Ian Joseph Somerhalder

Personal page.Somerhalder was born and raised inCovington, Louisiana, the son of Edna, a massage therapist, and Robert Somerhalder, an independent building contractor.[4] He is the second of three children, with an older brother, Robert, and younger sister, Robyn.[5] He attended St. Paul's, a private Catholic school in Covington. He embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13,[6]and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting.