Bio

   

                     Ian Joseph Somerhalder (Covington, Dec. 8, 1978) is a model, actor and film producer U.S.. Son of a message therapist and a building contractor, Somerhalder was born and raised in a small town south of Covington, Louisiana with his brother Robert and sister Robyn. He moved to New York with his family, he began his career as a model at age 10, appearing in ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Versace and Guess, which is the testimonial for two consecutive years. At age 17, he decided to pursue acting. In the summer of 2000, landed the role of Hamilton Fleming in the spin-off of Dawson's Creek, Young Americans and in 2001 he made his debut on the big screen in the last dream. In 2002 plays Paul Denton, a young bisexual in the film adaptation of the novel by Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction, alongside James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, and Jessica Biel. In 2004, became famous internationally entering the cast of the television series Lost in the role of Boone Carlyle. Despite the death of his character in the twentieth episode of the first series, returns in the role of Boone for seven more episodes between 2005 and 2010. Also on the small screen, he gets an important role in the third season of Smallville playing for seven episodes, the character Adam Knight, a young man with a dark past who enters the life of the protagonists. In 2007, he joined the cast of the television series produced by HBO Tell Me You Love Me where he appeared in sex scenes and nude together with my colleague Michelle Borth. In September 2009, appears in the film The Tournament, in the role of a murderess, and October 10 of the same year, it announced its participation in the Gothic Cradlewood film, directed by Harry Weinmann and planned for 2013. In 2009, he joined the cast of the television series The Vampire Diaries in the role of Damon Salvatore. In 2010 he was engaged in the cleaning of animals involved in the disaster caused by the oil spill of the Deepwater Horizon, and undertakes campaigns and newspaper articles, to give voice to the problems caused by this environmental catastrophe. On 13 November 2010, a guest at a fundraiser for the St. Tammany Humane Society, an association supported by him and, along with co-star Candice Accola, supports the "It Gets Better", to prevent youth suicide in the world LGBT. On 8 December 2010, the day of his thirty-second birthday, he launched his foundation "IS Foundation" which deals with animals, environment and clean energy.