Career

Lavoisier is known for his role as Rex Balsom

Rex Balsom

Rex Balsom is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier since May 9, 2002.With the character initially named "Jamie" prior to production, then-Executive Producer Gary Tomlin "toyed with the idea" of putting Rex in a gay storyline;...

 on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

, One Life to Live

One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

. He has portrayed this character since 2002. During that same year, he also appeared in the horror movie

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 Wolves of Wall Street

Wolves of Wall Street

Wolves of Wall Street is a film, released in 2002, directed by David DeCoteau.-Plot summary:On the advice of a bartender familiar with the Wall Street crowd, Jeff applies to the Wolfe Brothers brokerage firm for his dream job as a stock broker. He is forced to abandon his love and values for...

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Lavoisier is a member of the advisory board of theatre production company Streetlight Productions, Inc, and has performed in various off-Broadway plays including Discordant Duets and Counterfeit Garden.

On September 25, 2011, Lavoisier will star on Dirty Soap with many soap opera alumni including his girlfriend, Farah Fath

Farah Fath

Farah LeeAllen Fath is an American actress. She has portrayed Gigi Morasco on the ABC Daytime soap opera One Life to Live since Fall 2007 and then took over the role of what is believed to be Gigi's sister Stacy Morasco in October 2011, and is most notable for playing Mimi Lockhart Brady from 1999...

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Personal life

He was born John-Paul Seponski in Phoenixville

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census.- History :...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 and attended Phoenixville High School, before going on to the University of the Arts

University of the Arts (Philadelphia)

The University of the Arts is one of the United States' oldest universities dedicated to the arts. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia...

 in Philadelphia, where he studied music performance, particularly the drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

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His hobbies include tennis, skiing, golf and magic tricks. He dislikes running and the suburbs, and claims to be anally retentive. For ABC's Fan February events in 2007, he switched jobs with a fan who is a dance teacher.

As of 2008, Lavoisier is dating One Life to Live costar Farah Fath

Farah Fath

Farah LeeAllen Fath is an American actress. She has portrayed Gigi Morasco on the ABC Daytime soap opera One Life to Live since Fall 2007 and then took over the role of what is believed to be Gigi's sister Stacy Morasco in October 2011, and is most notable for playing Mimi Lockhart Brady from 1999...

, who played his former on-screen fiancee, Gigi Morasco

Gigi Morasco

Gigi Morasco is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She was portrayed by Farah Fath since October 24, 2007 to June 29, 2011 and October 2011 to present . She returned as a ghost on August 1, 2011 .-Background and Arrival:Gigi was born in 1979 and was briefly presumed dead...

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Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...	Orderly	Episode Dated: May 21
	Sex and the City Sex and the City Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...	Model	Episode: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Episode Dated: August 5 Extra at fashion show in The Real Me
2002	One Life to Live One Life to Live One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...	Rex Balsom Rex Balsom Rex Balsom is a fictional character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live, portrayed by John-Paul Lavoisier since May 9, 2002.With the character initially named "Jamie" prior to production, then-Executive Producer Gary Tomlin "toyed with the idea" of putting Rex in a gay storyline;...	Episodes Aired: 354 Episode Dated: 2002–2011
	One Day in May	Matt Daniels	TV-movie
	Wolves of Wall Street Wolves of Wall Street Wolves of Wall Street is a film, released in 2002, directed by David DeCoteau.-Plot summary:On the advice of a bartender familiar with the Wall Street crowd, Jeff applies to the Wolfe Brothers brokerage firm for his dream job as a stock broker. He is forced to abandon his love and values for...	Barnes	as John Paul LaVoisier
2003	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	Himself	Episode Dated: January 11 Episode: Jeff Gordon/Avril Lavigne
	SoapTalk	Himself	Episodes Dated: August 22, 2003 June 9, 2004 March 17, 2005 June 12, 2006
	The View	Himself	Episodes Dated: March 12, 2003 April 30, 2008
2004	Soap Center	Himself	Episode Dated: April 11
2007	Gossip Girl Gossip Girl (TV series) Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...	Field Hockey Coach	Episode: Poison Ivy Episode Dated: October 3
	6ABC Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade	Himself	TV
2008	Rachael Ray Rachael Ray Rachael Domenica Ray is an American television personality, businesswoman, celebrity chef and author. She hosts the syndicated talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray and three Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels and $40 a Day...	Himself	Episode: Human Lab: Soap Star Edition Episode Dated: April 22
	The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Himself-Presenter	TV
	Placebo	Jason
2011	Dirty Soap	Himself
	The Mentalist The Mentalist The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...	Chad Carmichael	Episode Dated: October 27, 2011

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