{"id":4419,"date":"2024-06-27T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T11:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=4419"},"modified":"2024-08-03T19:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:29:36","slug":"ian-somerhalder","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/speaker\/ian-somerhalder\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Somerhalder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BEST KNOWN AS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Damon Salvatore in <strong>The Vampire Diaries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Boone Carlyle in<strong> Lost<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Luther Swann in Netflix&#8217; <strong>V Wars<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Adam Knight in <strong>Smallville<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SHORT BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ian Somerhalder starred as Damon Salvatore in the CW hit television series<strong> The Vampire Diaries<\/strong>, which ran for 8 seasons. In addition to acting in the show, Somerhalder also took on the role as director in both season 7 and 8.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, he is the star of the new Netflix series <strong>V Wars<\/strong>, in which he beautifully portrays Dr. Luther Swann.<\/p>\n<p>From 2004 to 2010, Somerhalder starred as <strong>Boone Carlyle<\/strong> in ABC\u2019s drama Lost, which earned him a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice TV Breakout Performance.<\/p>\n<p>Somerhalder\u2019s television credits include <strong>Smallville<\/strong>,<strong> Young Americans<\/strong>, and<strong> Tell Me You Love Me<\/strong>. His film credits include <strong>The Rules of Attraction, The Tournament<\/strong>, <strong>The Anomaly<\/strong> and <strong>How to Make Love to a Woman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Somerhalder is also the Founder\/President of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF), which aims to advance science; promote the conservation of natural resources; provide relief to the poor, distressed, and underprivileged; among other things? Looks like his heart is just as big as his acting career, which says a lot about this incredible actor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to meet Ian Somerhalder? Then come to FACTS Spring 2020, on April 4-5 in Flanders Expo Ghent! Mr. Somerhalder will be available for photoshoots, signing sessions and panels on both Saturday and Sunday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Damon Salvatore | The Best of HUMOR (S1-S8)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7QWm-mwt7fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sink your teeth into this, fans of <strong>The Vampire Diaries<\/strong>! None other than Damon Salvatore himself is joining the FACTS roster. Also known for his roles in <strong>Lost, V Wars, Smallville<\/strong> and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_company_name":"","_job_title":"","_visit_me":"","_email":"","_linkedin":"","_twitter":"","_facebook":"","_instagram":"","_youtube":"","_imdb":"","footnotes":""},"edition":[],"guest_type":[],"work":[],"class_list":["post-4419","guest","type-guest","status-publish","hentry"],"_cover_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guest"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17015,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/4419\/revisions\/17015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=4419"},{"taxonomy":"guest_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest_type?post=4419"},{"taxonomy":"work","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work?post=4419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}