Michael Malarkey

Michael Karim Malarkey (born June 21, 1983) is a British-American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Enzo in the popular series The Vampire Diaries. Malarkey was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to an Irish American father and a British mother of Palestinian and Italian origins. He grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and later studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Malarkey has appeared in various theatre productions, including lead roles in Spring Storm and Beyond the Horizon at the Royal National Theatre. He has been married to English actress Nadine Lewington since 2009, and they have two sons. Malarkey and Lewington appeared together in an episode of Project Blue Book.