Paul Wesley

Paul Thomas Wasilewski known professionally as Paul Wesley is an American actor writer director and producer In addition to English he also speaks Polish having spent four months of every year in Poland until the age of 16 His television debut was on the nowdefunct soap NBCs Another World where he portrayed the character of Sean McKinnon In 2001 Wesley then credited as Paul Wasilewski was one of the main cast members of the shortlived CBS television series Wolf Lake playing the role of Luke Cates  Wesley has also had a number of roles in television shows such as 24 8 Simple Rules American Dreams Army Wives Cane Everwood Guiding Light Smallville and The OC He is best known for starring as Stefan Salvatore on the supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries as well as his role as James T Kirk in the Paramount original series Star Trek Strange New Worlds Throughout the years he has also appeared in a variety of films He appeared in the 2008 CBS television film The Russell Girl and had the lead role in the 2007 ABC Family miniseries Fallen and its sequels