Wesley Paul - Hollywood actor with Polish roots

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Wesley Paul, Hollywood actor, was born July 23, 1982 in New Jersey. He is the second child in a family of Polish immigrants Wasilewski. In addition to Paul, his parents Thomas and Agnieszka are raising three more girls - Monika (she is two years older than her brother), Julia and Lea. Paul Wesley, whose photo is presented in the article, does not forget about his roots. He knows Polish very well, and until the age of 16 he spent four months a year in his parents' homeland.

Wesley Paul became interested in filming when he was in high school. In 1999, a video was released with the participation of a young man. A blue-eyed blond with a bright, handsome appearance spoke out against teenagers smoking. After passing the casting, he gets a role in the television series Guiding Light. Due to a busy filming schedule, Paul is transferred to Lakewood School, which is more accepting of student filming.

After graduating from high school in 2000, Wesley Paul enters Rutgers University, New Jersey's largest university. However, having decided that education would not be useful for the development of his acting career, the young man dropped out of school after the first semester. In the same year, the talent of an aspiring artistwas critically acclaimed and he was nominated for Best Young Actor Daytime Series for Guiding Light.

In 2002, he was assigned a small episodic role in the famous blockbuster Steven Spielberg starring Tom Cruise "Minority Report". However, Paul's last name is not listed in the credits. This was followed by shooting in various television series. Wesley Paul has starred in feature films such as The Lonely Hearts, Smallville, 8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Law & Order, 24, Army wives". Some of them were also shown on Russian screens with great success.

In 2009, films with Paul Wesley are replenished with one more, which has become truly stellar for the actor. He begins acting in the television series The Vampire Diaries, which tells the story of two vampire brothers and their lover. Thanks to his participation in this film, Paul receives a number of awards. In 2010, he won the Breakthrough of the Year and Best Actor in a Fantasy Series nomination. In 2011, he was again nominated for the award, but his on-screen brother, actor Ian Somerhalder, won.

In 2012, Paul produced the film Now or Never, which was also awarded by the American Film Academy and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film nomination. In addition, this film won a number of outstanding awards around the world. According to Paul himself, work is currently underway onshooting a feature film in which the actor is also involved.

The charming appearance of the actor, his charisma do not go unnoticed, which, apparently, most often determines the roles he plays. Basically, these are creatures "not of this world." So, in The Vampire Diaries, Paul plays a vampire, in Fallen, he got the role of a fallen angel, and in the television series Wolf Lake, he was a werewolf.

In addition to filming various TV and film projects, Paul enjoys hockey and snowboarding.