Paul Wesley

Paul Wesley (born Paweł Tomasz Wasilewski) is a Polish-American actor best known for his role as Stefan Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries. Wesley spent his early years in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, and attended Marlboro High School before transferring to Lakewood Prep School to accommodate his acting schedule.

Wesley began his career while still in high school after landing a part on the soap opera Guiding Light. After high school, Wesley went to Rutgers University, but left after only one semester to accommodate his acting career. Wesley has had appearances on American Dreams, Army Wives, 24, Cane, Everwood, Smallville, 8 Simple Rules and The O.C. In 2009, he joined the cast of The CW’s The Vampire Diaries as Stefan Salvatore, a role he played until it ended in 2017. Some of his later projects include Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, History of Neon (2024) and He Bled Neon (2026).

Wesley married One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars actress Torrey DeVitto in 2011 after meeting on the set of Killer Movie (2021). The couple announced their split in 2013. He went on to date The Originals star Phoebe Tonkin for four years, but the pair separated in 2017.

He then quietly married Ines de Ramon in 2019, but the couple announced their split in September 2022 after three years of marriage. He began dating Natalie Kuckenburg soon after. Us Weekly exclusively confirmed that he filed for divorce from de Ramon in February 2023. Wesley and Kuckenburg announced their engagement in July 2025; the pair wed in July the following year.