Connor Paolo is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in five studio films and three independent films. He portrays Eric van der Woodsen on The CW series Gossip Girl.http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/interview/635 http://www.myspace.com/367566576 Born in New York City to a writer father and musician mother, Paolo attended the Professional Performing Arts School (the high school from which Alicia Keys and Claire Danes also graduated).

Paolo attended Appel Farm Arts and Music Center Summer Arts Camp in Elmer, New Jersey throughout several summers, and took acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.http://www.myspace.com/367566576 At 12 years of age, Paolo played a pre-teen murderer and rapist in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and made his film debut the following year in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-nominated film Mystic River.http://www.myspace.com/367566576

Paolo has appeared on screen in television and film. He also has a background in theatre and commercials.http://www.tv.com/connor-paolo/person/167088/summary.html He was on Broadway in The Full Monty musical and off-Broadway in the New York public theater production of Shakespeare's Richard III. He has also played Bottom in an abridged production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.http://www.tv.com/connor-paolo/person/167088/summary.html Following his first appearance on television in the series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002, Paolo played recurring character Travis O'Connell in One Life to Live in 2004.http://www.myspace.com/367566576 The same year, he played a young Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's film Alexander.http://www.tv.com/connor-paolo/person/167088/summary.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346491/

In 2006 Paulo was cast with Nicolas Cage in another Stone film, World Trade Center, for which he garnered a Young Artist Award nomination.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/awards The following year he appeared as Warren Hardesky in the film Snow Angels and began his stint as Eric van der Woodsen on television series Gossip Girl.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/ His gay character in Gossip Girl is the youngest member of the van der Woodsen-Bass blended family.http://www.buddytv.com/articles/gossip-girl/exclusive-interview-connor-pao-24556.aspx As Paulo's role on the show continued into 2010, he also appeared in the films Camp Hope and Stake Land, and on television series Mercy.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/

• 2010: Stake Land as Martinhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2010: Camp Hope as Jackhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2010: Mercy as Everett Cone (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2009: The Winning Season as Damonhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/connor-paolo/228757
• 2008: Favorite Son as Rosshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2007 - 2010: Gossip Girl as Eric van der Woodsen (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2007: Snow Angels as Warren Hardeskyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2006: Bully as Tom (voice, video game)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2006: World Trade Center as Steven McLoughlinhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/connor-paolo/228757
• 2006: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Teddy Winnock in episode "Web"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2004: One Life to Live as Travis O'Connell (TV series) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2004: Alexander as Young Alexanderhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2003: Mystic River as Young Sean Devinehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/
• 2002: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Zachary Connor in episode "Juvenile" (TV series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269733/

"My first love was always film, only because, as an actor, I love being able to really kind of disappear for one, two, three months, however long your shoot is, and inhabit that character and be that person and really not have to deal with the outside world. It's a great feeling, and it's really, I think, the highest high that you can get as an actor,"—Interview with Debbie Chang for Buddy TV on November 17, 2008http://www.buddytv.com/articles/gossip-girl/exclusive-interview-connor-pao-24556.aspx

"He’s the only one left in high school. It’s time to watch him handle stuff on his own considering how many hang-ups he’s had in the past about being alone. Now that Jenny’s gone and his father wasn’t there… We really get to see him tough it out by himself,"—Talking about his hopes for his Gossip Girl character next season, in an interview with JustJared.com on June 14, 2010http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/06/14/connor-paolo-eric-will-tough-it-out-by-himself

"I am addicted to working, so, I look at what comes along and what I love. This is, I guess, a horror film, but in the end, it’s a movie. It’s a real movie. So - no pull toward a particular genre. Ill do anything that moves me, and this did,"—Talking about film Stake Land in an interview with John Marrone for Bloody Disgusting website in 2010http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/interview/635