Biography
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Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American actor, male fashion model and producer.
Biography
Early life
Somerhalder was born in Covington, Louisiana. He has a brother, Bob, and a sister. His father, Robert Somerhalder, was a building contractor of French and English descent, and his mother, Edna, who is of Irish and Choctaw descent, grew up on a pig farm in Mississippi. The surname "Somerhalder" originates from his adoptive great-grandfather. His biological great-grandfather, a wealthy English landowner, got one of his mistresses pregnant and paid an immigrant worker of his to marry this woman and give the baby a name, which was Somerhalder. The biological great-grandfather's name was Hull.
Somerhalder's parents divorced when he was thirteen. He grew up with his mother, whom he has described as being "very spiritual", and attended Catholic school.
Career
Somerhalder began his career as a male fashion model, with his mother's encouragement at the age of 10. He modeled in New York, Paris, Milan, and London. His modeling credits include Calvin Klein, American Eagle Outfitters, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Versace, and Guess?. He was the face of Guess? for two fall seasons. Although he continues to model with his agency DNA Models, he has also started acting. [1]
His first major acting role was in The Rules of Attraction, Roger Avary's adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name. He was a main cast member for the first season of the American television series Lost as the character Boone Carlyle.
His television work also includes appearances in shows such as Smallville (in which he played Adam Knight, a dead person who is being kept alive by a special drug), CSI: Miami, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Now and Again, and The Big Easy, as well as producing Recess.
On November 2000, Somerhalder was the very first male celebrity to be named Most Beautiful Man of the month on the web site mostbeautifulman.com.
On May 2006, DNA Models named their Top 10 Male Models. Somerhalder was among those in the list. [2]
Ian returned to play Boone Carlyle on an episode of the third season of Lost, albeit only as a vision in one of John Locke's dreams in the episode Further Instructions.
Personal life
Somerhalder was called a Gay Hater, by Gaywired Magazine and LOGO TVs News Site - 365Gay for having stated that after kissing a man in the movie The Rules of Attraction, he did not want to play other gay roles. Somerhalder hit back at the reports stating that some of his best friends were gay and that he only referred to the kissing scene in a negative way because the press had blown the whole thing out of proportion and he couldn't give an interview anymore without being asked about it.
He's rumored to be dating former Lost co-star Maggie Grace, several reports indicating they're in an intimate relationship, even if they haven't appeared together in any recent photographs as proof or acknowledged whether it's fact or fiction themselves.
Filmography
Television
- 2000 – Young Americans as Hamilton Fleming
- 2001 – Anatomy of a Hate Crime as Russell Henderson
- 2003 – Smallville as Adam Knight
- 2004 – Fearless as Jordan Gracie
- 2004-2005 – Lost as Boone Carlyle
- 2006 – Marco Polo as Marco Polo
Cinema
- 2001 – Life as a House as Josh
- 2002 – Changing Hearts as Jason Kelly
- 2002 – The Rules of Attraction as Paul Denton
- 2004 – In Enemy Hands as Danny Miller
- 2004 – The Old Man and the Studio as Matt
- 2004 – Recess as Cooley (also producer)
- 2006 – Pulse as Dexter McCarthy
- 2006 – The Sensation of Sight as Drifter
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