Vampire Diaries hunk Ian Somerhalder was seen leaving his hotel in NYC yesterday, looking handsome in a black fedora hat and leather jacket. Talk about a stud! 

OK! GALLERY: VAMPIRE DIARIES STAR IAN SOMERHALDER ATTENDS BLOODY NIGHT CON IN BARCELONA WITH HIS CO-STARS

Ian, who's dating his TVD co-star Nina Dobrev, has been one of the actors whose name is floating around to play Christian Grey in movie adaptation of the best-selling erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. And Nina thinks he'd be great in the role! 

OK! NEWS: NINA DOBREV ON IAN SOMERHALDER'S DESIRE TO BE IN FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: "I BOUGHT HIM THE BOOK!" 

She revealed to OK! on May 10 that she bought Ian the book and then added to MTV, "I know that apparently he’s really great for the role, so I hope that he gets it." Aww!