ian somerhalder:

Ian is born in Covington, Louisiana 1978.

he has a mother named Edna and a father named Robert.

he has two siblings. An older brother named Bob and an older sister named Robyn.

he started his model career when he was  10 years old and became a actor when he was 17.

Ian was the first celebrity to become actively involved in the cleanup after the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster on April 22, 2010.

His efforts included cleaning of oiled wildlife and taping public service announcements to let the public know how they could help.

Ian supports St. Tammany Humane Society, an organization for animal shelter and welfare.

He has also announced via Twitter and in various interviews that he is in the process of setting up his own charitable foundation, known as the "Ian Somerhalder Foundation" ''http://isfoundation.com''  with many other high profile organizations, he hope everyone will help protecting the environment and animals. With the latter, he hopes that donations will be used to provide proper medical services to stray animals and he is aiming to establish the foundation on December 8, 2010 - his 32:nd birthday.

He started his model career when he was  10 years old and became a actor when he was 17.