4 days Ago By Mike Barnes
Paul Teal, who recurred as the closeted actor Josh Avery on the seventh season of The CW drama , has died. He was 35. Teal died Friday after a battle with cancer, according to his reps.
“His exceptional talent and kind spirit touched the hearts of everyone who had the privilege of knowing him,” the STW Talent Agency . “The void he leaves behind will be deeply felt.” “Paul, you were my soulmate, my soon-to-be-husband, my rock, and my future,” his fiancée, Emilia Torello, on Instagram.
“You filled my lungs with laughter, my stomach with butterflies, and my heart with love. You were taken too soon, in a battle that you fought bravely without fail.” She continued, “While a part of me died with you, I promise to fight to find joy in life as hard as you fought to live every single day.
” Teal worked on the big screen in the Adrian Lyne-directed (2022), which starred Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, and the upcoming , starring Patricia Clarkson, and he showed up on episodes of such TV shows as , , , , and . Born in 1989 in Wilmington, North Carolina, Teal performed on the stage in his hometown for the Opera House Theatre Co., the Thalian Association Community Theatre and the Techmoja Dance and Theater Company, the .
( filmed in the Wilmington area.) Thalian Hall CEO Shane Fernando, who directed Teal in and other shows, told the newspaper that the actor was “a perfectionist, but a perfectionist in a very healthy way. He was always so supportive.
Talent is one thing, but he was just a joy to work with and direct because of how supportive he was.” A public memorial at Thalian Hall for Teal is in the works, Fernando said. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day More from The Hollywood Reporter.
