OutFocus Aug 2014 | Page 23

Ian Somerhalder is the very talented actor and model, from the famous TV show “The Vampire Diaries”, in which he starred as Damon Salvatore. It has finished its 5th season now. He also starred as Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost. Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is 35 and was born and raised in Covington, Louisiana. He began modeling at age 10, modeled for Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabanna, Gucci, Versace and Guess. In the summer of 2000, Somerhalder starred in the short-lived WB series  Young Americans, a spin-off  of  Dawson’s Creek.  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. In 2004, Somerhalder scored his breakthrough role when he played Boone Carlyle in the hit TV show Lost. In 2009, Somerhalder appeared in the movie The Tournament  where he played the role of an assassin participating in a lethal com