David Paul Olsen was born on the 2nd January 1976, at Moline, Illinois USA of Norwegian descent.
He’s a 43 year old stunt performer and actor who has worked with movies such as “The Back-up Plan” (2010), “Swiss Army Man” (2016) and “The Nun” (2018), but is probably best recognized for being the husband of Daniela Ruah, star of the “NCIS: Los Angeles” tv series.
His career as a stunt performer and actress has been busy since 2006.
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David Paul Olsen Bio: Early Life, Family and Education
Talking about his life, David Paul Olsen has been trained by his dad Paul, who worked as a professor of English and as a cross country coach, and his mom Jeanne who was a non-denominational chaplain.
He has a younger brother named Eric Christian Olsen, who’s a noted performer and also a co-star of David Paul’s spouse Daniela Ruah in “NCIS: Los Angeles”.
Soon after his brother had been born, the family moved from Moline to Eugene, Oregon and then to Bettendorf, Iowa where the brothers spent the most significant portion of their early childhood years.
David Paul and Eric Christian attended and matriculated in Bettendorf Middle and High School, after which they became active in the comedy market.
Career Beginnings
David Paul Olsen’s career in the film industry began in 2006, when he landed his first job as a stunt performer at the television movie entitled “Deceit”.
Observing this, he worked as a stunt double in films “Protect and Serve” (2007), “Fired Up!” Along with his stunt characters in films, David Paul was also hired as a normal stunt performer and stunt double for many television series, for example “The Young and the Restless” (1973–), “General Hospital” (1963–) and “Bones” (2005–2017).
Over the years, David Paul Olsen has built-up quite an impressive resume, having performed in more than 50 films and tv series. Additionally, he has come to be one of the most sought-after stunt performers, and his participation in the film and tv industry has enabled him to occasionally venture into acting as well.
One of his early acting credits had been characters in movies including “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (2009) and “G-Force” (2009), and in many television series such as “The Last Ship” (2014–2018),”Shut Eye” (2016–2017) and “I Love Dick” (2016–2017).
Daniela Ruah and David Paul Olsen with their child: Later Works
When it comes to David Paul Olsen’s professional endeavors in the last several years, we could say he has never been busier, landing stunt roles in many high-budget television series and movies, among which are “The Mentalist” (2008–2015), “True Blood” (2008–2014), “American Horror Story” (2011–) and “Westworld” (2016–), as well as the 2016 movie with Daniel Radcliffe entitled “Swiss Army Man”.
He landed his most important role in 2010, once he began working as a stunt double and stunt performer from the television series “NCIS: Los Angeles”, hired in precisely the exact same moment as his younger brother Eric, who has been playing the role of detective Marty Meeks because the show’s second season.
It was at the set of the show that David Paul met his prospective girlfriend and wife Daniela Ruah, that plays the role of Kensi Blye in the show, and even stocks an onscreen love with Eric Christian’s personality Marty Meeks.
Along with performing as his younger brother’s stunt double, David Paul also played two roles in many seasons of this series, thus further expanding his acting resume.
The show is now in its 10th season, and also has a enormous fan base, therefore we can expect to see David Paul in upcoming episodes.
Personal Life
As stated, David Paul Olsen is married to fellow actor/actress Daniela Ruah. Although she had been born in the US, Daniela spent most of her childhood in Portugal, in which she started acting throughout her teenage years.
The both of them obsolete for many years during the filming of the series, and eventually married on 17th June 2014 at Daniela’s home country of Portugal — since she is of Jewish ancestry and David Paul is Lutheran : they really had an interfaith marriage.
The pair has a son named River Isaac Ruah Olsen who is six years old, and also a daughter called Sierra Esther Ruah Olsen who’s three years old. The family currently resides in Los Angeles.
As a result of his impressive body of work in movie and television industry, David Paul Olsen has acquired a net value of close to $1 million, according to estimations from sources that are authoritative.
Furthermore, sources have estimated his wife Daniela Ruah’s net worth is around $7 million.
Appearance and Physical Characteristics
Speaking about his physical traits, David Paul Olsen is pretty tall having a height of 6ft 2ins (1.87m); there’s not any information about his or her weight. Furthermore, he has blonde hair and blue eyes.
