He owns a brand of whiskey and is married to Nikki Reed.Ian Somerhalder was born on December 8 1978 in Covington USA. The son of a contractor Robert Somerhalder and a massage therapist Edna Bostt he studied at a Catholic school and was already interested in acting.
With a singular beauty, Ian began his career at the age of ten as a model and moved to New York. He later went to Europe where he worked and studied in Italy France and England. As a young man he took acting classes at William Esper Studio and in this period participated in an episode of the series The Big Easy on USA Network and Now and Again on CBS.
He also did his first film work in Woody Allens Celebrities but his scenes were eventually cut in editing. The turning point in Ians career came when he was an extra in James Tobacks Black and White a talent agent was on set and was impressed with the young extra and started to manage him. His next project was the Warner Bros. series Young Americans where he played student Hamilton Fleming a complex character who marked the beginning of his career.
This work opened the doors for Ian, who managed to participate in several films and series. Already in 2004 Somerhalder began to have more significant roles in Hollywood productions he participated in the third season of Small ville and also acted in Lost . In 2005 he made his only play Dog Sees God Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead a dense play with themes such as drugs violence eating disorders depression and suicide. From there his career did not stop growing until he won the most outstanding role of his life the seductive and temperamental vampire Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries series .
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