Bio
John-Paul Lavoisier is an American actor best known for his role as Rex Balsom on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, since 2002.
Lavoisier was raised in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, where he attended school at Phoenixville High School and then continued his education at nearby Philadelphia's University of the Arts.
While in college, he studied music performance, specialising in the drums. He then went on to study acting at The School for Film and Television and Michael Howards Studio, as well as studying with private coach Deborah Mathieu-Byers.
Lavoisier's contract role on One Life to Live was his first major acting job, although his previous experience includes a small role on All My Children, a featured model on Sex and the City, a Saturday Night Live skit, a Time Warner Cable commercial and various student films.
In 2011 he was a cast member of the reality series Dirty Soap, which followed the off-screen lives of eight soap opera stars. It was cancelled after one season.
He landed a role in the independent film One Day in May, released in the fall of 2002, and also appeared in the feature film Wolves of Wall Street. He is a member of the Manhattan-based theatre company Streetlight Productions, in which he performs when his schedule permits.
In addition to his passions for acting and music, Lavoisier enjoys sports, including tennis, skiing and golf, and in high school he developed a talent for magic.