21 Facts About Ian Somerhalder

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Ian Somerhalder is known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost, Damon Salvatore in The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries, and Dr Luther Swann in Netflix's sci-fi horror series V Wars.

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Ian Joseph Somerhalder was born on December 8,1978, in Covington, Louisiana, the second of three children of Edna, a massage therapist from Mississippi, and Robert Somerhalder Sr.

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Ian Somerhalder has an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Robyn.

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Ian Somerhalder attended Saint Paul's School, a private school in Covington.

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Ian Somerhalder embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13, and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting.

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Ian Somerhalder played Hamilton Fleming, the son of the dean of a prestigious boarding school.

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In 2002, Ian Somerhalder played bisexual character Paul Denton in Roger Avary's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel, The Rules of Attraction, alongside James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, and Jessica Biel.

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In 2004, Ian Somerhalder scored his breakthrough role when he played Boone Carlyle in Lost.

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In 2009, Ian Somerhalder appeared in the movie The Tournament where he played the role of an assassin participating in a lethal competition with other assassins.

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Ian Somerhalder appears in the coffee table book About Face by celebrity photographer John Russo.

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In June 2009, Ian Somerhalder was cast in the role of Vampire Damon Salvatore as a series regular in The CW television drama series The Vampire Diaries.

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Ian Somerhalder began directing The Vampire Diaries in its third season and produced the series at the start of season 8.

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Ian Somerhalder has received several Teen Choice Award's and a People's Choice Award for his participation on the series.

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In October 2012, Ian Somerhalder was cast in the film Time Framed, which had begun filming in Los Angeles.

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Ian Somerhalder was involved in the cleanup after the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster on April 22,2010.

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Ian Somerhalder's efforts included cleaning of oiled wildlife and taping public service announcements to let the public know how they could help.

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Ian Somerhalder opposes GMO foods and factory farming, and supports ecologist Allan Savory in his crusade to let cows graze in sync with nature to enrich soil, enhance biodiversity, and reverse climate change.

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In 2011, Ian Somerhalder visited Savory in Africa and announced he was making a documentary about him with the goal of winning him a Nobel Prize.

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Ian Somerhalder is a celebrity campaigner for RYOT, a Los Angeles-based media company known for RYOT.

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Ian Somerhalder had a relationship with his The Vampire Diaries co-star Nina Dobrev from 2010 to 2013.

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Ian Somerhalder has remained close friends with his former The Vampire Diaries co-star Paul Wesley, and in 2020, they announced the launch of a straight bourbon whiskey named Brother's Bond Bourbon.