Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Paul Wesley was raised in Marlboro by Polish parents, spending a few months every year in Poland until age sixteen. Actively involved in theatre, he attended schools in New Jersey and New York City, ultimately graduating in 2000. In his junior year at high school he landed the six-episode role of Max Nickerson in Guiding Light, and another 6-episode arc as Sean McKinnon in Another World.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (2022)
Starring as John Amos
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Part 4: The Martyr (Jul 30, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Part 1: The Marriage (Jul 9, 2022)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
Guest starring as Lieutenant James T. Kirk
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Subspace Rhapsody (Aug 3, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x06: Lost in Translation (Jul 20, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x03: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Jun 29, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x10: A Quality of Mercy (Jul 7, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Paul Wesley
- Episode 1x108: Lilly Singh, Paul Wesley (Mar 2, 2020)
Tell Me a Story (2018)
Starring as Eddie Longo
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 7: Betrayal (Dec 13, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Chapter 6: Guilt (Dec 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter 5: Madness (Nov 29, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 4: Rage (Nov 22, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter 3: Greed (Nov 15, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 2: Loss (Nov 8, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter 1: Hope (Oct 31, 2018)
Starring as Tucker Reed
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Ever After (Feb 6, 2020)
- Episode 2x09: Favorite Son (Jan 30, 2020)
- Episode 2x08: Sweet Dreams (Jan 23, 2020)
- Episode 2x07: Thorns and All (Jan 16, 2020)
- Episode 2x06: Lost and Found (Jan 9, 2020)
- Episode 2x05: New Pages (Jan 2, 2020)
- Episode 2x04: Number One Fan (Dec 26, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Family Business (Dec 19, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Writer's Block (Dec 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: The Curse (Dec 5, 2019)
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (2018)
Guest starring as Paul Wesley
- Episode 1x280: Paul Wesley (Aug 22, 2023)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Paul Wesley
- Episode 2019-12-16: Sebastian Maniscalco, Paul Wesley (Dec 16, 2019)
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Starring as Stefan Salvatore
(172 episodes)
- Episode 8x16: I Was Feeling Epic (Mar 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x15: We're Planning a June Wedding (Mar 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x14: It's Been a Hell of a Ride (Feb 24, 2017)
- Episode 8x13: The Lies Will Catch Up with You (Feb 17, 2017)
- Episode 8x12: What Are You? (Feb 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x11: You Made a Choice to Be Good (Feb 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x10: Nostalgia's a Bitch (Jan 27, 2017)
- Episode 8x09: The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch (Jan 20, 2017)
- Episode 8x08: We Have History Together (Jan 13, 2017)
- Episode 8x07: The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 8x06: Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell (Dec 2, 2016)
- Episode 8x05: Coming Home Was a Mistake (Nov 18, 2016)
- Episode 8x04: An Eternity of Misery (Nov 11, 2016)
- Episode 8x03: You Decided That I Was Worth Saving (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 8x02: Today Will Be Different (Oct 28, 2016)
- Episode 8x01: Hello Brother (Oct 21, 2016)
- Episode 7x22: Gods and Monsters (May 13, 2016)
- Episode 7x21: Requiem for a Dream (May 6, 2016)
- Episode 7x20: Kill 'Em All (Apr 29, 2016)
- Episode 7x19: Somebody That I Used to Know (Apr 22, 2016)
- Episode 7x18: One Way or Another (Apr 15, 2016)
- Episode 7x17: I Went to the Woods (Apr 8, 2016)
- Episode 7x16: Days of Future Past (Apr 1, 2016)
- Episode 7x15: I Would for You (Mar 4, 2016)
- Episode 7x14: Moonlight on the Bayou (Feb 26, 2016)
- Episode 7x13: This Woman's Work (Feb 19, 2016)
- Episode 7x12: Postcards from the Edge (Feb 12, 2016)
- Episode 7x11: Things We Lost in the Fire (Feb 5, 2016)
- Episode 7x10: Hell is Other People (Jan 29, 2016)
- Episode 7x09: Cold as Ice (Dec 10, 2015)
- Episode 7x08: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Dec 3, 2015)
- Episode 7x07: Mommie Dearest (Nov 19, 2015)
- Episode 7x06: Best Served Cold (Nov 12, 2015)
- Episode 7x05: Live Through This (Nov 5, 2015)
- Episode 7x04: I Carry Your Heart with Me (Oct 29, 2015)
- Episode 7x03: Age of Innocence (Oct 22, 2015)
- Episode 7x02: Never Let Me Go (Oct 15, 2015)
- Episode 7x01: Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take (Oct 8, 2015)
- Episode 6x22: I'm Thinking of You All the While (May 14, 2015)
- Episode 6x21: I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime (May 7, 2015)
- Episode 6x20: I'd Leave My Happy Home for You (Apr 30, 2015)
- Episode 6x19: Because (Apr 23, 2015)
- Episode 6x18: I Could Never Love Like That (Apr 16, 2015)
- Episode 6x17: A Bird in a Gilded Cage (Mar 19, 2015)
- Episode 6x16: The Downward Spiral (Mar 12, 2015)
- Episode 6x15: Let Her Go (Feb 19, 2015)
- Episode 6x14: Stay (Feb 12, 2015)
- Episode 6x13: The Day I Tried to Live (Feb 5, 2015)
- Episode 6x12: Prayer for the Dying (Jan 29, 2015)
- Episode 6x11: Woke Up with a Monster (Jan 22, 2015)
- Episode 6x10: Christmas Through Your Eyes (Dec 11, 2014)
- Episode 6x09: I Alone (Dec 4, 2014)
- Episode 6x08: Fade Into You (Nov 20, 2014)
- Episode 6x07: Do You Remember the First Time? (Nov 13, 2014)
- Episode 6x06: The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get (Nov 6, 2014)
- Episode 6x05: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here (Oct 30, 2014)
- Episode 6x04: Black Hole Sun (Oct 23, 2014)
- Episode 6x03: Welcome to Paradise (Oct 16, 2014)
- Episode 6x02: Yellow Ledbetter (Oct 9, 2014)
- Episode 6x01: I'll Remember (Oct 2, 2014)
- Episode 5x22: Home (May 15, 2014)
- Episode 5x21: Promised Land (May 8, 2014)
- Episode 5x20: What Lies Beneath (May 1, 2014)
- Episode 5x19: Man on Fire (Apr 24, 2014)
- Episode 5x18: Resident Evil (Apr 17, 2014)
- Episode 5x17: Rescue Me (Mar 27, 2014)
- Episode 5x16: While You Were Sleeping (Mar 20, 2014)
- Episode 5x15: Gone Girl (Mar 6, 2014)
- Episode 5x14: No Exit (Feb 27, 2014)
- Episode 5x13: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Feb 6, 2014)
- Episode 5x12: The Devil Inside (Jan 30, 2014)
- Episode 5x11: 500 Years of Solitude (Jan 23, 2014)
- Episode 5x10: Fifty Shades of Grayson (Dec 12, 2013)
- Episode 5x09: The Cell (Dec 5, 2013)
- Episode 5x08: Dead Man on Campus (Nov 21, 2013)
- Episode 5x07: Death and the Maiden (Nov 14, 2013)
- Episode 5x06: Handle with Care (Nov 7, 2013)
- Episode 5x05: Monster's Ball (Oct 31, 2013)
- Episode 5x04: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Oct 24, 2013)
- Episode 5x03: Original Sin (Oct 17, 2013)
- Episode 5x02: True Lies (Oct 10, 2013)
- Episode 5x01: I Know What You Did Last Summer (Oct 3, 2013)
- Episode 4x23: Graduation (May 16, 2013)
- Episode 4x22: The Walking Dead (May 9, 2013)
- Episode 4x21: She's Come Undone (May 2, 2013)
- Episode 4x20: The Originals (Apr 25, 2013)
- Episode 4x19: Pictures of You (Apr 18, 2013)
- Episode 4x18: American Gothic (Mar 28, 2013)
- Episode 4x17: Because the Night (Mar 21, 2013)
- Episode 4x16: Bring It On (Mar 14, 2013)
- Episode 4x15: Stand by Me (Feb 21, 2013)
- Episode 4x14: Down the Rabbit Hole (Feb 14, 2013)
- Episode 4x13: Into the Wild (Feb 7, 2013)
- Episode 4x12: A View to a Kill (Jan 31, 2013)
- Episode 4x11: Catch Me If You Can (Jan 24, 2013)
- Episode 4x10: After School Special (Jan 17, 2013)
- Episode 4x09: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Dec 13, 2012)
- Episode 4x08: We'll Always Have Bourbon Street (Dec 6, 2012)
- Episode 4x07: My Brother's Keeper (Nov 29, 2012)
- Episode 4x06: We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes (Nov 15, 2012)
- Episode 4x05: The Killer (Nov 8, 2012)
- Episode 4x04: The Five (Nov 1, 2012)
- Episode 4x03: The Rager (Oct 25, 2012)
- Episode 4x02: Memorial (Oct 18, 2012)
- Episode 4x01: Growing Pains (Oct 11, 2012)
- Episode 3x22: The Departed (May 10, 2012)
- Episode 3x21: Before Sunset (May 3, 2012)
- Episode 3x20: Do Not Go Gentle (Apr 26, 2012)
- Episode 3x19: Heart of Darkness (Apr 19, 2012)
- Episode 3x18: The Murder of One (Mar 29, 2012)
- Episode 3x17: Break on Through (Mar 22, 2012)
- Episode 3x16: 1912 (Mar 15, 2012)
- Episode 3x15: All My Children (Feb 16, 2012)
- Episode 3x14: Dangerous Liaisons (Feb 9, 2012)
- Episode 3x13: Bringing Out the Dead (Feb 2, 2012)
- Episode 3x12: The Ties That Bind (Jan 19, 2012)
- Episode 3x11: Our Town (Jan 12, 2012)
- Episode 3x10: The New Deal (Jan 5, 2012)
- Episode 3x09: Homecoming (Nov 10, 2011)
- Episode 3x08: Ordinary People (Nov 3, 2011)
- Episode 3x07: Ghost World (Oct 27, 2011)
- Episode 3x06: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Oct 20, 2011)
- Episode 3x05: The Reckoning (Oct 13, 2011)
- Episode 3x04: Disturbing Behavior (Oct 6, 2011)
- Episode 3x03: The End of the Affair (Sep 29, 2011)
- Episode 3x02: The Hybrid (Sep 22, 2011)
- Episode 3x01: The Birthday (Sep 15, 2011)
- Episode 2x22: As I Lay Dying (May 12, 2011)
- Episode 2x21: The Sun Also Rises (May 5, 2011)
- Episode 2x20: The Last Day (Apr 28, 2011)
- Episode 2x19: Klaus (Apr 21, 2011)
- Episode 2x18: The Last Dance (Apr 14, 2011)
- Episode 2x17: Know Thy Enemy (Apr 7, 2011)
- Episode 2x16: The House Guest (Feb 24, 2011)
- Episode 2x15: The Dinner Party (Feb 17, 2011)
- Episode 2x14: Crying Wolf (Feb 10, 2011)
- Episode 2x13: Daddy Issues (Feb 3, 2011)
- Episode 2x12: The Descent (Jan 27, 2011)
- Episode 2x11: By the Light of the Moon (Dec 9, 2010)
- Episode 2x10: The Sacrifice (Dec 2, 2010)
- Episode 2x09: Katerina (Nov 11, 2010)
- Episode 2x08: Rose (Nov 4, 2010)
- Episode 2x07: Masquerade (Oct 28, 2010)
- Episode 2x06: Plan B (Oct 21, 2010)
- Episode 2x05: Kill or Be Killed (Oct 7, 2010)
- Episode 2x04: Memory Lane (Sep 30, 2010)
- Episode 2x03: Bad Moon Rising (Sep 23, 2010)
- Episode 2x02: Brave New World (Sep 16, 2010)
- Episode 2x01: The Return (Sep 9, 2010)
- Episode 1x22: Founder's Day (May 13, 2010)
- Episode 1x21: Isobel (May 6, 2010)
- Episode 1x20: Blood Brothers (Apr 29, 2010)
- Episode 1x19: Miss Mystic Falls (Apr 22, 2010)
- Episode 1x18: Under Control (Apr 15, 2010)
- Episode 1x17: Let the Right One In (Apr 8, 2010)
- Episode 1x16: There Goes the Neighborhood (Apr 1, 2010)
- Episode 1x15: A Few Good Men (Mar 25, 2010)
- Episode 1x14: Fool Me Once (Feb 11, 2010)
- Episode 1x13: Children of the Damned (Feb 4, 2010)
- Episode 1x12: Unpleasantville (Jan 28, 2010)
- Episode 1x11: Bloodlines (Jan 21, 2010)
- Episode 1x10: The Turning Point (Nov 19, 2009)
- Episode 1x09: History Repeating (Nov 12, 2009)
- Episode 1x08: 162 Candles (Nov 5, 2009)
- Episode 1x07: Haunted (Oct 29, 2009)
- Episode 1x06: Lost Girls (Oct 15, 2009)
- Episode 1x05: You're Undead to Me (Oct 8, 2009)
- Episode 1x04: Family Ties (Oct 1, 2009)
- Episode 1x03: Friday Night Bites (Sep 24, 2009)
- Episode 1x02: The Night of the Comet (Sep 17, 2009)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 10, 2009)
- Episode S08 Special: Forever Yours (Mar 10, 2017)
Guest starring as Ambrose
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x18: One Way or Another (Apr 15, 2016) [Uncredited]
- Episode 7x17: I Went to the Woods (Apr 8, 2016)
Guest starring as Tom Avery
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x17: Rescue Me (Mar 27, 2014)
- Episode 5x16: While You Were Sleeping (Mar 20, 2014)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Paul Wesley
- Episode 16x195: Jane Lynch & Paul Wesley (Dec 2, 2019)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Guest starring as Paul Wesley
- Episode 2011-09-16: Kate Bosworth, Paul Wesley (Sep 16, 2011)
Army Wives (2007)
Guest starring as Logan Atwater
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: Best Laid Plans (Jun 7, 2009)
- Episode 2x19: Last Minute Changes (Nov 2, 2008)
- Episode 2x18: Departures, Arrivals (Oct 26, 2008)
- Episode 2x17: All in the Family (Oct 19, 2008)
- Episode 2x16: Transitions (Oct 12, 2008)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Paul Wesley
- Episode 19x25: Land of Bad, Red Right Hand, History of Evil (Mar 2, 2024)
CSI: NY (2004)
Guest starring as Steve Samprass
- Episode 2x02: Grand Murder at Central Station (Oct 5, 2005)
American Dreams (2002)
Guest starring as Tommy DeFelice
(11 episodes)
- Episode 3x12: For Richer, For Poorer (Jan 23, 2005)
- Episode 3x11: Truth Be Told (Jan 9, 2005)
- Episode 3x10: Home Again (Jan 2, 2005)
- Episode 1x20: The Carpetbaggers (Apr 6, 2003)
- Episode 1x19: Where the Boys Are (Mar 30, 2003)
- Episode 1x13: The Pursuit of Happiness (Feb 2, 2003)
- Episode 1x08: Black and White (Nov 17, 2002)
- Episode 1x07: Cold Snap (Nov 10, 2002)
- Episode 1x05: The Fighting Irish (Oct 27, 2002)
- Episode 1x04: Pryor Knowledge (Oct 20, 2002)
- Episode 1x03: New Frontier (Oct 13, 2002)
8 Simple Rules (2002)
Guest starring as Damian
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x15: Opposites Attract: Night of the Locust (Feb 24, 2004)
- Episode 2x01: Premiere (Sep 23, 2003)
Everwood (2002)
Guest starring as Tommy Callahan
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2x17: Unfinished Business (Apr 5, 2004)
- Episode 2x16: Unspoken Truths (Feb 23, 2004)
- Episode 2x15: The L Word (Feb 16, 2004)
- Episode 2x14: No Sure Thing (Feb 9, 2004)
- Episode 2x13: Forget Me Not (Feb 2, 2004)
- Episode 2x12: Controlling Interest (Jan 26, 2004)
- Episode 2x11: Family Dynamics (Jan 19, 2004)
- Episode 2x10: Unhappy Holidays (Nov 24, 2003)
- Episode 2x09: Just Like in the Movies (Nov 17, 2003)
24 (2001)
Guest starring as Stephen
(4 episodes)
- Episode 8x02: Day 8: 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. (Jan 17, 2010)
- Episode 8x01: Day 8: 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (Jan 17, 2010)
- Episode 7x22: Day 7: 5:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M. (May 11, 2009)
- Episode 7x19: Day 7: 2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M. (Apr 20, 2009)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Danny Burrell
- Episode 2x01: Wrong is Right (Oct 20, 2000)
Guest starring as Luke Thomas Breslin
- Episode 7x04: Ripped (Oct 11, 2005)
Street Legal (1987)
Guest starring as Bryce Ford
- Episode 8x08: Truth, Lies and Consequences (Nov 26, 1993)
Crew Credits
Legacies (2018)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x13: The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do (Mar 7, 2019)
Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments (2016)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 2x16: Day of Atonement (Jul 17, 2017)
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Show crew as Producer
(16 episodes)
- Episode 8x16: I Was Feeling Epic (Mar 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x15: We're Planning a June Wedding (Mar 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x14: It's Been a Hell of a Ride (Feb 24, 2017)
- Episode 8x13: The Lies Will Catch Up with You (Feb 17, 2017)
- Episode 8x12: What Are You? (Feb 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x11: You Made a Choice to Be Good (Feb 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x10: Nostalgia's a Bitch (Jan 27, 2017)
- Episode 8x09: The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch (Jan 20, 2017)
- Episode 8x08: We Have History Together (Jan 13, 2017)
- Episode 8x07: The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 8x06: Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell (Dec 2, 2016)
- Episode 8x05: Coming Home Was a Mistake (Nov 18, 2016)
- Episode 8x04: An Eternity of Misery (Nov 11, 2016)
- Episode 8x03: You Decided That I Was Worth Saving (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 8x02: Today Will Be Different (Oct 28, 2016)
- Episode 8x01: Hello Brother (Oct 21, 2016)
Episode crew as Director
(5 episodes)
- Episode 8x06: Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell (Dec 2, 2016)
- Episode 7x21: Requiem for a Dream (May 6, 2016)
- Episode 7x11: Things We Lost in the Fire (Feb 5, 2016)
- Episode 6x11: Woke Up with a Monster (Jan 22, 2015)
- Episode 5x18: Resident Evil (Apr 17, 2014)