Paul Telfer (born 30 October 1977 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, who has lived and worked in both his native United Kingdom and the United States. Telfer portrayed the role of Xander Cook on the NBC's soap opera drama series Days of Our Lives.
Career
Telfer appeared in episodes of two Sky One series: Is Harry on the Boat?(2002) (as Matt) and Mile High (2003) (as Rory).
He also appeared in a series of ancient history and mythological epics: as Gannicus in the 2004 TV movie Spartacus,[citation needed] Hephaestion in the 2007 movie Young Alexander the Great[citation needed] and the title role in the 2005 TV miniseries Hercules.
In 2007, Telfer appeared in five episodes of the second series of the BBC drama Hotel Babylon (as Luke), and also in the TV series NCIS, (as Marine Corporal Damon Werth). The episode, "Corporal Punishment", was broadcast on CBS in the United States. He also appeared in 2 episodes in season 7, "Outlaws and In-laws" and "Jack Knife" as Damon Werth.
Telfer lived in New Zealand during the past few years, and has co-written theatre work.[citation needed] Away from acting, he posed nude in the women's magazine Cosmopolitan in support of the testicular and prostate cancer charity Everyman.
He appeared in the 2011 movie Son of Morning.
In 2012, he appeared in The Vampire Diaries, 3 episodes of season four, titled The Five, as Alexander.
In late January 2015, Telfer played a small role as Victor Kiriakis's hit man, Damon, before being cast in the contract role of Victor's nephew Xander Cook on Days of Our Lives. He debuted on March 24, 2015 and departed on August 25, 2015.
He appeared as "Lord Macintosh" in the episodes "The Bear and the Bow" and "The Bear King" on the ABC television series Once Upon a Time broadcast November 2015.