Paul Wesley is an American actor and model. He is best known for his roles as Stefan Salvatore on the television drama The Vampire Diaries on The CW and as Aaron Corbett on the ABC Family miniseries Fallen.

Paul Thomas Wasilewski was born on July 23, 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey. Already getting acting work while attending Rutgers University, Wasilewski, with the support of his parents, left school to focus on a career in acting.

He began crediting himself as Paul Wesley in 2005 with his family’s permission. Since then, he had a number of roles in shows such as 24, 8 Simple Rules, American Dreams, Army Wives, Cane, Everwood, Guiding Light, Smallville, The O.C. and Wolf Lake. He has appeared in several shows such as Roll Bounce starring Bow Wow and The Russell Girl with Amber Tamblyn.

In The Vampire Diaries, Wesley plays the role of Stefan Salvatore, the younger brother to Damon Salvatore, played by Ian Somerhalder, as well as the love interest of the 17-year-old girl named Elena Gilbert, played by Nina Dobrev.