<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Nikki Reed (m . 2015) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American actor, model and director . He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost and Damon Salvatore in The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries . </P> <P> Somerhalder was born and raised in Covington, Louisiana, the son of Edna, a massage therapist, and Robert Somerhalder, an independent building contractor . He is the second of three children, with an older brother, Robert, and younger sister, Robyn . He attended Mandeville High School, a public school in Mandeville, Louisiana . He embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13, and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting . </P>

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