Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo (born July 11, 1990) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the adolescent Alexander-the-Great in Oliver Stone's Alexander.

Paolo was born in New York City, New York. His father is a writer and his mother is a musician. As of 2006, he attends the professional performing arts school featured in the movie Fame. He began taking acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and now studies with Peggy Lewis. Every year he goes to a summer camp for aspiring performers.

Paolo began acting at the age of nine, first appearing on the soap opera All My Children. He first came to wide attention when he played Zachary Connor, a preteen murderer-rapist in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He made his motion picture debut in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated Mystic River, playing Young Sean. In 2004, Paolo was a recurring player in the daytime soap opera One Life To Live as Travis O'Connell. Paolo recently made a second appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as Teddy Winnock, a disturbed teenager (based on the real case of Justin Berry). His most recent motion picture role was Steven McLoughlin in World Trade Center for Oliver Stone in 2006. He has completed roles in two other films that are pending release: Warren Hardesty in Snow Angels, directed by David Gordon Green, and Ross Embry in 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 and off-Broadway in the New York public theater production of Shakespeare's, Richard III.

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