You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting.
At 17, he began studying acting in New York and, by 19, had committed himself to the craft, working with preeminent acting coach
The biological great-grandfather's name was Hull. Became a first time father aged 38 when his wife Nikki Reed gave birth to their daughter Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerholder on July 25th 2017. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference. Was heavily considered for the role of Christian Grey in 'Fifty Shades of Grey' (2015), but dropped out of the running since filming would have conflicted with that of 'The Vampire Diaries'. I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
Has his own foundation called "Ian Sommerhalder Foundation".
He won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Lost, and launched the Ian Somerhalder Foundation on his 32nd birthday. Boating, swimming, fishing and training horses filled much of his recreational time growing up, as did the school drama club and performing with the local theater group. Trivia. He lent a helping hand to the disaster-stricken areas of the BP oil spill. [In regards to the Matthew Shepard killing and MTV's Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Discrimination campaign] He embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13, and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting. The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures. Ian's mother, Edna (née Israel), worked as a massage therapist, and Ian's father, Robert Somerhalder, is a building contractor. He has a brother, Robert, a wood worker, and a sister, Robyn, a broadcast journalist. Playing "Matt" in the Off-Broadway play, "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead", at the Century Center for the Performing Arts. [on his biggest weakness] [on his reasons for becoming an actor] "To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives....not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are". I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. Does it make me squeamish? No.
I can't hide anything from them. I'm from New Orleans. [December 2005] Ironically, the first actor to be cast as one of the survivors in Boating, swimming, fishing and training horses filled much of his recreational time growing up, as did the school drama club and performing with the local theater group. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with. Ian Somerhalder was born on December 8, 1978 in Louisiana, USA. A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
for two consecutive Fall seasons. He devoted his time off for summer to work in the Gulf region, particularly his home state.
Grew up with his mother, whom he has described as being "very spiritual". He has Cajun (French), English, and Scots-Irish ancestry. I kind of think too much, I try to do many things at once. I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome. Ian Somerhalder, Actor: The Vampire Diaries.
His father was of French descent and his mother Irish. Ian Somerhalder was born and raised in the small southern town of Covington, Louisiana. You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life. Convention Junkies 251,027 views. Their parents divorced when he was thirteen. With his mother's encouragement, at age 10, he began a modeling career that took … If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.
This program teaches people that it only takes a single unlucky moment to lead to tragedy, if you come into contact with one really f***ed-up person, they can truly take your life away. Named one of the 'sexiest men' in Glamour's "50 Sexiest Men of 2010" list. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places. With his mother's encouragement, at age 10, he began a modeling career that took him to New York each summer. Family Life. If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation. I always wanted to play one.
I just don't ever want to jeopardize that. He is the second of three children, with an older brother, Robert, and younger sister, Robyn. Ian's ancestry includes Cajun (French) (from his paternal grandmother), English, as well as Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, and Welsh.
I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change. He has a brother, Robert (Bob), and a sister, Robyn. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. (April 26, 2015) Married his girlfriend of a year There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone. In April 2012, Ian and big brother Bob Somerhalder opened a reclaimed furniture shop named "Built of Barnwood" where they build and sell pieces themselves. He doesn't like to talk about his modeling career because of the impressions people might get of him as being just another pretty face. He enjoys reading, music, yoga and traveling.
Ian supports the charity Love Letters to the South, which pays tribute to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Ian Somerhalder was born and raised in the small southern town of Covington, Louisiana.
The Vampire Diaries (Paul Wesley & Ian Somerhalder) Fan Expo Canada 2018 Full Panel - Duration: 28:34.