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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 now-defunct soap, NBC's 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 short-lived 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 O.C.. 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.

In 2070 the experimental ship Event Horizon, capable of creating a spacetime gateway to exceed light speed, vanished beyond Neptune. Seven years later its signal is intercepted with only one clear phrase: “Liberate me.” The rescue ship Lewis and Clark under Captain Miller is sent to secure it. Aboard is also its designer, Dr. Weir. The crew soon discovers that the Event Horizon has not merely returned from interstellar space. Strange phenomena begin and members see apparitions of their dead. They gradually uncover that the ship violated the very structure of reality and brought back something that can no longer be switched off.
