his crusade to let cows graze in sync with nature to enrich soil, enhance biodiversity, and reverse climate change. In 2011, Somerhalder visited Savory in Africa and announced he was making a documentary about him with the goal of winning him a Nobel Prize. Somerhalder is also a celebrity campaigner for RYOT, a Los Angeles-based media company known for RYOT.org, its cause-based, take action online news source. Personal life Somerhalder had a relationship with his The Vampire Diaries co-star Nina Dobrev from 2010 to 2013. In mid-2014, he began dating actress Nikki Reed. They confirmed their engagement in February 2015 and married on April 26, 2015, in Malibu, California. Their daughter was born on July 25, 2017. On January 9, 2023, they announced that they are expecting their second child. Somerhalder has remained close friends with his former The Vampire Diaries co-star Paul Wesley, and in 2020, they announced the launch of a straight bourbon whiskey named Brother's Bond Bourbon. Filmography Film Television Web As director Awards and nominations References External links 1978 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American child models American environmentalists American male film actors American male television actors American people of Choctaw descent American people of English descent American people of French descent American people of Irish descent American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent American philanthropists American LGBT rights activists Male actors from Louisiana People from Covington, Louisiana