Birth Name
Paul Thomas Wasilewski

Date of Birth
23 July 1982, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Wesley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Polish parents Agnieszka and Tomasz Wasilewski, and grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey. He has one older sister, Monika, and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. In addition to English, he also knows Polish, having spent four months every year in Poland until the age of 16.

Wesley attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey and Marlboro High School for a period during his high school years. During his junior year in high school, Wesley was cast in the soap opera Guiding Light as character Max Nickerson. He transferred from Marlboro High School to Lakewood Prep School in Howell, New Jersey because the school was able to accommodate his acting schedule. He graduated from there in 2000 and then started college at Rutgers but left after one semester with his parents' support when more roles were offered to him and he realized he could make a career out of acting.

In 2005, he began to credit himself as Paul Wesley. When asked why he changed his professional name to Paul Wesley, he replied: "my birth name is too hard to pronounce! I asked my family's permission to change it, and it's really helped my career."

He enjoys playing ice hockey and snowboarding. Wesley has also expressed an interest in directing and writing.
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