Tammany Humane Society, an organization for animal shelter and welfare. His efforts included cleaning of oiled wildlife and taping public service announcements to let the public know how they could help. Somerhalder was involved in the cleanup after the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster on April 22, 2010. Foundations and causes Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Somerhalder in 2012 In a January 2024 interview, Somerhalder revealed that he had retired from acting a while back after relocating outside of Los Angeles, though he would still be involved in producing and environmental activism. He returned as an executive producer on its follow-up documentary, Common Ground, which first premiered in September 2023. In 2020, Somerhalder shot footage for and served as an executive producer on the film Kiss the Ground, a documentary centered on regenerative agriculture. The series premiered on Netflix on Decem and was cancelled in March 2020. Luther Swann as a series regular in the Netflix science fiction horror series V Wars. In April 2018, he was cast in the role of Dr. In October 2012, Somerhalder was cast in the film Time Framed, which had begun filming in Los Angeles. He has received several Teen Choice Award's and a People's Choice Award for his participation on the series. He began directing The Vampire Diaries in its third season and produced the series at the start of season 8. The series has continued to be the highest-rated series on its channel with both his performance and the show receiving a positive response from critics. The series premiere attracted The CW's highest premiere ratings of any season premiere since the network began in 2006. In June 2009, Somerhalder was cast in the role of Vampire Damon Salvatore as a series regular in The CW television drama series The Vampire Diaries. He appears in the coffee table book About Face by celebrity photographer John Russo. In 2009, Somerhalder appeared in the movie The Tournament where he played the role of an assassin participating in a lethal competition with other assassins. In 2005, he stated that being a part of Lost was "the greatest experience" of "the greatest year of his life". Following his departure from the show, ABC signed him to another one-year contract. Despite his character's death in the twentieth episode of the first season, he returned to the role of Boone for seven more episodes between 20, including the series finale. In 2004, Somerhalder scored his breakthrough role when he played Boone Carlyle in Lost. In 2002, 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. He played Hamilton Fleming, the son of the dean of a prestigious boarding school. In the summer of 2000, Somerhalder starred in the short-lived WB series Young Americans, a spin-off of Dawson's Creek. He embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13, and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting.Ĭareer Somerhalder at the 2015 Wizard World Convention, February 2015. Somerhalder attended Saint Paul's School, a private school in Covington. : 2 Somerhalder lived with his mother after his parents divorced when he was 14. : 2 His father has Cajun ancestry while his mother is of half Choctaw and half Irish descent. : 2 He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Robyn. Ian Joseph Somerhalder was born on December 8, 1978, in Covington, Louisiana, the second of three children of Edna ( née Israel), a massage therapist from Mississippi, and Robert Somerhalder Sr., an independent building contractor. Luther Swann in Netflix's sci-fi horror series V Wars. He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost, Damon Salvatore in The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries, and Dr. Ian Joseph Somerhalder ( / ˈ s ʌ m ər h ɔː l d ər/ born December 8, 1978) is an American actor.
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