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Connor Paolo (born July 11, 1990)^{[citation needed]} is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Eric van der Woodsen on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl and Declan Porter on the ABC drama series Revenge. He has also appeared in two Oliver Stone films, Alexander (2004) and World Trade Center (2006).

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Connor Paolo
Paolo at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Accidents Happen
Born	(1990-07-11) July 11, 1990 (age 32) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Personal life

Paolo was born in New York City, the son of Julia Mendelsohn, a vocal coach and classical pianist, and Colin Paolo, a writer and screenwriter.[1] Paolo is Jewish.[2]

He attended, beginning in 2006, the Professional Performing Arts School alongside Sarah Hyland, Paul Iacono and Taylor Momsen. He took acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Paolo also attended Appel Farm Arts and Music Center Summer Arts Camp located in Elmer, New Jersey for several summers. He attended New York University for one semester in fall 2008.[3][4]

Career

He played a preteen murderer-rapist in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[5] He made his motion picture debut in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated Mystic River, playing young Sean. In 2004, Paolo was on One Life to Live as Travis O'Connell, a recurring character. Paolo also made a return appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing a disturbed teenager based on the real case of Justin Berry.[6] Other films include World Trade Center for Oliver Stone in 2006; Snow Angels, directed by David Gordon Green; and Favorite Son, his first leading role.

Paolo has a background in theatre and commercials. He has appeared on the Broadway stage in the hit musical The Full Monty[7] and off-Broadway in the New York public theater production of Shakespeare's Richard III.^{[citation needed]} He played Bottom in an abridged production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

From 2007 to 2011, Paolo had a supporting role on The CW's series Gossip Girl, where he played Eric van der Woodsen, the brother of lead Serena van der Woodsen's character. His last appearance was in the sixth season.

In 2010, he starred in the vampire apocalypse film Stake Land directed by Jim Mickle.[8]

In April 2011, Paolo joined the cast of ABC's dramatic series Revenge. In August 2011, Paolo stated that he would be taking on the new series Revenge full-time and his character Eric van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl would no longer appear on the show.[9] He, however, returned to Gossip Girl for a brief appearance during the series finale.[10] Paolo exited Revenge in May 2013, after his character was written off the second season finale.[11]

In 2020, Variety announced Paolo was joining the cast of the Chris Blake quarantine comedy Distancing Socially. The film was shot at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, using remote technologies and the iPhone 11. The film was acquired and released by Cinedigm in October 2021.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Mystic River	Young Sean Devine
2004	Alexander	Young Alexander
2006	World Trade Center	Steven McLoughlin	Nominated—Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor[13]
2007	Snow Angels	Warren Hardesky
2008	Favorite Son	Ross
2009	The Winning Season	Damon
2010	Camp Hell	Jack
2010	Stake Land	Martin
2016	Friend Request	Kobe
2016	Like Lambs	Mick Springfield
2016	Outlaw	Connor
2016	Stake Land II: The Stakelander	Martin
2017	Flock of Four	Tony Pacarelli
2021	Distancing Socially	Paul

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Zachary Connor	Season 4 episode 9: "Juvenile"
2004	One Life to Live	Travis O'Connell	16 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Teddy Winnock	Season 7 episode 21: "Web"
2007–2012	Gossip Girl	Eric van der Woodsen	Recurring (seasons 1–4); special guest (season 6 episode 10: "New York, I Love You XOXO")
2010	Mercy	Everett Cone	Season 1 episode 15: "I Did Kill You, Didn't I?"
2011	Stake Land: Origins	Martin	Season 1 episode 6 : "Martin"
2011–2013	Revenge	Declan Porter	Main cast (seasons 1–2)
2016	Rush Hour	Henry	Season 1 episode 6: "Welcome Back, Carter"
2016	Swedish Dicks	Tim	Season 1 episode 1: "When Ingmar Met Axel"
2017	The Brave	Nate	Season 1 episode 4: "Break Out"
2017	Business Doing Pleasure	Jason	Season 1 episodes 1-6
2018	Electric Dreams	Ethan	Season 1 episode 9: "Safe & Sound"
2020	The Resident	Isaac Morgan	Season 3 episode 19: "Support System"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Bully	Tom

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song
2012	The Pretty Reckless	"My Medicine"

References

External links

• Connor Paolo at IMDb 

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[es] Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo (11 de julio de 1990; Nueva York) es un actor estadounidense conocido por interpretar a Eric van der Woodsen en la serie estadounidense de The CW, Gossip Girl.

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[ru] Паоло, Коннор

Коннор Паоло (англ. Connor Paolo, родился 11 июля 1990 года в Нью-Йорке, штат Нью-Йорк, США) — американский актёр. Начал карьеру в кино и на телевидении в 2003 году. Появился в таких фильмах как «Таинственная река», «Александр», сериале «Закон и порядок» и других. За работу в драме «Башни-близнецы» был удостоен номинации на «Young Artist Award». Наибольшую известность Паоло принесла роль Эрика Ван дер Вудсена, брата главной героини, в молодёжном сериале «Сплетница», которую он исполнял с 2007 по 2012 год. Затем снимался в сериале «Месть» в роли Деклана Портера.

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