Paul Wesley was in an American television soap opera.
As the World Turns ( often referred to as ATWT ) is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2 , 1956 , to September 17 , 2010 . Paul Wesley . He is known for playing Stefan Salvatore in The CW 's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries ( 2009 -- 2017 ) and as Aaron Corbett in the ABC Family miniseries Fallen . These Are My Children is an American television soap opera which ran on NBC from January 31 , 1949 , to February 25 , 1949 .