
TV roles
Best TV shows featuring Paul Wesley
Every Paul Wesley series we track, ranked by real viewer rating — led by The Originals at 8.6. Where to stream each is one tap away.
Paul Wesley's shows, ranked 28
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The Originals (2013)The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.as Stefan Salvatore8.6 - 02
Legacies (2018)In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.as Director8.4 - 03
Smallville (2001)The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.as Lucas Luther8.2 - 04
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.as James T. Kirk8.0 - 05
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.as Luke Breslin7.9 - 06
The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama/romance based around Elena Gilbert who falls in love with a 163 year old vampire.Based on a novel series by L.J. Smith.as Stefan Salvatore · hbo max · peacock · Drama7.9 - 07
Wolf Lake (2001–2002)Seattle police detective John Kanin, finds his world turned upsidedown when his girlfriend Ruby mysteriously disappears one night after leaving his apartment. After months of searching, an anonymous tip leads Kanin back to Ruby's hometown Wolf Lake, a place where the residents are hiding a dark secret.(Nine episodes were produced, but only five aired before the series was canceled by CBS. The full series, including the four unaired episodes, was later picked up and broadcast on UPN in April–May 2002.)as Luke Cates · Drama · Crime7.8 - 08
24 (2001)Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.as Stephen7.8 - 09
Cold Case (2003)The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.as Petey Murphy (2008)7.8 - 10
Roswell, New Mexico (2019)After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.as Director7.8 - 11
CSI: Miami (2002)The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.as Jack Warner Bradford7.7 - 12
The O.C. (2003)Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach, California.as Donnie7.7 - 13
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.as Luke Miller7.6 - 14
Everwood (2002)After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but resentful 15-year-old son Ephram and his 9-year-old daughter Delia.as Tommy Callahan7.6 - 15
Fallen (2007–2007)Aaron Corbett is the son of a fallen Angel. Aaron is part human and part Angel, which makes him a nephilim. Aaron doesn't know that he's a nephilim till his 18th birthday. Finding out his new destiny. He will have to help the fallen angels before him.as Aaron Corbett · Adventure · Fantasy7.5 - 16
Army Wives (2007)Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.as Logan Atwater7.5 - 17
CSI: NY (2004)Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".as Paul Deacon7.3 - 18
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (2022)After a whirlwind romance, Olivia finds herself as the mistress of the imposing Foxworth Hall, where she soon discovers that the fairy tale life she expected has quickly become a nightmare.as John Amos7.3 - 19
Crossing Jordan (2001)Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.as Quentin Baker7.2 - 20
Tell Me a Story (2018)The world's most beloved fairy tales reimagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.as Eddie Longo7.1 - 21
Batwoman (2019)Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hopeas Director6.9 - 22
8 Simple Rules (2002)Paul and Cate are raising their three children -- Bridget, Kerry and Rory -- which is no easy task. Oldest daughter Bridget is traversing the dating scene. Kerry is cute and smart, but she has a hard time getting in touch with her true feelings because of her lack of self-confidence. The youngest of the three children, and only boy, Rory is beginning to discover one of life's greatest mysteries -- girls.as Damian6.8 - 23
Shark (2006)Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.as Justin Bishop6.7 - 24
Medal of Honor (2018)Honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a Medal of Honor, this docudrama series re-creates their inspiring true stories.as Clint Romesha6.7 - 25
Cane (2007)The lives and internal power struggles of a powerful and wealthy Cuban-American family running an immensely successful rum and sugar cane business in South Florida.as Nick5.8 - 26
Another World (1964)Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.as Sean McKinnon5.5 - 27
American Dreams (2002)Set to the soundtrack of the 1960s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her 'good girl' image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an American Bandstand dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Father.as Tommy DeFelice5.2 - 28
The Education of Max Bickford (2001)The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who portrayed the young Lester Bickford, Max's son. Max's colleagues included Marcia Gay Harden as Andrea Haskell, his former student who had recently joined the faculty, and Helen Shaver as his best friend Erica, previously known as Steve before her transition. Max's daughter Nell, played by Katee Sackhoff, attended the college.4.0
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What is Paul Wesley's best TV show?
The Originals (2013) is Paul Wesley's highest-rated series here, at ★ 8.6.
How many TV shows has Paul Wesley been in?
We track 28 Paul Wesley shows, averaging ★ 7.2 — ranked here by viewer rating.
Where can I watch Paul's shows?
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