Pawel Tomasz Wasilewski, popularly known as Paul Wesley, is an award-winning actor, producer, and director, best known for his role in the popular television drama series ‘The Vampire Diaries’. For his role in the TV series, he has earned several awards and nominations, including the ‘Teen Choice Awards’ as well as the ‘Young Hollywood Awards’. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the United States, Wesley showed an interest in acting during his school years. Later, he enrolled at Rutgers University. However, after realizing his potential as an actor, and knowing that he could make a career out of his incredible acting skills, he dropped out. His first appearance on TV was in the popular American TV soap opera ‘Another World’. Two years later, he appeared in a lead role in ‘Wolf Lake’, a TV series aired on the CBS network. His career reached a turning point after he started playing the role of Stefan Salvatore, in the popular American TV series ‘The Vampire Diaries’. He has directed a few episodes of the series as well. Since his debut in the movie ‘The Last Run’, he has appeared in several popular movies. He was recently seen in the movies ‘Mothers and Daughters’, and ‘The Late Bloomer’, in supporting roles. He is also fairly popular on social media, having over 13 million followers on Instagram and 4.1 million followers on Twitter.