half-human) was a success for Wesley. It’s a pity that the story was not continued - just as the good show “Wolf Lake” ended almost mid-sentence due to lack of funds (in which Paul appeared as a young werewolf, and this was even before the “fad” for such characters ).
Gymnast's story
In the mid-2000s, quite good full-length films appeared in the biography of Paul Wesley, among which “Peaceful Warrior” stands out. The biopic about a gymnast whose eyes were “opened” by a chance meeting with an elderly philosopher has a real basis and is considered one of the best motivational films.
"Counter attack"
The autumn television season of 2009 gave American viewers a meeting with the heroes of the new series - this is where the situation came into play - a year earlier, Twilight had blown up the box office, and the number of fans of Myers’ books had accumulated, which were going to be filmed further. Television simply had to strike back. The Vampire Diaries became such a blow.
Now that six seasons are behind us (and it has been decided to film a seventh), everything is no longer as fresh and exciting as it was at the start of the show. But he still has many admirers, his rating is still very high.
Love quadrangle
This is the story of two siblings who were turned into bloodsuckers by a clever seductress. A century and a half has passed since then, and the rather closed, modest Stefan (Wesley) and the hectic Damon, capable of any nasty things (Ian Somerhalder), are still just as young and beautiful. High school student Elena (Nina Dobrev) falls in love with Stefan, but first Damon intervenes in their relationship, and then the same vampire who seduced the Salvatore brothers. It turns out that she looks like Elena, like her reflection in a mirror.
Idol for thousands of fans
Paul treasures this role (it made him a teen idol), and also asks for forgiveness from fans if his vampire turned out to be a little like Edward. The artist himself did not watch the Twilight Saga, so as not to imitate Pattinson and company, but these images could well have influenced the makeup and costume artists of the series.
The actor loves winter sports - snowboarding and hockey. He worked with his friend Shawn Christensen (as producer and artist) on the feature film Until I Disappear (based on the short film for which Shawn won an Oscar). He also dreams of making a good movie himself (he has experience as a director - Paul directed several episodes of The Vampire Diaries).
Personal life of Paul Wesley
Short marriage
Paul met Torrey DeVito on the set of “Diaries” (despite the big name, the girl is not a relative of Danny DeVito, her father is a drummer who worked with Billy Joel). The actors quickly became close, and in 2011 they got married. The marriage lasted two years.
And another “relationship on the set”
Now Paul Wasey’s personal life is all right: another colleague on the show, Australian Phoebe Tonkin, became his girlfriend at the end of 2013. The 25-year-old actress played werewolf Hayley in the series.
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Paul Thomas Wesley (born Wasilewski; born July 23, 1982, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is an American film actor and producer. Known for his role as Stefan Salvatore from the television series The Vampire Diaries.
Biography
Paul Wesley was born in New Brunswick (New Jersey, USA) on July 23, 1982, and grew up in Marlborough, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, came from Poland. There is an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Lee. Knows Polish well, spent four months every year in Poland until he was 16.
Attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft and Marlboro High School. While in high school, he was cast for the role of Max Nickerson in the television series Guiding Light. Due to his busy acting schedule, he transferred to a new school - Lakewood Prep School in Howell. In 2000, he graduated from high school and entered Rutgers University, which he dropped out after a semester to pursue an acting career. Since 2005, Paul changed his last name to Wesley. When asked why he changed his last name, he says:
“Vasilevskiy was too difficult to pronounce. I asked my family for permission to change my last name, and they were okay with it."
Career
Paul played small roles in such TV series as Guiding Light, A Widower's Love, Smallville, The O.C., 8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter's Friend, and Law & Order. Special Corps" and others.
He is currently starring as Stefan Salvatore in the television series The Vampire Diaries, based on the Vampire Diaries novel series by Lisa Jane Smith.
Personal life
In April 2011, Paul secretly married actress Torrey DeVito. On May 13, 2011, at the Young Hollywood Awards, he introduced Torrie as his wife.
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Answer from Olivia Fraser[guru] Answer from Nisya Nurullaeva[guru] Paul Wesley was born on July 23, 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, and grew up in Marlborough, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, are from Poland. There is an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. Knows Polish well, spent four months every year in Poland until he was 16. The actor speaks excellent Polish thanks to the fact that he spent four months a year in Poland until he was 16 years old. Since childhood, the future Paul Wesley led a fairly active lifestyle. In Marlborough, he attended high school, attended various electives, took part in school events, and played hockey. Then for some time the teenager studied at the Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft. He was fond of theatrical art - after his first successful acting audition, he transferred to the Lakewood Prep School in Howell, since they allowed him to combine studies with work in cinema. After graduating from high school, Paul Wesley went to study at Rutgers University, but after a semester he dropped out and concentrated on his acting career. In 2005, the actor changed his last name. At birth he was named Paul Thomas Wasilewski, but his real surname turned out to be too difficult for Americans to pronounce and, after asking permission from his family first, he changed it to Wesley. Before changing his last name, the actor managed to star in a number of films. Movies In 1999, Paul Wesley (then Wasilewski) was cast in the longest-running American television series, Guiding Light. The actor participated in this project for three whole years, which undoubtedly helped him acquire the necessary professional skills. In 2001, Wesley got a small role in the film “A Shot in the Heart.” Then, for several years in a row, the actor starred in TV series, including “Wolf Lake,” “Law and Order,” “Smallville,” “The O.C.,” “CSI: Miami” and others. But all these roles did not allow the actor’s talent to be fully demonstrated. The most famous work of that period was his role in the TV series “The Love of a Widower,” where he played Tommy Calahan. On the big screen, Wesley appeared in such films as Minority Report (2002), The Last Race (2004), Peaceful Warrior (2006), and Dead of Winter (2008). The actor gained real popularity after appearing in the series “The Vampire Diaries,” which was released in 2009. Paul Wesley played the main role, his character is the vampire Stefan Salvatore, whose languid gaze has deprived many girls around the world of peace. The project became so successful that it continues to be published to this day. Paul Wesley is also producing. His work in this field is Now or Never (2012), for which he was nominated for an Oscar. In the same year, the actor appeared in the film “Coastal Disco”. In total, Wesley has more than three dozen roles in his “piggy bank.” Two months after the divorce, Paul Wesley began dating actress Phoebe Tonkin, with whom he is still in a relationship.
Paul Thomas Wesley (born Wasilewski; born July 23, 1982, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is an American film actor and producer. Known for his role as Stefan Salvatore from the television series The Vampire Diaries.
Bio. : Paul Wesley was born in New Brunswick (New Jersey, USA) on July 23, Lev, 1982. , grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, came from Poland. There is an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. Knows Polish well, spent four months every year in Poland until he was 16 years old.
Attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft and Marlboro High School. While in high school, he was cast for the role of Max Nickerson in the television series Guiding Light. Due to his busy acting schedule, he transferred to a new school, Lakewood Prep School in Howell. In 2000 graduated from high school and entered Rutgers University, which he dropped out after a semester to pursue an acting career.
Since 2005 Paul changed his last name to Wesley. When asked why he changed his last name, he says:
“Vasilevskiy was too difficult to pronounce. I asked my family for permission to change my last name and they were okay with it.”
K.: Paul played small roles in such TV series as: “Guiding Light”, “The Love of a Widower”, “Smallville”, “The O.C.”, “8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter’s Friend”, “Law and Order. Special Corps" and others.
He is currently starring as Stefan Salvatore in the television series The Vampire Diaries, based on the Vampire Diaries novels by Lisa Jane Smith.
L. zh. : In April 2011 Paul secretly married actress Torrey DeVito. 05/13/2011 At the Young Hollywood Awards, he introduced Torrie as his wife. There has been no official confirmation yet.
Do you know that.. .:
Full name: Paul Thomas Wasilewski.
He has an older sister, Monica, and two younger sisters, Julia and Lif.
Parents' names are Thomas and Agnieszka Wasilewski.
Paul has Polish roots.
F-ya:
Coastal Disco (2012)
Adventures in the Bahamas (2010)
The Vampire Diaries (c) (2009 – .)
Somewhere out there (2009)
Winter Dead (2008)
Russell's Daughter (TV) (2008)
Fallen (mini-ser) (2007)
Army Wives (c) (2007 – .)
Plantation (c) (2007)
Shark (c) (2006-2008)
Fallen (TV) (2006)
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
1 Mile to Lenexa (2006)
Cloud 9 (2006)
Rollers (2005)
The Last Race (2004)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation New York (c) (2004 – .)
The Edge (TV) (2003)
Detective Rush (c) (2003-2010)
O.S. - Lonely Hearts (c) (2003-2007)
Young Arthur (TV) (2002)
American Dreams (c) (2002-2005)
C.S.I.:Miami (c) (2002 – .)
8 simple rules for being a friend to my teenage daughter (c) (2002-2005)
Widower's Love (c) (2002-2006)
24 hours (s) (2001-2010)
Smallville (c) (2001-2011)
Shot in the Heart (TV) (2001)
Law and order. Criminal Intent (c) (2001-2011)
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In addition to The Vampire Diaries, he starred in the mini-series "Fallen"
1. Born in 1982, on July 23, in a family of immigrants from Poland.
2. At birth he received the name Paul Thomas Wasilewski, but in the future he changed his last name to Wesley. As Paul himself says, the reason is that his own surname is too difficult to pronounce.
3. Since he is Pole by origin and often visited his homeland as a child, today he has an excellent command of the Polish language.
4. Favorite pastime is winter sports in the fresh air. Paul claims to be a big fan of hockey and snowboarding.
5. As a child, I practically did not fit the definition of “good boy.”
6. As a teenager, he got a tattoo, however, what kind of tattoo one can only guess, since Paul himself does not say anything specific about it…. Moreover, on top of this tattoo he made a new one - in the form of a rose.
7. When I went to audition for the film “The Vampire Diaries,” I hoped that I would star in the role of Damon Salvatore - he really didn’t want to play the wise guy Stefan. However, fate decreed otherwise.
8. Despite the fact that after graduation, Paul began to devote almost all his time to his career and saw less of his family, they nevertheless managed to maintain a warm and close relationship.
9. Not a fan of noisy parties. He prefers to spend his time on Saturday evenings in a different way.
10. Doesn’t watch TV because he simply doesn’t have it.
11. His favorite actress is Monica Bellucci. Paul finds her an incredibly attractive woman.
12. Considers himself the most serious of all those involved in the filming of The Vampire Diaries
13. Paul dreams of finally buying a scooter and driving around on it everywhere.
14. At the age of 17 he was a punk. He believes that at that time he was much cooler than now. 
Paul Wesley Personal life
Paul Wesley's affairs almost always began with actresses. Since 2004, the young man dated colleague Marne Patterson - this relationship lasted four years.
In 2008, during the filming of the film “Winter Dead,” Wesley met fashion model and actress Torrey Devito. The girl won his heart, and real feelings flared up between them, and in April 2011, the lovers secretly got married. The couple had a chance to work side by side in seasons 3 and 4 of The Vampire Diaries. But the union lasted only two years - in July 2013 the couple divorced.