Overview
Paul Wesley is an actor who plays James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount+.
Paramount+ announced in March 2022 that Wesley had joined the Season 2 cast as Kirk, the role originated by William Shatner in Star Trek: The Original Series. Executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, and Henry Alonso Myers called him “a welcome key addition to the show.”
StarTrek.com later covered Wesley as a special guest star in Season 2, and the official announcement noted that he starred in eight seasons of The CW’s The Vampire Diaries, appeared in Paramount+’s Tell Me a Story, and has directed episodes of The Vampire Diaries, Roswell, New Mexico, and Legacies.
Quick Facts
- Occupation
- Actor, director, and producer
- Known for
- James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Also known for
- The Vampire Diaries
Selected Credits
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Paul Wesley Joins Netflix’s Icebreaker as Coach Faulkner
Paul Wesley has joined Netflix’s Icebreaker, the Hannah Grace hockey romance adaptation, as Coach Faulkner.