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TV Show - "Lost" Star Cast
Ian Somerhalder
Role: Boone Carlyle (Season 1)
The son of a massage therapist and a building contractor,
Somerhalder was born and raised in the small southern town of Covington, LA.
Boating, swimming, fishing and training horses filled much of his
recreational time growing up, as did the school drama club and performing
with the local theater group. With his mother's encouragement, at age 10 he
began a modeling career that took him to New York each summer. By junior
high, he opted to put modeling on the back burner and focus more on sports
and school. A few years later, when the opportunity to model in Europe
arose, Somerhalder grabbed it, embarking on an enriching path of work,
travel and study that took him to cities including Paris, Milan and London.
At 17, he began studying acting in New York, and by 19 had committed himself
to the craft, working with preeminent acting coach William Esper. His fate
was sealed while working as an extra in a club scene in the feature film
Black & White. A talent manager visiting a client on the set spotted
Somerhalder in a crowd scene of 400 and immediately signed him for
representation. Happy to be anchored in New York, Somerhalder spends much of
his time studying acting, writing and practicing yoga. His recreational
interests include water and snow skiing and horseback riding. |