<Tr> <Th> Home town </Th> <Td> Los Angeles, California </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Height </Th> <Td> 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </Td> </Tr> <P> Ryan Jacob Paevey - Vlieger (born September 24, 1984), better known as Ryan Paevey, is an American model and actor, best known for his role as Nathan West on the ABC soap opera General Hospital . </P> <P> Paevey was born in Torrance, California and was raised in Los Angeles as the son of Les Vlieger and Linda Paevey . He has a younger sister Kaitlyn, with whom he is very close . Paevey ran track and cross country in high school . His hobbies include video games, surfing--which he did with his dad as a child--and cooking, and his favorite food is sushi . Paevey can speak some French and Japanese and can read Japanese . Paevey is of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry on his father's side . Paevey is a self - proclaimed "nature boy ." Paevey also briefly lived in Harlem . </P>

Who is the actor that plays nathan west on general hospital