Ian Somerhalder

ABOUT IAN SOMERHALDER

Became known to television drama audiences for playing the heartthrob Damon Salvatore in the The Vampire Diaries . He also played Boone Carlyle in the series Lost .

He began a modeling career at age ten, spending most of his summers in New York.

He won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Lost. He launched the Ian Somerhalder Foundation on his 32nd birthday.

His mother, Edna, worked as a massage therapist, and his father, Robert, worked as a building contractor. He has a brother named Robert . He previously dated his Vampire Diaries co-star Nina Dobrev . He married actress Nikki Reed in April 2015; they welcomed a daughter named Bodhi in 2017. In January 2023, Ian and Nikki announced that they were expecting their second child together. They welcomed a son in June 2023.

He starred in the TV drama series Vampire Diaries with Nina Dobrev .